The Project Execution Unit of the Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU) will host an online workshop for contractors interested in bidding for shoreline protection works under the Climate Resilient & Sustainable Integrated Coastal Zone Management Programme (CRS-ICZM). The workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, January 14, 2026, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Contractors will be…
For fisherfolk in Barbados, the ocean is central to their way of life. It provides them with a source of income, and sense of rootedness and belonging. However, this is increasingly threatened by the impacts of climate change. There is an urgent need to scale up and integrate good practices for early warning and early…
Barbados Launches First Bio-CNG Vehicle Powered by Sargassum Rum and Sargassum Inc., a local deep-tech start-up, and The University of the West Indies Cave Hill campus have launched the first vehicle powered by bio-compressed natural gas (CNG). The bio-CNG uses rum distillery wastewater and a sargassum-based biomethane, an innovative fuel source derived from the invasive…
The Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU), which was formally established as a Unit of the Government in 1996, is the evolution of the original Coastal Conservation Project Unit started in 1983.
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