BELMOPAN, Belize – Belize has launched the five-year Hicatee Conservation and Action Plan establishing a coordinated national framework for the long-term conservation and recovery of one of the world’s most endangered freshwater turtles.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has participated in the launch of the Financing for Forests (F4F) programme marking the start of a five-year partnership to support the country in advancing its agenda to value its standing forests and attract sustainable, long-term investment into the forest sector, in line with the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS 2030).

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaican Government plans to invest US$50 million over the next 18 months to improve water services and other critical infrastructure in rural communities, Water, Environment and Climate Change Minister Matthew Samuda has announced.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Tropical Storm Dolly formed in the central tropical Atlantic on Thursday morning and could bring heavy rainfall to parts of the Caribbean this weekend.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The trash from Hurricane Melissa, which slammed into Jamaica last October, is becoming valuable resources for homes and schools in two western communities as the circular economy emerges as a force for change during citizen-led cleanup efforts.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Belize has formally joined the 100% Alliance for Sustainable Ocean Management, reaffirming its commitment to fully sustainably manage the ocean areas under Belize’s national jurisdiction by 2030 through the development and implementation of a Sustainable Ocean Plan.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) and the University of the West Indies Climate Studies Group Mona (UWI CSGM) are urging the region to be fully prepared for potentially severe climate extremes.

BELMOPAN, Belize – The National Environmental Appraisal Committee (NEAC) has recommended that environmental clearance not be granted for the construction of a new access road passing through the Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve (FCFR) to connect Honey Camp and Neuland in the Orange Walk District, a large, agricultural region in northwestern Belize.

HAMILTON, Bermuda - Bermuda has placed a temporary restriction on the movement of all kept birds across the island after an investigation found that the animals may have entered Bermuda without the required approvals and whose origin and health status cannot be confirmed.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – The St. Kitts and Nevis government says its multi-million dollar ground water drilling project has recorded a major breakthrough following the successful drilling of a new groundwater well in Saddlers, north of here.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados' government says it is advancing a major programme of battery energy storage, grid modernisation and regulatory reform as the country works towards achieving 50 per cent renewable energy penetration by the end of 2027.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Government is conducting feasibility studies on potential desalination projects in St Thomas and Clarendon as it explores ways to augment water supplies in selected water-stressed areas, but has made it clear it is not considering desalination as a nationwide solution because of the high cost and potential environmental impacts.