The latest issue of IWEco's quarterly newsletter: "IWEco:Link" is out. Read about our initiative with CANARI aimed at enhancing sustainable livelihoods and socio-economic co-benefits for targeted communities in or near to national sub-project sites....and get other project updates! http://www.iweco.org/.../IWEcoLink_Quarterlynewsletter... #CaringForOurFuture #NosImportaElFuturo #iweco 
El Proyecto IWEco financiado por el Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial, junto con la Oficina Subregional del Caribe del PNUMA (CSRO), la Secretaría del Convenio de Cartagena y la Representación de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación para Jamaica, las Bahamas y Belice, lanzaron una campaña el 21 de marzo bajo el tema “La Restauración Comienza Conmigo". La campaña comenzó el Día Internacional de los Bosques (IDF) y culmina el Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente (WED), cuando se lanzará formalmente el Decenio de Restauración de Ecosistemas. El tema de esta campaña regional aborda los temas del DIF y el WED "Restauración forestal: un camino hacia la recuperación y el bienestar" y "Restauración de ecosistemas", respectivamente. Se invita a las personas de todo el Caribe a enviar una fotografía con una breve descripción, o un breve video, de una actividad como plantar o cuidar árboles, o cualquier cosa asociada con dicha actividad que muestre cómo valora las plantas, los árboles o los bosques, y qué ellos significan para ti. ¡Únase a esta convocatoria y participe en la conversación sobre restauración de ecosistemas! Puede acceder a este enlace para consultar los lineamientos para participar http://www.iweco.org/node/348 Envíen su foto o video a restoration-begins-with-me@cep.unep.org a más tardar el 17 de mayo de 2021. #RestoraciónEmpiezaConmigo #NosImportaElFuturo #GeneraciónRestauración 
On the International Day of Forests (IDF), we are launching a campaign under the theme “Restoration Begins With Me” to culminate on World Environment Day (WED), when the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration will be formally launched. This regional campaign theme addresses both the IDF and WED themes “Forest Restoration – A Path to recovery and well-being”, and “Ecosystem Restoration”, respectively. Join in this rallying call and participate in the conversation on ecosystem restoration! Submit a photograph with a short description, or a short video, of an activity such as tree planting or caring, or anything associated with such an activity that shows how you value plants, trees or forests, and what they mean to you. See the guidelines at http://www.iweco.org/node/347 …and submit your photo or video to restoration-begins-with-me@cep.unep.org before 17th May 2021. #RestorationBeginsWithMe #CaringForOurFuture #iweco 
IWEco's February's highlights to keep you informed until our next newsletter (March 2021) is out: https://mailchi.mp/.../latest-highlights-from-the-gef... #CaringForOurFuture #NosImportaElFuturo #iweco 
The recovery of the West Indian Whistling Duck (WIWD) is one of the aims of IWEco's Jamaica National sub-Project - "Biodiversity Mainstreaming in Coastal Landscapes within the Negril Environmental Protection Area of Jamaica". Here the lead expert for this part of the project, Dr. Ann Hayes-Sutton, introduces two very important WIWDs! Inauguration of “Joe” and “Kamala” could help save West Indian Whistling-Ducks! – BirdsCaribbean #CaringForOurFuture #NosImportaElFuturo #iweco 
The December 2020 issue of 'IWEco:Link', our quarterly newsletter, is out! Find out what's been keeping project partners and countries busy as this remarkable and challenging year comes to an end and read the message from the Regional Project Coordinator. http://www.iweco.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/IWEcoLink_Quarterlynewsletter_Vol3_Issue4_December2020_FINAL_1.pdf #CaringforOurFuture #NosImportaElfuturo #iweco 
UNEP GEF IWEco's November e-bulletin features the LBS Protocol and some of the work that the Project does to support it! We also introduce our sister project in The Bahamas which was recently launched. Read all about it! https://mailchi.mp/080a2f228a58/iweco-monthly-highlights-november-2020?e=3988138a2a #CaringForOurFuture #NosImportaElFuturo #iweco 
Jamaica's West Indian Whistling Duck gets some much deserved attention. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20201008/earth-today-saving-jamaicas-west-indian-whistling-duck #CaringforOurFuture #NosImportaElFuturo #iweco 
Meet Kate Orchard! This intrepid little lady was the winner of IWEco’s “My Favourite Tree” competition. She wrote about her Cordia trees. Kate lives in St. Kitts and Nevis and worked at the St. Christopher National Trust and the Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park for years. This former biology teacher has a wealth of knowledge about the natural environment and is an active birder and snorkeler! A true Citizen Scientist! IWEco’s National Project Coordinator in SKN, Halla Sahely, took her on a walking tour of the project site in the College Street Ghaut today and presented her with tokens of gratitude for her lovely entry. Here she is, in the midst of the recently planted vetiver (which is thriving thanks to the recent abundant rain). Congratulations and thank you for the inspiration Kate! #CaringForOurFuture #NosImportaElFuturo #iweco 
The latest issue of ‘IWEco:Link’,September 2020 is out! It is also available on the Project website - www.iweco.org at: http://www.iweco.org/sites/default/files/2020-09/IWEcoLink_Quarterlynewsletter_Vol3_Issue3_September2020_FINAL_2.pdf Included in this issue is a summary of our Fourth Regional Project Steering Committee Meeting, held in July 2020, as well as results of the Mid-Term Review.