ROSEAU, Dominica – Dominicans may be without their national dish for a ”very long time” as the authorities here warn of the chytrid fungus continuing to have an impact on the mountain chicken,  a species of giant frog native to the area.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Fisheries officials here are investigating “an apparent mass die off” event involving the long spine Black Sea Egg from the Caribbean islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines,, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St. Thomas, Saba and Statia.

PARAMAIRBO, Suriname – Suriname has announced plans to establish a data base of all fishing boats registered in the Dutch-speaking Caribbean country in a move aiming at curbing illegal fishing and other criminal activities.

CASTRIES, St. Luci –St. Lucia says it is taking “decisive steps” to quell the upsurge of the invasive iguana population on the island.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Dr. Irfaan Ali Monday said Guyana is sacrificing billions of dollars (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) to protect its forests which are almost the size of England and Scotland combined.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) has urged people not to tamper or remove equipment used for monitoring the La Soufriere volcano that erupted in April last year, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s climate and disaster resilience capacities have been strengthened with the development of a Bush Fire Warning Index and Management System.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) Wednesday said a persistent weak La Nina pattern is expected to continue during the next three months, which may drive increasing uncertainty into the seasonal rainfall forecast.

LONDON, UK – The London-based Commonwealth Secretariat says it is supporting moves by the St. Lucia government to roll out fresh projects that aim to boost the flow of climate finance into the country.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on the advice of scientists from the Seismic Research Centre, University of the West Indies, lowered the volcanic alert level at La Soufriere from yellow to green, effective Wednesday.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in the interior of this Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country, affecting thousands of people, disaster officials have said.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaicans will soon be held financially responsible for correcting activities that pollute the environment under the ‘Polluter Pays’ principle.