A law to preserve Cayman’s environment is a must

The Observer

If Fred Burton’s dire predictions are correct, we are leaving our children and grandchildren a barren land.

He has intensely analysed satellite imagery of the vegetation on Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman.

What he found was that by the end of this century there will be no natural environment left because of over population, which will naturally lead to over development.

Some people don’t really care about the future of the Cayman Islands, but we at the Observer on Sunday certainly do.

That’s why we are imploring our lawmakers, once again, to enact a thorough conservation law...read full story.

Blazing the Green Trail

By Basia Pioro McGuire
The Observer

When an English graduate research assistant named Fred Burton, stepped off a plane in Grand Cayman in 1979 looking for a bit of adventure, neither he nor the Island could have had an inkling of the significance the event would have.

Today, the former mosquito researcher has managed to help bring back Grand Cayman’s Blue Iguanas from the brink of extinction, been awarded an MBE for services in conservation of endangered species, and become the inaugural recipient of the Blue Turtle Award for nature conservation in the Overseas Territories and Crown Territories...read full story.

Environment Break: DOE on Daybreak in December and January

In the weeks following the international climate conference in Copenhagen, Donna Bush of "Daybreak" spoke with Lisa-Ann Hurlstone-McKenzie of the Sustainable Development Unit in the Cayman Islands Department of Environment about climate change and issues facing the Cayman Islands:
http://www.cayman27.com.ky./news/item/3745
http://www.cayman27.com.ky./news/item/3875

Floating bar protest burns Bernie Bush

By Joe Shooman, joe@cfp.ky

The licensee of the planned floating restaurant and bar at Stingray City said he would make objectors to his project “swallow their words” when they see the high standards of the facility.

Bernie Bush told the Caymanian Compass he had gone “way beyond the call” in complying with the stringent standards required by the Liquor Licensing Board of Grand Cayman to obtain the provisionally granted retail and music and dancing liquor license.

“The board did its job,” he said. “I feel, in fact, it went beyond it and was very, very strict with me. I don’t see that strictness with other boats, but such is life. If I have to set the bar, I have no problem setting the bar with quality, service, quality of product and quality in all other standards.” Read full story here.

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