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. 
This lone tree in the middle of a vast landscape is the last of our "My Favourite Tree" entries. For Connie Jaynes of St. Kitts, it was a landmark on the way to a very special place and people... a precious memory she shared with us... Thank you Connie! Trees are, in a sense, witness to our comings and goings... constant even as the seasons change and the years pass. For all the ways they enrich our lives and take care of us, let us take good care of them too! #trees #CaringForOurFuture #NosImportaElFuturo #iweco 
In his entry to IWEco's "My Favourite Tree" competition, Linton Arneaud of Trinidad & Tobago featured the Moriche Palm - a keystone species (according to National Geographic,"an organism that helps define an entire ecosystem"). He reminds us that this remarkable tree, found in South America and Trinidad, in addition to being beautiful and supporting a remarkable array of life, also has many uses to the people who live nearby. Thank you Linton! #trees #CaringForOurFuture #NosImportaElFuturo #iweco 
Have you ever considered how old some of the trees around us are? Many have stood constant while successive generations of people passed by. Coral Fernandez' entry to IWEco's "My Favourite Tree" competition, is a recognition and appreciation of one special, old tree... Thank you Coral, for reminding us that we should never take these precious living "elders" for granted. #CaringForOurFuture #NosImportaElFuturo #trees #iweco 
"A children's book to share a positive message of hope as we emerge from the lockdown. And it's now been turned into an animated poem, narrated by celebrated anthropologist and UN Messenger of Peace, Dr Jane Goodall." #CaringForOurFuture #NosImportaElFuturo https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/what-happened-when-we-all-stopped-a-beautiful-animated-poem-narrated-by-jane-goodall/ 
Many of us can relate to Sanjae Spence's entry to IWEco's "My Favourite Tree" competition - the glory of the Poui tree (whether yellow or pink!) as it blossoms each year, carpeting the ground beneath... Her poem tells us how significant the yellow poui is to her. How many of us have viewed a tree like this? Thank you Sanjae! #CaringForOurFuture #NosImportaElFuturo #trees #iweco 
In his 'My Favourite Tree' entry, Laurent Jean Pierre of Saint Lucia reminded us of the love Caribbean people have for coconut trees, of some of the ways they enrich our lives... Characteristic of beaches, yes, but also distinctive wherever they grow and precious for many reasons. Thank you Laurent! #CaringForOurFuture #NosImportaElFuturo #trees #iweco