4th UKOT/CD Environment Ministers Council Meeting Ministers and senior officials from UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) and Crown Dependencies (CDs) met online in April 2021 to discuss the future of the environment in their jurisdictions. This was the fourth meeting of the Council of Environment Ministers (or equivalents) of UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies and …
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Gibraltar Virtual Tour published We are pleased to announce that a virtual tour for Gibraltar has now joined the the others already available on the web-site. Those for three more territories will follow to complete the coverage. See the index and links here.
Bruce Dinwiddy CMG, 1946-2021 UKOTCF has learnt, with great sadness, of the death on 1st April 2021 of Bruce Dinwiddy. Bruce was a member of Council and Chairman of the Wider Caribbean Working Group from 2006 to 2015. Bruce was previously Governor of the Cayman Islands (2002-05). His interest in environmental issues dates from his …
Latest Montserrat conservation newsletter published Saving Our Special Nature of Montserrat Newsletter 10, April 2021, has now been published. This and previous issues are available here.
Anguilla Virtual Tour published We are pleased to announce that a virtual tour for Anguilla has now joined the the others already available on the web-site. More follow to complete the coverage. See the index and links here.
UKOTCF 2021 conference photo and conclusions “Staying Connected for Conservation in a Changed World” UKOTCF’s 6th conference on conservation and sustainability in UK Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies and other small island states, was held by Zoom on 2nd, 3rd, 9th & 10th March 2021. The first outputs include a virtual group-photo of some of the …
UKOTCF Conference starts on Tuesday UKOTCF’s online conference Staying Connected in a Changed World starts on Tuesday (2nd March). Links to registration sites and a pdf document which includes detailed programme, guidance about the conference, abstracts of talks and posters, and list of participants (so far), have been sent to all those have booked. If …
Full Conference Programme published UKOTCF has now published the almost full programme of its conference, taking place on 2nd, 3rd, 9th & 10th March. It is available here. Bookings are still open: see here. All other conference information can be accessed here. We look forward to joining with as many as possible of people involved …
New Southern Oceans Working Group newsletter, on invasives This special edition of the SOWG e-Newsletter concentrates on Invasive animal and plant species, which are among the largest threats to biodiversity, and are a conservation issue commonly faced across the territories. As such, and inspired by a good deal of interest from SOWG members, this issue …
Deadline for offers of conference posters extended Mainly to facilitate students who are planning to submit a poster, we have extended the deadline for poster offers to 26th January. Others may now use the same deadline. We are now past the deadline but will consider late submissions, if we can, up to the deadline for …