Nations discuss ban on toxic exports

Ban Amendment seeks to curb export of hazardous waste by rich countries to the poor, but has not been brought into force since 1994

A-toll treasure

New Caribbean agenda

Dilemma of the Caribbean

Its porous soil carries sewage to ocean, causes pox in corals

PUERTO RICO

According to report

If stingrays had lawyers

Latin American and Caribbean nations highly vulnerable to climate change

Economic costs of climate change will be around 2.5 per cent of annual GDP of Latin America and the Caribbean if temperature rises 2.5°C …

Sun-block lotions threaten corals

Coral tradition loses shape

WEST INDIES

Early destruction

Bonn climate talks: no change in parties' negotiating positions

Parties anxious to start discussions to reach 2015 agreement

In short

Hit by slime, Caribbean corals at risk of extinction

Loss of algae grazers could wipe out the corals in the next 20 years

Scientists to study effect of climate change on rainforests

Experiment will take place in El Yunque National Forest

One in every nine persons in the world goes hungry: UN State of Food Insecurity Report

Asia houses 526 million of the 805 million chronically undernourished people in the world

Small tropical islands could become the world's first 100% renewable nations

Expertise in renewables, climate change and resilience, along with a study on the Barbados energy sector, demonstrate the ease with which small …

Climate change will increase drought intensity, frequency in the Caribbean

Theregion is vulnerable to variable and unpredictable rainfall, a FAO report says

Climate change threatens food security in Latin America and the Caribbean

In Central America, the north-east part of Brazil and some areas in the Andean region, temperatures would increase and reduction in precipitation …

Women, children victims of obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean

In more than 20 countries the rate of female obesity is 10 percentage points higher than that of men

Sustainable lobster harvesting in the Caribbean

The practice of diving deep into the sea to catch lobsters is unsafe for humans and has claimed many lives over the years

A monster earthquake hits Honduras; Tsunami alert issued in other Caribbean nations

The 7.6 magnitude earthquake rattled windows and shook the mainland, triggering Tsunami fears in surrounding nations

Warmer Atlantic to cause more hurricanes every year: study

A study published in the journal Science says that the warming itself was a combination of natural factors and human-induced climate change

‘Columbus Day is the celebration of genocide’

October 12 is when the United States celebrates Christopher Columbus making landfall in the Caribbean in his 3 caravels. A ‘cacique’ (…