The public is encouraged to watch an interview with the Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour on the upcoming Regional Sargassum Conference to be held on Monday March 21 on Moskito Island.

The current status of expertise and understanding of the Sargassum weed will be assessed when the Territory hosts a regional conference next week.

The public is notified that the application/nomination process for membership on the first Virgin Islands Climate Change Trust Fund Board is now open. 

The application/nomination process by which members of the Virgin Islands Climate Change Trust Fund Board of Trustees will be selected is now open.

The Government of the Virgin Islands has initiated the North Shore Integrated Coastal and Watershed Stabilisation Project to address issues of flooding, sediment pollution and beach erosion in Cane Garden Bay and Brewer’s Bay.

Forecasters are predicting that the cool conditions experienced with intermittent rainfall over the past two months may be short-lived. 

The Government of the Virgin Islands recently obtained additional technical assistance to support and enhance its efforts towards Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Sustainable Land Management (SLM).

Madam speaker, I rise to inform the House about an exciting and important project led by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour that is now underway in Cane Garden Bay and Brewers Bay titled the North Shore Integrated Coastal and Watershed Stabilisation Project. This project is one that will help to ensure the economic value of these two communities, safeguard life and property and maintain the social fabric of the citizens and the wider BVI community. 

Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Dr. the Honourable Kedrick Pickering has pledged his continued support for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in 2016. 

The Government of the Virgin Islands is continuing the discussion on approaches to cope with climate change following the recently concluded 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).