Tag: Environmental Protection Fund
MPs use fund to pay for DoE’s general budget
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government is disputing allegations it raided the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF), which is paid for by fees collected from tourists and ringfenced for conservation, to fund part of the Department of Environment’s general operating budget over the next two years. Despite the denial, MPs did vote to use the fund in […]
Opposition to land conservation grows
(CNS): All of the members of the opposition who were present in the final throes of Finance Committee Wednesday evening voted against withdrawing cash from the Environmental Protection Fund to buy land for conservation purposes. The independent and UDP members all raised objections to the environment minister’s motion to secure some $6.7 million from the […]
Mac backs off port idea
(CNS): The opposition leader has said government needs to re-think its position on the George Town cruise berthing facility after the recently published environmental impact assessment (EIA) revealed the extent of the damage and disruption the project would cause to marine life in the George Town harbour and business in the capital. After many years […]
