Anguilla

JNCC works collaboratively with Anguilla, primarily through the Anguilla Government Department of Environment.

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Sign up to the JNCC Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies bi-monthly bulletin to keep up to date with the work we are doing in Anguilla and all the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

Find out the latest news on environment in Anguilla from the website of the Department of Environment.

Funded participation in International conferences/workshops

JNCC is able to support the OTs and CDs with funding to attend international conferences and workshops.

Island Invasives: Eradication and Management Conference 8th - 12th February 2010.

Rhon Connor (Anguilla Government) attended the "Island Invasives: Eradications and Management" conference hosted by the University of Auckland, held at the Tamaki Campus, Auckland, New Zealand, between the 8th and 12th February 2010.

The conference was facilitated by the Centre for Biodiversity and Biosecurity (CBB) in partnership with the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG), and it attracted about 250 participants from various countries around the globe.

Rhon's attendance was made possible by JNCC funding and supported by the Government of Anguilla.

Download Rhon's conference report (PDF, 27 kb)

Download Rhon's presentation "Of Rats and Birds: Creating a Seabird Paradise on Dog" (PDF, 3511 kb)

Caribbean regional hub

The Caribbean Regional Hub is an online network, managed by the Cayman Islands Department of Environmnent, that JNCC supports which facilitates professional communities with an interest in combating invasive species, climate change and preserving biodiversity in the Caribbean.

The long term objective of the Hub is to bring together ideas, people, projects, experience, expertise, funds and common resources.

Other areas of support and advice

JNCC also provides support and advice to Overseas Territories in a number of other areas at the request of the UKOT governments. These areas include economic valuation, climate change, invasives species, accessing funding, and multilateral environmental agreements.

Blue Turtle Award

JNCC runs an annual Blue Turtle Award. People are encouraged to nominate Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies groups or individuals who are 'making a difference'.

More information

2011 Geoconservation in the Overseas Territories of the UK by M. Stanley.

The European Commission's OCT Environmental Profiles - these environmental profiles are set in a socio-economic, developmental perspective so that the findings can be used to assist in programming projects in the
framework of the 10th European Development Fund (EDF).

Amphibians and Reptiles of the UK OTs, CDs and SBAs: Species inventory and overview of conservation and research priorities by Paul Edgar of Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust.

More information on Climate change impacts in the Caribbean OTs.

Environmental Education resources on Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

2009 Implications of climate change for Biodiversity in the UK Overseas Territories by J.P. McWilliams.

2007 Environmental Economics in the Overseas Territories.

2006 Non-native species in the Overseas Territories a Review by Karen Varnham.

2005 Review of Ramsar sites in the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies by Dr Mike Pienkowski.

1999 snapshot of Biodiversity in the Anguilla edited by Dr Vin Fleming and Deborah Procter JNCC.

Training and Research Programme Steering Group

Anguilla is a member of the Training and Research Programme Steering Group which drives the direction of the OT Training and Research Programme.

Research Priorities 2011

JNCC asks the OTs and CDs for information about their top 3 research priorities each year via members of the OT and CD Training and Research Programme Steering Group. These priorities are used to inform a number of funding decisions including the JNCC Research Contributions.

Training

JNCC is able to support the OTs and CDs with funding to attend environmental training courses.

Masters Scholarship

JNCC has also funded a scholarship for 1 person from Anguilla to undertake a Masters Degree in Environmental Management at the University of Reading from September 2011 to August 2012. This Scholarship is managed by the UK Overseas Territories Association.

Lionfish Phd

JNCC has also contributed funding to link UKOTs in the Caribbean into Phd research on the Lionfish being undertaken by the University of Southampton.

JNCC has contributed to projects in Anguilla including:

Public awareness and lionfish survey

In 2010, for the International Year of Biodiversity, the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), has funded a series of invasive species projects across the UK Overseas Territories. This has been coordinated by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Project activities on Anguilla were:

Production of News articles, Radio & TV Ads, and carry out public surveys;

Creation of Posters and Banners for public display;
Design Brochures, and set up a display of live invasive specimens, especially lion fish and other marine species;
Conduct a Stakeholders Workshop on Invasive species;
Survey for marine invasives Lionfish;
Establish an interactive Invasive Species Website.

Download project report 1, project report 2, lionfish response plan, Lionfish public information brochure

An ecological assessment of Little Scrub Island

In 2009 JNCC contributed to a research project that focussed on an ecological assessment of little scrub island.

Download final report (PDF, 141 kb) and detailed Litte Scrub Ecosystem Assessment project report (PDF, 5,136 kb).