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The Saint Lucia National Trust is preparing to host its first Quarterly Membership Meeting, for 2017, on March 11th from 1 p.m. at the Bougainvillea Conference Room, Bay Gardens Hotel in Rodney Bay. Trust Members and members of the public interested in learning more about our projects and programmes are encouraged to…

February 25, 2017 was memorable for one main reason, The Maria Islands. The Saint Lucia National Trust in keeping with its mandate to educate, protect and preserve the environment organized a field trip to this location. The group consisting of 40 participants gathered at the National Trust’s Southern Office on Sandy…

The Walcott Place project was created to provide a physical space to celebrate the achievements of Sir Derek Walcott and his twin brother, Roderick Walcott, to be a source of inspiration and education and to spawn the regeneration of a depressed community in Castries. Since the renovation and official reopening of the…

World Wetlands Day, which is celebrated on the 2nd of February annually, was established to raise awareness about the importance of wetlands for humanity and the planet. Wetlands such as mangroves and coral reefs, are beneficial to our environment for water purification, flood protection, shoreline stabilization, a habitat…

The Saint Lucia National Trust (SLNT) and other partners joined in the global effort to preserve wetlands by commemorating World Wetlands Day which is celebrated annually on February 2nd. The theme for this year is ‘Wetlands for Disaster Risk Reduction.’ It speaks to raising awareness and highlighting the vital roles…

The Saint Lucia National Trust hosted a week of activities in celebration of the Nobel Laureate Festival. Although the festival was centered on Sir Arthur Lewis and Sir Derek Walcott, at Walcott House the emphasis was on the Honourable Sir Derek Walcott and his brother Roderick Walcott.

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The OGP Talk article featured in the October to December 2016 Newsletter of the Saint Lucia National Trust (SLNT) considered the sustained efforts of Jamaica’s leaders to demonstrate their commitment to promoting open governance and public participation by joining the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in December 2016…

The term ‘heritage’ is often associated with an inheritance of some sort that is passed on from generation to generation and is often regarded as a valuable possession. However, since the adoption of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage in 1972, particular emphasis has…

​It was an intensive two days, as representatives from 27 civil society organisations met probably for the first time locally to discuss in detail the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The consultation dubbed “National Views on the Sustainable Development Goals and the SAMOA Pathway” was held from November…

The Governor General Her Excellency Dame Pearlette Louisy issued a challenge to the Saint Lucia National Trust to augment efforts to make its wide-ranging conservation work more visible in the public domain. She congratulated the management, councilors and staff for the work they have undertaken over the past year, and…

In June 2012 Jamaica signed Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. Principle 10 basically seeks to ensure that all individuals are granted access to information about environmental issues, are allowed to participate in decision-making processes and have access to justice in environmental…

The 2016 International Coral Reef Management and Leadership Program was a great success this year. We are proud of this year’s participants and grateful for the support of Australia Awards

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We first learned of the Integrated Resort Development proposal called the Pearl of the Caribbean by Desert Star Holdings (Caribbean) at a presentation in January 2016. The plan was to construct a race track and ancillary facilities for thoroughbred horses, a marina, hotels and condominiums, waterfront homes, shopping…

The Director of Orchestras at the Saint Lucia School of Music and member of the Saint Lucia National Trust, Liz Ehrman has seen the importance of involving her students in advocacy efforts to get Saint Lucia and other Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) non-signatory countries to sign on to the LAC Declaration on the…

First of all, not being an early morning person, highly appreciative of the fact that the tour of Mankote Mangrove started at a decent hour: around 10 am - presumably to allow the Castries posse to wind their way down to the south. Living in Vieux Fort, it ordinarily requires a visit to Hewanorra Airport on Sunday afternoons…

The Saint Lucia National Trust along with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the Departments of Forestry and Fisheries, PCI Media Impact, ECO South Tours, the Au Picon Charcoal and Agricultural Producers and the Grenada Fund for Conservation, are hosting a ‘Mangrove Discovery Week’ from November 14th to 20th.

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The Saint Lucia National Trust (SLNT) in collaboration with the Southern Tourism Development Corporation (STDC) will be implementing a project entitled “Increasing the resilience to Climate Change and Natural Hazards, and reducing the rate of coastal erosion for Pigeon Island National Landmark (PINL) and Pointe…