Marine Turtle Fisheries in the UK Overseas Territories of the Caribbean: Domestic Legislation and the Requirements of Multilateral Agreements

2006 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. B. Richardson ◽  
A. C. Broderick ◽  
L. M. Campbell ◽  
B. J. Godley ◽  
S. Ranger
Keyword(s):  
Marine Turtle ◽  
Domestic Legislation ◽  
Multilateral Agreements ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Overseas Territories ◽  
The Uk

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.

Equality Laws Compared: The Caribbean, the UK and the USA

2020 ◽  
pp. 157-183
Author(s):  
Jacqueline H. Stephenson ◽  
Natalie Persadie ◽  
Ann Marie Bissessar ◽  
Talia Esnard
Keyword(s):  
The Usa ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The Uk

scholarly journals Staging Displacedness: The Disturbing Spatial Conceits of Edgar Nkosi White.’s Drama

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Núria Casado Gual
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The Uk

Abstract: Emerging from the author’s own diasporic experience in the Caribbean, the UK and the United States, Edgar Nkosi White’s drama reflects the reality of the raciallyoppressed from multiple perspectives. Focusing on the theatre’s spatial expressivity, this essay analyses the metaphorical value of his theatrical spaces. Through these deterritorialized geographies, the readers and spectators of Edgar Nkosi White’s theatre are able to recognize loci of racial confrontation from a cross-cultural viewpoint, thus enlightening their perception of the global, conflictive space they share.Resumen: A partir de la experiencia diaspórica del propio autor en el Caribe, el Reino Unido y Estados Unidos, el teatro de Edgar Nkosi White refleja la realidad de las víctimas del racismo desde una perspectiva múltiple. Tomando la expresividad espacial del teatro como eje principal, este artículo analiza el valor metafórico de los espacios escénicos de su obra. A través de sus geografías desterritorializadas, los lectores y espectadores de Edgar Nkosi White pueden reconocer lugares de confrontación racial desde una perspectiva transcultural, iluminando así su visión del espacio global y conflictivo que comparten.

scholarly journals The Olive Ridley Project (ORP): A successful example of how to engage researchers, conservation practitioners and civil society

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Stelfox ◽  
Mercedes Martin-Cereceda ◽  
Karim Vahed ◽  
Jillian Hudgins ◽  
Stephanie Köhnk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Ecology ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Sea Turtle ◽  
Marine Turtle ◽  
Olive Ridley ◽  
Turtle Species ◽  
Research Engagement ◽  
The Uk

The Olive Ridley Project (ORP) was set up to protect sea turtles and their habitats. The project was formed in 2013, and it became a registered charity in the UK in 2016. From its inception, ORP took a multidisciplinary approach to achieve its goals. Part of its objectives, and the reason why the charity came to fruition, are related to the issue of olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) entanglement in abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear (also known as ‘ghost gear’ or ‘ghost nets’), and the search for ghost gear and turtle entanglement ‘hot spots’ throughout the Indian Ocean. The initial ORP research questions were soon challenged by societal interests to develop inclusive educational programmes in local communities and tourist resorts that could raise awareness about the need for conservation of all sea turtle species. In February 2017, ORP opened the first veterinarian-run, fully equipped Marine Turtle Rescue Centre in the Maldives, bringing together the work of researchers, citizen scientists, volunteers, environmentalists, marine biologists and veterinarians. The present work of ORP sits on a strong and scientifically robust collaborative plan. Current ORP research projects range from sea turtle population analyses, spatial ecology, rehabilitation of injured and sick individuals, epibiont parasite analyses, precise turtle identification through photo-ID research, linking ghost gear to responsible fisheries, and analyses of ghost gear drift patterns. The programme enhances community education and outreach by engaging schoolchildren, organizing workshops, promoting sustainable use of ghost gear waste, and training citizen scientists and local fishing communities. The ORP programme encompasses many principles of research engagement, effectively combining scientific knowledge, education and action. This article explores all stages of the process (from research planning and design, to knowledge exchange and inter- and trans-disciplinary impact assessments), describing the active engagement originated by the ORP initiative. A reflective insight into the learning, enrichment and challenges of engaging researchers and community actors is also included, considering the current social and scientific framework.

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.

Friend or Foe? The US Invades Grenada

2015 ◽  
pp. 93-144
Author(s):  
Sally-Ann Treharne
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
International Community ◽  
Special Relationship ◽  
Caribbean Island ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Eastern Caribbean ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
British Commonwealth ◽  
The Uk

The US-led invasion of the Caribbean island of Grenada at the alleged behest of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) on 25 October 1983 had a profound negative impact upon the development of the Special Relationship under Reagan and Thatcher. The dubious legality of the intervention was widely criticised by the international community, most notably the UK. And yet, it was the Thatcher government that bore the scars of considerable domestic criticism regarding the unlawful US involvement in the internal affairs of a member of the British Commonwealth. The US invasion of Grenada, or operation ‘Urgent Fury’ as it is otherwise known, raised important questions regarding the limits of British credibility and importance within the Anglo-American alliance.

2. Sources of Law I: Domestic Legislation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Thomas ◽  
Claire McGourlay
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Regulatory Agencies ◽  
House Of Commons ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Implementing Change ◽  
House Of Lords ◽  
Domestic Legislation ◽  
The Uk

Each Concentrate revision guide is packed with essential information, key cases, revision tips, exam Q&As, and more. This chapter examines domestic legislation. Domestic legislation is created by Parliament, which consists of the House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Monarch. It is divided into primary legislation and secondary legislation. Primary legislation takes the form of ‘Acts of Parliament’, commonly referred to as ‘statutes’. Statutes can cover a vast variety of laws from criminal law, land law, contract law, and many others. Meanwhile, secondary legislation — also known as delegated legislation or subordinate legislation — is the most common instrument for implementing change within the UK. Parliament has neither the time, the resources, nor the expertise to deal with certain matters. It is for these reasons that the majority of legislation is made outside of Parliament. Accordingly, Parliament may delegate such powers, through an Act of Parliament to other bodies and institutions to implement. Such bodies often include the Privy Council, government ministers, local authorities, and other regulatory agencies.

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