{"id":129664,"date":"2021-05-27T08:03:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T12:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=129664"},"modified":"2021-05-27T08:03:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T12:03:54","slug":"covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19, land and the future of the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>

\u201cCOVID-19, Land and the Future of the Caribbean\u201d will be in full focus this Saturday 29th May, 2021 during a virtual panel discussion to be hosted by the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) and the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

The event brings together the English, Dutch, French and Spanish Caribbean; and highlighting the particular role of youths \u2013 will be a feature keynote address by Hugh Todd \u2013 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation of the Republic of Guyana, and an impressive line-up of panellists, including Professor Richard Byron-Cox, a leading expert in sustainable development.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Topics to be covered during the event include, Land and Food Security, Land and Climate Change, Land and Water Management, and Land and Biodiversity. There will be a special expos\u00e9 on the consequences of the on-going volcanic eruption in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

The event runs from 10 am until 12 pm this Saturday 29th May, featuring highlights from a video competition of youth working in areas of the environment and will be live streamed online across the entire Caribbean.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

The general public \u2013 particularly youth; are invited to\u00a0join this dialogue<\/a>\u00a0asking their questions and proposing solutions.<\/p>\n

The current global pandemic has created many challenges for various sectors including public health, tourism, food security and overall livelihoods in the Caribbean.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

This discussion is aimed at energizing the young citizens of the Caribbean to play a more active role in the post-COVID-19 future of their common home.<\/p>\n

CYEN and UNCCD encourages all youths to participate in the video competition aimed at sharing innovative projects and\/or ideas on sustainable land management that could help inspire others and have a positive impact across the Caribbean. Winning submissions will be promoted at the webinar.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cCOVID-19, Land and the Future of the Caribbean\u201d will be in full focus this Saturday 29th May, 2021 during a virtual panel discussion to be hosted by the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) and the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The event brings together the English, Dutch, French and Spanish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":129665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"yoast_head":"\nCOVID-19, land and the future of the Caribbean - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COVID-19, land and the future of the Caribbean\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cCOVID-19, Land and the Future of the Caribbean\u201d will be in full focus this Saturday 29th May, 2021 during a virtual panel discussion to be hosted by the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) and the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The event brings together the English, Dutch, French and Spanish […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-27T12:03:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capture-24.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"730\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"520\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"COVID-19, land and the future of the Caribbean\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-27T12:03:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-27T12:03:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/\"},\"wordCount\":297,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:730\/h:520\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capture-24.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Health\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/\",\"name\":\"COVID-19, land and the future of the Caribbean - Antigua News Room\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:730\/h:520\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capture-24.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-27T12:03:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-27T12:03:54+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:730\/h:520\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capture-24.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:730\/h:520\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capture-24.jpeg\",\"width\":730,\"height\":520},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"COVID-19, land and the future of the Caribbean\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"name\":\"Antigua News Room\",\"description\":\"News As It Happens\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Antigua Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"width\":1260,\"height\":1260,\"caption\":\"Antigua Newsroom\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"COVID-19, land and the future of the Caribbean - Antigua News Room","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"COVID-19, land and the future of the Caribbean","og_description":"\u201cCOVID-19, Land and the Future of the Caribbean\u201d will be in full focus this Saturday 29th May, 2021 during a virtual panel discussion to be hosted by the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) and the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The event brings together the English, Dutch, French and Spanish […]","og_url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/","og_site_name":"Antigua News Room","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","article_published_time":"2021-05-27T12:03:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":730,"height":520,"url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capture-24.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_site":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5"},"headline":"COVID-19, land and the future of the Caribbean","datePublished":"2021-05-27T12:03:54+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-27T12:03:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/"},"wordCount":297,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:730\/h:520\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capture-24.jpeg","articleSection":["Health"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/","name":"COVID-19, land and the future of the Caribbean - Antigua News Room","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:730\/h:520\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capture-24.jpeg","datePublished":"2021-05-27T12:03:54+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-27T12:03:54+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:730\/h:520\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capture-24.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:730\/h:520\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capture-24.jpeg","width":730,"height":520},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/covid-19-land-and-the-future-of-the-caribbean\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"COVID-19, land and the future of the Caribbean"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","name":"Antigua News Room","description":"News As It Happens","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization","name":"Antigua Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","width":1260,"height":1260,"caption":"Antigua Newsroom"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/129665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}