{"id":34865,"date":"2019-05-29T10:55:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T14:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=34865"},"modified":"2019-05-29T10:55:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T14:55:53","slug":"boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Boggy Peak Could Become A Protected Area"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>

Community members within the \u201cRound South\u201d community are invited to attend a follow up workshop on the proposed Boggy Peak Protected Area on Wednesday May 29th<\/sup> 2019 from 5pm- 7pm<\/strong> at the SR Olivia David (Bolans Primary) School.<\/p>

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

This workshop will help the team at the Department of Environment establish concrete management goals for the area as well as zones for uses through a participatory mapping exercise.\u00a0 This initiative is part of the Global Environment Facility funded \u201cSustainable Pathways: Protected Areas and Renewable Energy\u201d project, aimed for completion in 2020.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>

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

This workshop is a follow up to the initial community workshop, which focused on gathering community knowledge by engaging landowners and community members to provide information on resources and benefits offered within the Boggy Peak area. There was also a lively discussion on possible threats to the area, as well as ways to alleviate these threats through community involvement and programs established in the protected area\u2019s future management plan. The community members were informed of the Department of Environment\u2019s plans to improve the area, including the addition of an eco-friendly interpretation center to cater to locals and tourists for eco-tourism and recreational purposes.<\/p>

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

 <\/p>\n

Boggy Peak, which was renamed from Mt. Obama by Cabinet decision in 2016, is one of the largest naturally forested areas remaining in Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p>

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

 <\/p>\n

For more information about this Project, or to register your interest in attending the upcoming consultation, please contact Ms. Hali Chesher, Technical Officer, at Hali.Chesher@ab.gov.ag<\/a> or call the Department of Environment at 462-4625.<\/p>

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

Community members within the \u201cRound South\u201d community are invited to attend a follow up workshop on the proposed Boggy Peak Protected Area on Wednesday May 29th 2019 from 5pm- 7pm at the SR Olivia David (Bolans Primary) School. This workshop will help the team at the Department of Environment establish concrete management goals for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enviroment","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nBoggy Peak Could Become A Protected Area - 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\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boggy Peak Could Become A Protected Area\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Community members within the \u201cRound South\u201d community are invited to attend a follow up workshop on the proposed Boggy Peak Protected Area on Wednesday May 29th 2019 from 5pm- 7pm at the SR Olivia David (Bolans Primary) School. This workshop will help the team at the Department of Environment establish concrete management goals for the […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/\" \/>\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=\"2019-05-29T14:55:53+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\/2019\/05\/boggy-peak-1..jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"907\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"680\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Boggy Peak Could Become A Protected Area\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-29T14:55:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-05-29T14:55:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/\"},\"wordCount\":265,\"commentCount\":11,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:907\/h:680\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/boggy-peak-1..jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Enviroment\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/\",\"name\":\"Boggy Peak Could Become A Protected Area - Antigua News Room\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:907\/h:680\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/boggy-peak-1..jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-29T14:55:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-05-29T14:55:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:907\/h:680\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/boggy-peak-1..jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:907\/h:680\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/boggy-peak-1..jpg\",\"width\":907,\"height\":680},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Boggy Peak Could Become A Protected Area\"}]},{\"@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":"Boggy Peak Could Become A Protected Area - 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\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Boggy Peak Could Become A Protected Area","og_description":"Community members within the \u201cRound South\u201d community are invited to attend a follow up workshop on the proposed Boggy Peak Protected Area on Wednesday May 29th 2019 from 5pm- 7pm at the SR Olivia David (Bolans Primary) School. This workshop will help the team at the Department of Environment establish concrete management goals for the […]","og_url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/","og_site_name":"Antigua News Room","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","article_published_time":"2019-05-29T14:55:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":907,"height":680,"url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/boggy-peak-1..jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_site":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5"},"headline":"Boggy Peak Could Become A Protected Area","datePublished":"2019-05-29T14:55:53+00:00","dateModified":"2019-05-29T14:55:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/"},"wordCount":265,"commentCount":11,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:907\/h:680\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/boggy-peak-1..jpg","articleSection":["Enviroment","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/","name":"Boggy Peak Could Become A Protected Area - Antigua News Room","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:907\/h:680\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/boggy-peak-1..jpg","datePublished":"2019-05-29T14:55:53+00:00","dateModified":"2019-05-29T14:55:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:907\/h:680\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/boggy-peak-1..jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:907\/h:680\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/boggy-peak-1..jpg","width":907,"height":680},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boggy-peak-could-become-a-protected-area\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Boggy Peak Could Become A Protected Area"}]},{"@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\/34865","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=34865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/34870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}