A private event has raised US$250,000 for The National Trust for the Cayman Islands Land Reserve Fund, its largest contribution to date.
The national treasure that is Seven Mile Beach is diminishing before our eyes, with beach erosion at the southern end a quickly growing threat to its very existence.
At a sitting of the National Conservation Council meeting which took place on Wednesday, Department of Environment Director Gina Ebanks-Petrie said that, contrary to what was being said in some corners of the island, the Environmental Impact Assessment was not holding up the progress
Beacon Farms is partnering with Island Waste Carriers (IWC) and Foster’s supermarkets to recycle green and brown waste into compost.
Having endured one of the strongest Nor’westers the islands have seen in a good few many years, some coastal properties around Grand Cayman have suffered considerable damage, so it is time for a complete rethink as to how setbacks are arrived at, according to the Department of Environment.
On Thursday 25th January, a Red-headed Rock Agama (Agama agama) - a small reptile originally from Africa which has become common in south Florida - was found in Grand Cayman for the first time.
From West Bay to Jackson Point might measure seven miles as the crow flies…or as the boat sails across the bay.
Incredible footage has recently been aired showing one of the world’s most endangered species in Cayman’s oceans, the critically endangered (International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species) oceanic whitetip shark.
A managed retreat from Seven Mile Beach is urgently needed to protect Cayman’s precious Seven Mile Beach from further erosion, according to environmental group Protect Our Future.
As we near the half-way point of the Central Caribbean Marine Institute’s (CCMI) Expedition Hope to characterise the biodiversity of two offshore seamounts in the Cayman Islands, CCMI would like to reflect on the exciting exploration and substantial achievements made through the project so far.