Environment

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Climate change could be in primary school curriculum by September
RAMBLE, Hanover — Minister of Education Reverend Ronald Thwaites has indicated that climate change could be included in the education curriculum at the primary level in the next school year, which begins in September. "We are hoping that it will start in September at the primary level and t ...

Peru to investigate mass die-off of pelicans
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's oceanographic agency says it will investigate the deaths of hundreds of pelicans on northern beaches where nearly 900 dolphins were recently found dead. Puerto Eten fisherman's association president Fernando Niquen says his group found about 1,200 dead pelicans Thur ...

Trekking in the Blue Mountains
THE Forestry Department has reported a successful staging of its Forest Trek 2012, with more than 600 persons from Asia, North America, Central America, Europe and the Caribbean, participating in the 12-km hike to and from the Cinchona Botanical Gardens in the Blue Mountains. They began the chall ...