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Green economy report to be presented to Barbados PM Freundel Stuart
Barbados Prime Minister., Freundel Stuart
A number of important social and environmental issues, among other matters, will be up for discussion today, when the Caribbean Green Economy Forum gets under way.
Officials from the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus will hand over the findings of the Green Economy Scoping Study (GESS) to Prime Minister, Freundel Stuart during the official opening ceremony of the forum which is being held at the Almond Beach Village.
The forum, hosted by the government of Barbados and the UWI, in association with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is expected to address the issue of Creating a Sustainable Livelihood for Small Scale Fishers, as it relates to the role of good governance, ecosystem protection and clean technologies.