Topic: Coastal Zone Management, Disaster Recovery | Posted By: aphillip
Friday, 10 January 2020 - 4:58pm
Public service entities and their non-government organisation partners met today to identify how to combine their resources and expertise while working to restore the Territory’s mangroves.
Topic: Coastal Zone Management, Roads | Posted By: aphillip
Friday, 18 October 2019 - 10:03am
Mr. Speaker, the condition and functioning of the roads, bridges, and coastal revetments/rock armour and drainage infrastructure is directly linked to the quality of life of our citizens.
The Cabinet of the Virgin Islands has approved the Green Paper on the Proposed Environmental Management and Climate Adaptation Bill and is now available to the public for perusal.
Topic: Coastal Zone Management, National and Marine Parks | Posted By: lstevens
Wednesday, 26 June 2019 - 11:55am
Officials from the United Kingdom’s National Oceanography Centre have arrived in the Territory to deliver vital training in marine survey mapping to various departments of Government and Non-Governmental Organisations.
Topic: Coastal Zone Management, Disaster Recovery, Public Health | Posted By: lstevens
Friday, 2 February 2018 - 2:11pm
Acting Chief Conservation and Fisheries Officer in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour, Mr. Kelvin Penn has confirmed that following the results of a completed study the Cane Garden Bay beach is re-opened for swimming and related recreational activities.
Topic: Climate Change, Coastal Zone Management, Water and Sewerage | Posted By: aphillip
Wednesday, 12 April 2017 - 4:45pm
The Cane Garden Bay Revetment Project was launched with a literal splash as a symbolic “first” rock was dropped into the ocean at the site of the proposed revetment.
Topic: Coastal Zone Management, Statutory Bodies | Posted By: aphillip
Tuesday, 13 September 2016 - 5:31pm
The Conservation and Fisheries Department is inviting the community to observe the 2016 International Coastal Cleanup Day by volunteering to clean and beautify Virgin Islands coastlines on Saturday, September 17.
The public is encouraged to keep the beaches and coastlines of the Virgin Islands clean by supporting the 2016 International Coastal Clean-Up activities, sponsored this year by the Conservation and Fisheries Department and the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board.
Topic: Climate Change, Coastal Zone Management | Posted By: aphillip
Monday, 25 January 2016 - 12:00pm
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.
