The villages of Choiseul and Laborie. Credit: CANARI.
Saint Lucia, December 4, 2025 – When discussions about environmental stewardship in Saint Lucia arise, images of the iconic Pitons or seabird-filled offshore islands often come to mind. Yet some of the island’s most powerful guardians live in villages such as Laborie and Choiseul, where livelihoods, culture, and ecosystems are inseparable. These communities are central to a new five-year (2025–2030) initiative, Valuing Nature and Nature-based Solutions for Sustainable Blue and Green Pathways for the Tourism, Food and Urban Sectors in Saint Lucia (Blue-Green Islands – Saint Lucia project), which seeks to embed nature-positive approaches into tourism, food systems and urban planning.
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