Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management

Repost from Barbados.

A team from the Ministry of Environment, National Beautification and Fisheries the Natural Heritage Department including Hon. Santia J. O. Bradshaw- Minister Minister of Environment, National Beautification recently toured the Scotland District, one of the intervention sites for the CSIDs Project.

The Scotland District also known as the Barbados National Park is the most environmentally fragile part of the island, and it has long carried the burden of erosion, soil loss and water scarcity, which is precisely why much of it had fallen out of productive use. The work being done here is to provide the necessary soil data and resources to assist farmers in their pursuit to grow their crops.

Check out what the Minister had to say!

World Day to Combat Desertification Message by Dr. Ronen C.A Francis-Executive Director for the Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management.

In his message, Dr. Francis, explains that while rangelands may not dominate the landscape of every Caribbean island, the theme speaks directly to us — because from the Rupununi and Sipaliwini savannas of Guyana and Suriname, to the Yalbac and coastal savannas of Belize, our wider Caribbean region holds vast living ecosystems that sustain livelihoods, anchor biodiversity, and regulate the water and carbon cycles we all depend upon.