scholarly journals Marine biodiversity in the Caribbean UK overseas territories: Perceived threats and constraints to environmental management

Marine Policy ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 647-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Forster ◽  
I.R. Lake ◽  
A.R. Watkinson ◽  
J.A. Gill
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Marine Biodiversity ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Overseas Territories

Good governance and local autonomy in the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe and the Caribbean: An uneasy relationship

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-24
Author(s):  
Jaap Woldendorp
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Local Autonomy ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
Independent State ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Netherlands Antilles ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Overseas Territories

The existence of a specific ministry for overseas territories in the Netherlands — Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Interior Affairs and Relations within the Realm or Kingdom) — is the outcome of a few hundred years of (post) colonial history. In the 1970s and 1980s Dutch governments pushed for independence of the Netherlands Antilles and Suriname in order to get rid of the colonial stigma. In 1975, Suriname became an independent state. However, subsequently a combination of factors made decolonization of the Netherlands Antilles unfeasible. The first factor was the experience with the negative developments in Suriname after its independence.

Operation RUMAN and the Ministry of Defence response to Hurricane Irma

2019 ◽  
Vol 165 (6) ◽  
pp. 436-437
Author(s):  
Michael Connolly ◽  
J Breeze
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
International Development ◽  
Recovery Phase ◽  
Defence Response ◽  
Delivery Of Healthcare ◽  
Humanitarian Operations ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Overseas Territories ◽  
Hurricane Irma

Operation RUMAN was the British government’s combined military and humanitarian operations in September 2017 to provide relief to the British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean affected by Hurricane Irma. The Ministry of Defence (MoD), in conjunction with the Department for International Development, produced a tangible effect by the delivery of healthcare and a response to a humanitarian disaster with very little time for planning. The rescue element was accomplished within days but this was followed swiftly by a recovery phase requiring a ‘whole force approach’, with additional assets from non-governmental organisations and the private sector. The aim of this article is to provide information on the role of the Defence Medical Services on behalf of the MoD, and other departmental organisations in achieving the mission of providing medical and logistical support for these British Overseas Territories.

Operation RUMAN and Hurricane IRMA: planning, execution and recovery

2019 ◽  
Vol 165 (6) ◽  
pp. 431-435
Author(s):  
Andrew M Nelstrop
Keyword(s):  
Humanitarian Aid ◽  
Medical Environment ◽  
Disaster Relief Operations ◽  
Start Line ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Relief Operations ◽  
Overseas Territories ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Medical Perspective ◽  
Hurricane Irma

Operation RUMAN was the UK response in the Autumn of 2017 to the Category 5 Hurricane IRMA, which affected the British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean. The Joint Operations Area (JOA) spanned an archipelago of Islands over 1000 nm across, stretching logistical and medical doctrinal clinical timelines in a rapidly changing and generally high risk medical environment. Despite significant challenges and a relatively suboptimal start line position, the Operation was a success from a medical perspective, with lower than expected dNBI rates. This paper, written from the medical Operational in-Theatre HQ perspective, charts the phases of Operation RUMAN during Planning, Execution and Recovery. It examines the context and lessons that arose from the Operation RUMAN that could inform future fast-moving Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief Operations.

Caribbean tax haven scrutiny will bring little reform

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
Law Firm ◽  
Content Type ◽  
British Virgin Islands ◽  
Sharp Focus ◽  
Tax Haven ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Overseas Territories

Subject The fallout from the 'Panama Papers'. Significance The release of the so-called 'Panama Papers' has highlighted once again the role played in the offshore financial sector by UK Overseas Territories in the Caribbean, along with Bermuda. The leak of 11.5 million files from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world's fourth-largest offshore law firm, placed the British Virgin Islands (BVI) into particularly sharp focus. Impacts The offshore sector will be allowed to continue as London seeks to avoid a return to budgetary aid. The strength of public opinion on the issue will dwindle as the Panama Papers' impact fades. The BVI may push successfully for greater autonomy as a result of the scandal.

scholarly journals The future of marine biodiversity and marine ecosystem functioning in UK coastal and territorial waters (including UK Overseas Territories) – with an emphasis on marine macrophyte communities

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 521-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frithjof C. Küpper ◽  
Nicholas A. Kamenos
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecosystem Functioning ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Habitat Destruction ◽  
Marine Biodiversity ◽  
Important Species ◽  
The Future ◽  
Overseas Territories ◽  
The Uk

Abstract Marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning – including seaweed communities – in the territorial waters of the UK and its Overseas Territories are facing unprecedented pressures. Key stressors are changes in ecosystem functioning due to biodiversity loss caused by ocean warming (species replacement and migration, e.g. affecting kelp forests), sea level rise (e.g. loss of habitats including salt marshes), plastic pollution (e.g. entanglement and ingestion), alien species with increasing numbers of alien seaweeds (e.g. outcompeting native species and parasite transmission), overexploitation (e.g. loss of energy supply further up the food web), habitat destruction (e.g. loss of nursery areas for commercially important species) and ocean acidification (e.g. skeletal weakening of ecosystem engineers including coralline algal beds). These stressors are currently affecting biodiversity, and their impact can be projected for the future. All stressors may act alone or in synergy. Marine biodiversity provides crucial goods and services. Climate change and biodiversity loss pose new challenges for legislation. In particular, there are implications of climate change for the designation and management of Marine Protected Areas and natural carbon storage by marine systems to help control the global climate system. The UK currently has legal obligations to protect biodiversity under international and European law.

Leatherback turtle conservation in the Caribbean UK overseas territories: Act local, think global?

Marine Policy ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 483-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter B. Richardson ◽  
Annette C. Broderick ◽  
Michael S. Coyne ◽  
Shannon Gore ◽  
James C. Gumbs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Leatherback Turtle ◽  
Turtle Conservation ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Overseas Territories
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