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Trade and Shared Prosperity in the Caribbean Region

, 2014
This policy note is based on the seven chapters of the Caribbean trade report, The New Trade Environment and Shared Prosperity in the Caribbean, prepared by the World Bank for the Caribbean Growth Forum. Despite
World Bank
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A Blue Path for the Caribbean: Ocean Sustainability for Prosperity and Resilience [PDF]

, 2020
Director’s Desk: The central role of oceans. -- Ocean resources management structures and institutions in the Caribbean region. -- Oceans and disasters - the case of Hurricane Dorian in The Bahamas.

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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Olivia Crowe, Tom Scott, Andrew J. Plumptre, Megan Eldred, Ellen McKee, Zoltan Waliczky, Ibrahim Al Hasani, Adrián B. Azpiroz, Daniele Baisero, Fred Barasa, Alison E. Beresford, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Charlotte Boyd, Thomas M. Brooks, Graeme Buchanan, Gill Bunting, Sofia Capellan, Neil Cox, Tim R. B. Davenport, Tammy E. Davies, Gina Della Togna, Wendy Elliott, Matt Foster, Jo Gilbert, Jonathan M. Handley, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Victoria R. Jones, Naomi Kingston, Jeannot Kivono, John Lamoreux, Penny F. Langhammer, James Lewis, Bruce Liggitt, Daniel Marnewick, Paul Matiku, Erin McCreless, Rachel A. Neugarten, Catherine Numa, Mark O'Brien, Madhu Rao, Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Justina C. Ray, Samridhi Rijal, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Jurgis Sapijanskas, Wes Sechrest, Martin Sneary, Andrew Snyder, Konstantina Spiliopoulou, Thomas Starnes, Cecilia Tobar, Gautam Surya, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Andrew W. Tordoff, Maria G. Toscano, Yongyut Trisurat, Amy Upgren   +57 more
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Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease in the Caribbean: An Update of the Present Situation and of the Disease Prevalence

International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2019
The region surrounding the Caribbean Sea is predominantly composed of island nations for its Eastern part and the American continental coast on its Western part.
Jennifer Knight-Madden, Ketty Lee, Gisèle Elana, Narcisse Elenga, Beatriz Marcheco-Teruel, Ngozi Keshi, Maryse Etienne-Julan, Lesley King, Monika Asnani, Marc Romana, Marie-Dominique Hardy-Dessources   +10 more
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The state of biodiversity in the Caribbean community : a review of progress towards the Aichi biodiversity targets [PDF]

, 2017
The publication provides key information given the relative lack of baseline data and related time-bound objectively quantifiable targets for the sub-region, and is of particular value given the dependence on natural resources for livelihoods and well ...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat
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The extension of the taxon cycle model to island plants: insights from the Canarian vascular flora

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Taxon cycle models describe eco‐evolutionary patterns of lineage colonization, diversification, and decline across archipelagos, inferring an important role for competition amongst ecologically similar taxa in driving concurrent niche changes.
José María Fernández‐Palacios, Rüdiger Otto, Robert J. Whittaker   +2 more
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The Repository for Caribbean Cancer Publications (ReCCaP): Database Development and Publication Trends 2004–2019

Cancer Management and Research, 2021
Kimberly Badal, Moesha Moore, Mikhail Thomas Caribbean Cancer Research Initiative, Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoCorrespondence: Kimberly BadalCaribbean Cancer Research Initiative, 17 Alcazar St, Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoEmail kimberly ...
Badal K, Moore M, Thomas M
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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen, Mohamed Khalil Meliane, Zachery B. Holmes, Karl E. Miller, William J. Barichivich, Emilie Dedeban, Alex Furst, Miranda Imeri, Peyton E. Niebanck, Samantha Nunn, Kailee Pearson, Nicole Rita, Brier Ryver, Dakotah Shaffer, Susan C. Walls, E. Hance Ellington   +15 more
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Using data systems to conduct health research in the Caribbean: challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
We aimed to assess how control measures during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic affected the metabolic health of people with noncommunicable diseases when severe restrictions on movement and safety concerns prevented the use of ...
Marshall Kerr Tulloch-Reid, Jacqueline Duncan, Keri-Ann Facey, Akil Williams, Marsha Ivey, Shelly-Ann Hunte, Eden Agustus, Simon Anderson, Maria Jackson   +8 more
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Regional overview of land-based sources of pollution in the Wider Caribbean region [PDF]

, 1994
The present report provides information on the land-based sources of pollution (LBSP) inventories undertaken in 25 countries of the Wider Caribbean region. This comprehensive information has been compiled from national LBSP inventories, mainly from point
Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)   +1 more
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