What exactly compelled representatives from 19 different government institutions to fill the corridors of The Bahamas National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at the end of a long work week? A current national crisis? A new impending threat? Not quite, but the answer is not as far removed as you may think. The Bahamas is home to the hurricane capital of the world, … [Read more...] about DRM training and national priorities – an effective mix?
Agriculture and Food Security
Project for the Improvement of the Agricultural Statistical Information System
In a not too distant future, in a galaxy very similar to ours, the statistics will be all remote. Satellites will take photos and scan the entire surface of a given country, or a region. Algorithms tuned for many years with intense validation work in the field, will prepare maps of agricultural areas, livestock, forest, fallow land and other types of uses. Based on these maps … [Read more...] about Project for the Improvement of the Agricultural Statistical Information System
Bringing ecosystem valuation/environmental accounting on the public balance sheet: the case for the Yallahs & Hope River watersheds in Jamaica
Over the course of the past two decades in the Caribbean, there have been various project attempts to develop environmental or natural capital accounting by promoting the application of economic valuation methods to land or marine based ecosystems. These efforts have often been mostly research-oriented, ad hoc, and locally targeted. None, if any, of them has materialized … [Read more...] about Bringing ecosystem valuation/environmental accounting on the public balance sheet: the case for the Yallahs & Hope River watersheds in Jamaica
World Water Day 2019: let’s not leave anyone behind
This Friday, March 22nd is World Water Day 2019. This year's theme is "Do not Leave Anyone Behind", in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which promises the benefit of sustainable development progress for all. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 6, aim to guarantee the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for … [Read more...] about World Water Day 2019: let’s not leave anyone behind
Improving artisanal marine fisheries in Haiti
Only one third of the fish consumed in Haiti is supplied by the country´s marine fisheries, even though Haiti has one of the region’s lowest consumption of fish per capita, with approximately 5.8 kg per person per year (FAO, 2017). This gap between local consumption and local fish production is the result of the low productivity of the sector, which can be explained by several … [Read more...] about Improving artisanal marine fisheries in Haiti