Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae (lethal yellowing (LY)).

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel A Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
The Past ◽  
Lethal Yellowing ◽  
The Caribbean

Abstract The Atlantic tall, the most prevalent coconut ecotype throughout the Caribbean region and Atlantic coast of the Americas (Harries, 1978a), is highly susceptible to LY disease. During the past three decades, at least 50% of Florida's estimated one million coconut palms and over 80% of Jamaica's five million coconut palms have been eliminated by LY (McCoy et al., 1983). Similar epidemic losses of coconut to LY continued along the Atlantic coasts of southern Mexico and Honduras (Oropeza and Zizumbo, 1997). Although rarely affecting palms less than 5 years old, the disease prevents any re-establishment of highly susceptible coconut ecotypes in LY-endemic locations such as Florida and Jamaica.

General Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-42
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Integrated Model ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
General Introduction ◽  
The Past ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Agricultural Diversification ◽  
The Caribbean

There are myriad issues facing traditional farming in the Caribbean region. Despite various policy interventions and implementation of concepts over the past five decades for agricultural diversification in the region to increase local food production, the region is still grappling with finding an appropriate model to solve major issues. The issues are now exacerbated by the impacts of climate change, and major shifts in the approach to solving the issues have not yet proved fruitful. Against the setback of issues, controversies, and problems of farming in the Caribbean and the St. Kitts-Nevis example of a small island developing state (SID), the justification will be made for a diversified-integrated model that can account for the setbacks by optimizing farm and non-farm waste to build productivity, competitiveness, flexibility, and sustainability which are categorically the factors of successful farming.

NEMO in Caribbean archipelago

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Bezaud ◽  
Julie Deshayes ◽  
Stéphane Pous ◽  
Julien Jouanno
Keyword(s):  
Storm Surges ◽  
Ocean Dynamics ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
Atmospheric Conditions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Mass Properties ◽  
Sensitivity Studies ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Local Impacts ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

<p>Recently, the ocean dynamics of the Caribbean region has seen growing interest due the societal consequences of Sargassum beaching and storm surges, among other occasional extreme phenomena. Understanding the hydrodynamics in this area (mean currents and water mass properties, and mechanisms of variability) becomes urgent, to support operational developments forecasting the occurrence of such extreme phenomena, and also before one can foresee the local impacts of climate change. Building from an existing regional configuration at 1/12º (~10km), we implemented version 4.0.5 of NEMO to study the ocean dynamics of the Caribbean archipelago. This preliminary configuration is used to support sensitivity studies to atmospheric conditions, over the past 20 years. It also hosts AGRIF zooms to refine grid resolution up to 1km in the vicinity of the French islands, to enable a better understanding of the local dynamics.</p>

Adolescent health in the Caribbean region: insights from the Jamaican experience

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-332
Author(s):  
Abigail Harrison ◽  
Joi Chambers ◽  
Sheila Campbell-Forrester
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Youth Participation ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
The Past ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
And Training

Abstract Adolescent health in Jamaica and the wider English-speaking Caribbean has over the past three decades advanced in achieving improved healthcare services for adolescents. The path taken to achieve success thus far is reviewed – including a historical perspective on the services offered, revision of the relevant policy and legislation frameworks, improved service delivery through education and training of relevant stakeholders and providers, improved youth participation, and sustained involvement of advocates.

The Concept of the Caribbean in the Latin American Policy of the United States

1973 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-308
Author(s):  
Harold Molineu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
The United States ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
The Past ◽  
Caribbean Area ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Armed Intervention ◽  
Special Region

During the past twenty years, the United States has been involved in three cases of armed intervention in Latin America: Guatemala in 1954, Cuba in 1961, and the Dominican Republic in 1965. In addition, there was the naval blockade and possibility of intervention in Cuba in 1962 during the missile crisis. Each of these episodes occurred in the Caribbean region (defined as including those areas either in or adjacent to the Caribbean Sea). There were no similar armed interventions elsewhere in Latin America during this period, and in fact, all of the incidents of United States armed intervention in the Twentieth Century have taken place in the Caribbean area. Therefore, in its actions in Latin America, the United States appears to distinguish between the Caribbean area and the rest of the continent. The Caribbean is treated as a special region where military intervention is apparently more justifiable than elsewhere in Latin America. Only in the area outside the Caribbean has Washington found it possible to abide by its inter-American treaty commitments to nonintervention.

scholarly journals An interrogation of research on Caribbean social issues: establishing the need for an indigenous Caribbean research approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
Shakeisha Wilson ◽  
Camille Nakhid ◽  
Anabel Fernandez-Santana ◽  
Margaret Nakhid-Chatoor
Keyword(s):  
Social Issues ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Culturally Specific ◽  
Research Methodologies ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Conducting Research

Caribbean social issues, like so many other global issues, are often researched and addressed using traditional Western philosophies and methodologies. However, some societies have criticized the use of Western approaches recognizing their unsuitability to accurately assess the distinctive culture, identity, and overall social structures of these societies. An investigation of the use of Caribbean research methodologies or approaches revealed that there is a significant absence in the use of culturally specific ways of conducting research in the Caribbean region and diaspora. This pattern was found to be consistent with the authors’ findings from a critical review of research methodologies used by postgraduate scholars in investigating Caribbean-related issues in the past 10 years. As a result, this article lobbies for the promotion of more culturally specific and relevant Caribbean research approaches that are respectful of the worldviews and practices of locals within the region.

How to shape a vision for 2025 based on key lessons learnt from past tourism of Guyana

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 532-544
Author(s):  
Donald Sinclair ◽  
Chandana (Chandi) Jayawardena
Keyword(s):  
Significant Degree ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
The Past ◽  
Adventure Travel ◽  
Special Value ◽  
The Caribbean

Purpose This paper provides the backdrop to the other seven articles in this WHATT 2018 theme issue dedicated to Guyana. This paper looks back and ahead at the development of tourism in Guyana. The purpose of this paper is to enable the reader to have a clear understanding of the provenance of the industry over the past 50 years and how that evolution informs the possible direction and future of the industry up to the year 2025 and beyond. Design/methodology/approach As would be expected of any study that examines the antecedence of a phenomenon, there is reliance to a significant degree upon historical material and interviews. The former comprises studies done by tourism consultants and researchers in Guyana, as well as publications from government agencies and sources. Further, especially in the quest for information relating to contemporary policies and developments, the interview method has been used. Findings This paper establishes that the evolution of tourism in Guyana is a movement from obscurity and insignificance to prominence and vibrancy. From being off the tourism map for many decades, Guyana is now enhancing its profile in the Caribbean region and carving a “green niche” for itself in the nature and adventure travel market. Originality/value This paper provides special value to persons working in the development of tourism, in either the public or private sector.

African Caribbean Residents of Edinburgh in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Williams
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
British Empire ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
African Caribbean ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries

Scotland is gradually coming to terms with its involvement in slavery and colonialism as part of the British Empire. This article places the spotlight on the lives of African Caribbean people who were residents of Edinburgh during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. I discuss their varied experiences and contributions: from runaways and men fighting for their freedom in the Scottish courts to women working as servants in city households or marrying into Edinburgh high society. The nineteenth century saw activism among political radicals from abolitionists to anticolonialists; some of these figures studied and taught at Edinburgh University. Their stories reflect the Scottish capital’s many direct connections with the Caribbean region.

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