The effects of increased sand mining in Keys Village to the environment, the decreasing number of sea turtles in the community and the need to create a viable tourism product in the St. Mary’s Biosphere Reserve were among some of the concerns raised by residents from the area in a workshop on Tuesday October 30. …
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UNESCO St. Mary’s Biosphere Reserve Workshop Report 1 UNESCO St. Mary’s Biosphere Reserve Workshop Report (1) UNESCO St. Mary’s Biosphere Reserve Workshop Report 1Antonio Maynard Posted by St. Kitts – Nevis National Commission for Unesco on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 UNESCO St. Mary’s Biosphere Reserve Workshop Report 2 UNESCO St. Mary’s Biosphere Reserve …
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The project to boost the brand of the St. Mary’s Biosphere Reserve and create a management plan is in full effect. A UNESCO consultant is currently in St. Kitts and Nevis since the start of the week, meeting with stakeholders together with head of the St. Kitts and Nevis UNESCO Secretariat Mr. Antonio Maynard and …
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The significance of the St. Mary’s Biosphere Reserve to St. Kitts and Nevis and the inhabitants of the communities forming the St. Mary’s Biosphere Reserves, will be focal points over the next few weeks in St. Kitts. Biosphere reserves are areas of terrestrial and coastal ecosystems promoting solutions to reconcile the conservation of biodiversity with …
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PRESS RELEASE Basseterre, St. Kitts – October 11th, 2018. UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme and the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province organized the 6th Training Course for Island and Coastal Biosphere Reserve Managers from October 1 to 3, 2018 in Jeju Island, Republic of Korea. The overall aim of the training course was to …
Notwithstanding being a small island developing state, St. Kitts and Nevis has again raised the profile of the Federation on the multilateral stage, as one of the 184 Member States of the specialised UN agency, UNESCO, based in Paris. At the end of September this year, St. Kitts and Nevis’ Ambassador to UNESCO, H.E. …
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(EMU) – St. Kitts, June 28, 2018: In an effort to assess the needs of the country as it relates to professionalizing the teaching force, the Ministry of Education in collaboration with UNESCO, is presently conducting a series of discussions within the Federation. The Ministry recognizes that the education sector has experienced major improvements over …
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Happy National Volunteer Day Posted by Sknbiosphere on Saturday, February 17, 2018
The St. Kitts and Nevis National Commission for UNESCO was established in 1991. It operates as an agency of the Ministry of Education and Information of the Government of St. Christopher (Kitts) and Nevis.
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