Enviroment
Shedding Starts At Cooks Landfill With Over Five Million Tyres
Shredding of Tyres has begun at the Cooks Landfill.
This follows Thursday's commissioning of a state of the art Tyre shredding machine.
With over five (5)...
Department of Environment Says PLH Project In Barbuda May Pose Threat To Residents
The Department of Environment (DoE) says the US $250 million Peace Love & Happiness project in the Palmetto area in Barbuda poses a potential...
Community Groups Receive Donations To Aid In The Eradication Of The Giant African Snail
In 2019, throughout the month of November, the Giant African Snail Task Force held a total of eight town hall meetings, seven (7) in...
Residents Urged To Adhere To The Closed Fishing Season Regulations
Supermarkets and suppliers of fish are being warned of penalties that could be brought against them if they ignore the current closed fishing season.
As...
An Agriculture Official Praises CARDI’s Role In Agricultural Development
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Colin O’Keiffe has underscored the importance of the role that the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development...
Snail Eradication Town Hall Meetings Set To Begin Next Month.
“Community Participation for eradication of the Giant African Snail in Antigua and Barbuda”, will be the focus of a series of Town Hall Meetings...
Plastics Recycling Plant To Be Established In Antigua & Barbuda
In an effort to become the first “a future island”, Antigua and Barbuda will have a plastics recycling plant.
All the plastic wastes will be...
Communities In Antigua & Barbuda Advance In The Control Of The Giant African Snail...
A project of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) will support the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Barbuda Affairs (MoAFBA) in the...
Giant African Snail Eradication Project Briefing
On Monday 14 October, 2019, a briefing was held at the Ministry of Agriculture on the Giant African Snail Project, with the project name...
Antigua & Barbuda Seeks To Lower Its Carbon Footprint
Many government-owned buildings including schools, office buildings, government workshops; now completely dependent upon APUA as electricity provider, will move towards solar power plants.
This was...
Plant Protection Reminds Of The Entry Requirements For Regulated Items Entering Antigua & Barbuda.
All importers, brokers, overseas mailbox operators, courier companies and members of the general public are hereby reminded of the regulation of the entry into...
Department Of Environment Opens Environmental Impact Assessments To The Public For Comment
The Department of Environment would like to inform the public that as of October 7th 2019, all Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) received from the...
Antigua Receives A Shredding Machine To Boost Clean Up Efforts
The Ministry the Environment today accepted a state of the art Shredder from the European Union Housing Project.
The handing over exercise was held at...