Last Friday 28 January, youth representatives from Plastic Free Cayman, Protect Our Future and the Mangrove Rangers met with the UK Minister of Overseas Territories Amanda Milling, the Governor Martyn Roper and other government representatives, to discuss key environmental issues facing Cayman.
The National Trust for the Cayman Islands is the non-government entity charged with the vital task of preserving Cayman’s historic, natural and maritime heritage and needs considerable funding to do this.
This year, the National Trust for the Cayman Islands (NTCI) is celebrating its 35th anniversary and as such will be holding a special National Trust week during which time the public will be invited to join in with events and celebrations to mark this special milestone in its history.
Last weekend Plastic Free Cayman, CayOcean, and the MCGI church joined more than 45 local volunteers to clean up Barkers Beach and support Protect Our Future’s latest “Our Future is NOT single-use” campaign.
The National Conservation Council of the Cayman Islands (NCC) met last Wednesday, 24 November to discuss implementing successful planning approval policies that prioritise the national conservation of the Cayman Islands.
At the National Conservation Council’s General Meeting held on 24 November 2021, West Bay member Lisa Hurlston-McKenzie with responsibility for Sustainable Development & Climate Change, gave her thoughts on the outcome of COP26 and the implications for the NCC’s work.
Every day, we see youngsters being continually recognised globally as the most fit to mobilise the discussion about climate change.
To coincide with the opening of Cayman’s borders once again, the first time in 20 months, Plastic Free Cayman hosted a beach clean event at South Sound dock on Saturday 20 November.
The three Cayman Islands are currently undergoing a seabed mapping exercise by international geo-data specialists.
The Global Cruise Activist Network (GCAN) is calling on the UN delegates currently taking part in COP26 to take immediate steps to ensure that cruise ships in service anywhere in the world comply with standards that will achieve net zero emissions of greenhouse gases by the cruise industry by 2050.