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In collaboration with the Caribbean Natural Capital Hub, Cari-Bois invites you to join the second edition of our A Guide...
08/10/2025

In collaboration with the Caribbean Natural Capital Hub, Cari-Bois invites you to join the second edition of our A Guide to Natural Capital webinar series.

Given nature's ecological, cultural, social and economic values, the second edition of the series looks at the different values of nature and how their recognition can lead to better decisions associated with the financing of conservation activities.

Join us as we:

🌺 Explore the cultural, ecological, and economic values of nature and the importance of these values in sustainable finance conservation

🌺 Showcase The Cropper Foundation's pioneering work on biodiversity finance through Biotokens, creating pathways for businesses and investors to directly support biodiversity outcomes

🌺 Highlight how ANSA Merchant Bank’s EcoMicro project integrates natural capital into finance by identifying biodiversity risk drivers and embedding covenants into lending practices

You can register for the webinar using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/wQMpHQHiQQGEZXG20lcjVw

What does it mean to be a Caribbean climate activist, and what should the Caribbean's priorities be at COP30?Register to...
25/09/2025

What does it mean to be a Caribbean climate activist, and what should the Caribbean's priorities be at COP30?

Register to join environmental activist Stacey de la Champa and Cari-Bois Coordinator, Tyrell Gittens, for the 4th Session of Cari-Bois' Lunchtime Convos series.

Stacey is a member of the Garifuna Indigenous minority, which fuels her passion and dedication to ensuring that Indigenous and marginalised voices are adequately represented in decisions about climate change.

She is also the co-founder of Climate Rights & Justice International, which is an international NGO that conducts research coupled with advocacy with the aim of contributing to human rights-driven policy responses to the climate crisis.

You can register for the session using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/U2VBtpjkRJqgQE8Ia4DmMQ





Thank You! ✨🌿 The Cropper Foundation, through the Caribbean Natural Capital Hub, and Cari-Bois, extends heartfelt thanks...
22/09/2025

Thank You! ✨🌿 The Cropper Foundation, through the Caribbean Natural Capital Hub, and Cari-Bois, extends heartfelt thanks to our incredible presenters—Ms. Deanna Albert, Dr. Samuel Sinclair, and Ms. Keisha Garcia—for sharing their expertise during the first edition of our “A Guide to Natural Capital” webinar series.

We also thank all our participants for your engagement, insightful questions, and commitment to advancing a nature-positive Caribbean private sector 🌎💼

This is just the beginning!

Stay tuned for our next session in October as we continue to explore how natural capital can transform business decision-making across the region.

Have you ever wondered what will happen if a major oil spill occurs in Venezuela or Guyana that affects Trinidad and Tob...
17/09/2025

Have you ever wondered what will happen if a major oil spill occurs in Venezuela or Guyana that affects Trinidad and Tobago or vice versa?

With Trinidad and Tobago being an oil-producing nation located near two regional oil producers – Venezuela and Guyana – you'll be surprised to know that robust oil spill contingency plans are absent despite the vulnerabilities of all countries to potential spills.

In 1989, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela partnered to create the Bilateral Oil Spill Contingency Plan between Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.

However, the plan has not been exercised or updated since its creation, and it cannot be effectively assessed as to the extent to which the Bilateral Plan protects Trinidad and Tobago in the event of an oil disaster between the two countries.

A bilateral agreement between Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana has not yet been developed on the issue of oil spills affecting each other’s Exclusive Economic Zone.

But Guyana’s National Oil Spill Planning Committee, which utilised Trinidad and Tobago’s plan and other regional plans as templates, provides some safeguard in preparing Trinidad and Tobago for accidents, as it commits to notifying neighbouring countries and organisations of spills that may affect them.

While uncertainty surrounds oil spill policies between the countries, the Caribbean Island Oil Pollution Response and Cooperation (OPRC) Plan (2012) (Caribbean Plan), of which Venezuela is an associate member due to its Caribbean borders, provides a framework upon which large spills in the region should be managed.

The Caribbean Plan is dependent upon participating territories having respective oil spill contingency plans to easily identify the agencies responsible for communicating accidents to neighbouring territories and executing clean-up.

Read more about the lack of comprehensive oil spill policies between the nations at the following link:

https://caribois.org/2025/09/are-there-any-agreements-to-protect-trinidad-tobago-from-oil-spills-in-venezuela-and-guyana/

16/09/2025

With Trinidad and Tobago positioned between two regional oil-producing giants – Venezuela and, recently, Guyana – the country’s vulnerability to potential spills has undoubtedly increased. As such, the existence and efficacy of policies governing the remediation of oil disasters between Trinid...

16/09/2025

Working with co-manager Belize Audubon Society (BAS) since 2017, Batz recalls his catalyst for conservation being community outreach through environmental

Introducing the dynamic lineup of presenters for the first edition of the "A Guide to Natural Capital" webinar series, w...
11/09/2025

Introducing the dynamic lineup of presenters for the first edition of the "A Guide to Natural Capital" webinar series, which will explore the link between the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) and business in the Caribbean.

Tune in for informative presentations by:

🌺 Ms. Deanna Albert, Advisors Next Door

🌺 Dr. Samuel Sinclair, Biodiversify

🌺 Ms. Keisha Garcia, ANSA Merchant Bank

A collaboration between The Cropper Foundation, the Caribbean Natural Capital Hub, and Cari-Bois, the webinar will delve into the following topics:

🌿 An introduction to the KMGBF, an overview of the KMGBF Targets 14/15/19, and the reporting standards that businesses will be expected to maintain to be in alignment with the KMGBF and potential challenges in data availability.

🌿 A presentation on the Caribbean's nature-dependent sectors and why biodiversity is also a corporate issue in the Caribbean.

🌿 A look at regional examples of companies already integrating biodiversity into their reporting

You can register for the webinar using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/2VItnBlRSnS_ocOBgg_6pg

10/09/2025

You are invited to join the first edition of the "A Guide to Natural Capital" webinar series, which will explore the link between the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) and business operations in the Caribbean 💭

A collaboration between The Cropper Foundation, the Caribbean Natural Capital Hub, and Cari-Bois, the webinar will delve into the following topics:

🌿 An introduction to the KMGBF, an overview of the KMGBF Targets 14/15/19, and the reporting standards that businesses will be expected to maintain to be in alignment with the KMGBF and potential challenges in data availability.

🌿 A presentation on the Caribbean's nature-dependent sectors and why biodiversity is also a corporate issue in the Caribbean.

🌿 A look at regional examples of companies already integrating biodiversity into their reporting

You can register for the webinar using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/2VItnBlRSnS_ocOBgg_6pg

Did you know that scientists have made more accurate maps of the surface of the moon, Mars and Venus than they have of t...
05/09/2025

Did you know that scientists have made more accurate maps of the surface of the moon, Mars and Venus than they have of the sea floor?

In the latest article published under Cari-Bois' PERSPECTIVES series, Dr Kahlil Hassanali of the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) breaks down why the remoteness and extreme conditions that can be found at the depth of oceans make exploration and scientific knowledge gathering about these parts of the ocean challenging but also a source of inspiration and imagination.

From being the source of inspiration for a number of pop culture creations and literary masterpieces to pushing researchers to develop new technology, the potential of the ocean and what it can inspire is limitless.

While Small Island Developing States, such as Trinidad and Tobago, lack the resources to carry out independent expeditions into the far-flung reaches of the ocean, an international agreement recently negotiated and adopted at the United Nations has developed the marine scientific research and technological capacity of states party to the agreement as one of its many objectives.

This Agreement, which deals with the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (the BBNJ Agreement), is now open for signature.

Read more about why the ocean is a source of inspiration and imagination at the following link: https://caribois.org/2025/09/perspectives-why-the-ocean-is-a-source-of-inspiration-and-imagination/

Did you know that over the past several years, Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) has been destroying coral reefs a...
03/09/2025

Did you know that over the past several years, Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) has been destroying coral reefs across the Caribbean?

Of the 45 stony coral species found in the Caribbean, the species most susceptible to the disease include the maze, mountainous and brain corals, which are also the dominant coral species on Tobago’s reefs.

While the presence of the disease has not yet officially been recorded in Trinidad and Tobago, it has been found nearby in Grenada, Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire.

With it only being a matter of time until the disease arrives in Trinidad and Tobago, survival of the country’s coral will be most probable if there is a robust response from authorities, education of the public, and built capacity to strengthen defences against the threat.

In 2024, the Institute of Marine Affairs received a small grant from the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Regional Activity Centre (SPAW RAC) to conduct a one-year project entitled “Building preparedness against coral disease for the preservation of Tobago’s coral reefs.”

Read more about the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease and the IMA's preparations for its arrival at the following link: https://caribois.org/2025/09/stony-coral-tissue-loss-disease-a-looming-threat-to-trinidad-and-tobagos-coral-reefs/

You are invited to join Katrina Khan-Roberts (Mertrina, the Trini Mermaid) and Cari-Bois Coordinator, Tyrell Gittens, fo...
19/08/2025

You are invited to join Katrina Khan-Roberts (Mertrina, the Trini Mermaid) and Cari-Bois Coordinator, Tyrell Gittens, for the 3rd Session of Cari-Bois' Lunchtime Convos series.

For over 15 years, Katrina has been on a mission to inspire change and advance ocean literacy under the Mertrina, the Trini Mermaid brand.

Coupled with countless outreach efforts across Trinidad and Tobago as Mertrina, she has published several books and resources related to ocean conservation.

Join Katrina and Tyrell for an informative conversation on the importance of marine ecosystems and Katrina's efforts to advance ocean literacy.

You can register using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/KMAkVcsEQHaNekGhJOi4mQ





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