Tag: Botanic Park
Botanic park survey work secured for future
(CNS): The Botanic Park is installing permanent conservation survey plots after securing funding from the UK’s Darwin Plus local grant scheme for the overseas territories. Around one hundred permanent survey plot markers will be installed to document the biodiversity of its natural woodland well into the future.
Prince urges offshore to invest in climate solutions
(CNS): The Prince of Wales turned to his deep concerns about climate change when he delivered a speech at a packed Pedro St James on Thursday evening at the end of his visit to the Cayman Islands. Having spent the day touring the islands, Prince Charles said that there was an “ever greater need to […]
Green iguanas top suspects in blues’ death
(CNS): Whatever type of disease killed 14 blue iguanas at the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park over a two-year period, it appears to have been contained and there have been no further cases for the last six months, according to staff at the National Trust for the Cayman Islands and the Blue Iguana Recovery Programme […]
Blue iguana killed at Botanic Park by dog
(CNS): The Blue Iguana Recovery Programme is reeling from yet another loss after Inky, one of the Queen Elizabeth Botanic Park’s star iguanas, was killed by a stray dog this weekend. A large adult male, Inky is said to be one of the most photographed of the BIRP animals that lives at the park in […]
Orchids in bloom at annual show
(CNS): The Botanic Park in Frank Sound is encouraging the community to come out for the Annual Orchid Show and Fundraiser at the end of this month to enjoy the joint event and fundraiser for both the park and the Cayman Islands Orchid Society. The show is an exhibition of locally grown orchids and a […]
