by wendy@canari.org | Apr 20, 2026 | Project Newsletters
Dominican Republic, 20 April 2026 – With an area of just 1.02 km², Alto Velo Island, off the southwestern coast of the Dominican Republic, may be small, but it is ecologically significant. Home to the largest breeding colony of sooty terns in the Caribbean, along with...
by wendy@canari.org | Apr 16, 2026 | Project Newsletters
Antigua and Barbuda, 16 April 2026 – In December 2025, for the second consecutive year, Fitches Creek received the Best Kept Community Prize at Antigua’s National Garden Festival, organised by the Community Development and Citizens Engagement Division of the Ministry...
by wendy@canari.org | Mar 17, 2026 | Project Newsletters
13 March 2026 – Caribbean biodiversity is rich with high levels of endemism arising from the complex biogeography of the area. However, due to the small ranges of these unique species and the threats of habitat loss and degradation, the region hosts some of the...
by wendy@canari.org | Mar 17, 2026 | Project Newsletters
Port of Spain, 13 March 2026 – Civil society organisations (CSOs) across the Caribbean are on the frontlines of biodiversity conservation, protecting forests, wetlands and coastal ecosystems that communities depend on. Yet as environmental threats grow more complex,...
by wendy@canari.org | Nov 20, 2025 | Papers and Articles, Project Newsletters
20 November 2025 – Hurricane Melissa made landfall in south-western Jamaica on 28 October 2025 as a Category 5 storm after bringing heavy rains to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and then later affected Cuba and parts of The Bahamas. Although Jamaica is the worst...
by wendy@canari.org | Nov 19, 2025 | Papers and Articles, Project Newsletters
We are pleased to announce that the 11th Call for Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) under the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) investment in the Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot will open on Wednesday, 26 November 2025. This round will focus exclusively on...
