Tag: Plant a Tree for the Jubilee
Trees planted to offset COP26 but more face bulldozer
(CNS): A dozen more trees went into the ground last month when the Ministry of Sustainability and the National Trust partnered up with youth climate ambassadors to partially offset their travel to the COP26 climate conference in November. However, the tree-planting, while welcome, comes in the face of local deforestation as planning applications to bulldoze […]
Jubilee tree gains lost in just one CPA meeting
(CNS): Local environmental activists are raising concerns that the goal to plant 1,400 trees in the Cayman Islands this year in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is nothing more than a green-washing publicity stunt. Well over 1,400 trees were condemned to be removed at just one Central Planning Authority meeting this month after planning […]
Ministry plans to plant 1,330 trees for Jubilee
(CNS): The Ministry of Sustainability and Climate Resiliency is launching a national tree-planting project to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations this year and benefit future generations. The goal is to plant 70 trees in each of the constituencies across all three islands, including 70 mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni) selected by Premier Wayne Panton.
