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Background

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The Environment

Coral reefs (general)

Overfishing[edit] Due to overfishing, the fish density in reefs have drastically decreased. Today, 24% of the reefs are replaced by algae. Disease[edit] The Caribbean's coral reefs have been increasingly becoming diseased by 20 percent.[12] Coral diseases can cause tissue damage or it could even destroy the entire colony.[12] In 1980, white-band disease killed 95 percent of the Acroporid palmata and Acroporid cervicornis colonies which placed them on the Endangered Species Act.[12] A 2010 study concluded that sewage runoff was correlated to the white pox coral disease that destroyed the Acroporid palmata species.[13]

Jamaican Cockpit Warriors (campaign, defenders)

This group seeks to provide a forum where we can discuss issues that pertain to the imminent mining plans by Noranda, to mine bauxite in Cockpit Country. Our primary aim is to have the government accept the Stakeholders map of Cockpit Country and to cease and desist from any plans to mine SML 173. Our long-term goal is to provide information and programs that will foster indigenous sustainability in our communities. Bauxite is not the only negative thing in Cockpit Country. Jacqueline Binns: 876-891-9664 ( Digicel) 876-789-8017 ( Flow ) Marcia Campbell: 876-401-7687 Esther Figueroa: 876-407-7439; mediavagabond@gmail.com Paul Chang: may be indigenous?? https://www.facebook.com/paul.chang.906?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARCdTiw8exhoDlrVj17EHD1-tSBVvUAgLEZgD4JM6xTQN26-UE-Yi1bB80d9B8pk0EtSlEDrZxxtg0Gl&dti=384016508881846&hc_location=group reach out to these people

General Escazú

Quick info: Jamaica signed the agreement September 26, 2019. The last notice of the agreement was with the press release As a member of the Negotiating Committee established in 2014, Jamaica was integrally involved in the work leading up to the signing of this agreement. Jamaica’s Danielle Andrade-Goffe was the diligent Elected People’s Representative at these negotiations. I wrote about some of the preparations (two years of preparatory meetings, public consultations and nine meetings of the Committee) in previous blog posts over the past two or three years. I have also written about the need to defend our defenders of the environment – so many have paid with their lives in the region, especially the indigenous peoples. Please take a look at all these links for some background information. As I noted at the time, Minister with responsibility for the Environment and Climate Change Daryl Vaz announced that Jamaica intended to sign the agreement in May of this year. Now it has happened. The First Meeting of the signatories to the Agreement will take place in San José, Costa Rica on October 11 – 12 this year. This is a big step forward for the ordinary Caribbean and Latin American citizen. It will ensure proper access to information. It’s important also for us to understand that this is a step towards a new commitment by the Jamaican Government to transparency and openness in making information available; to ensuring that the public participate fully in the environmental decision-making process; to providing full access to justice for citizens in environmental matters; and to protecting the rights of every person, now and in the future, to live in a healthy environment and to enjoy sustainable development. Jamaica

Escazú leads

In Jamaica, the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC) is in charge of going to the different stakeholders for the ratification of Escazú. The website seems to point that the agreement would likely be ratified after the proper stakeholders were consulted https://megjc.gov.jm/agencies/ (it is composed of many small agencies. So far I could not find any mention of Escazú on the website

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Coral reefs (general)

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Overfishing[

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Due to overfishing, the fish density in reefs have drastically decreased. Today, 24% of the reefs are replaced by algae.

Disease[

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The Caribbean's coral reefs have been increasingly becoming diseased by 20 percent.[12] Coral diseases can cause tissue damage or it could even destroy the entire colony.[12] In 1980, white-band disease killed 95 percent of the

Acroporid palmata

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and Acroporid cervicornis colonies which placed them on the

Endangered Species Act

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.[12] A 2010 study concluded that sewage runoff was correlated to the

white pox coral disease

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that destroyed the Acroporid palmata species.[13]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_issues_of_Jamaica%27s_reefs

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Defenders

In ______, X people are killed....

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https://www.facebook.com/899010640183270/posts/2481016068649378/?d=n⁠

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Groups

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Subject: Fridays for Future activists want to help get the Escazú Agreement ratified

Hello! I would like to help get the Escazú Agreement ratified–I’m part of the outreach team for Fridays for Future Digital, the internet arm of Greta Thunberg’s school strike movement, and along with FFF groups in Latin America we’re working on a campaign to get the agreement ratified in two countries before the deadline of September 26! Do you know how we can help in Grenada and St. Lucia, which are closest to ratifying the agreement? We want to help in whatever way we can—hope you’re safe during this time!

You can read the project brief for our Escazú Campaign here! bit.ly/escazuya

Thanks so much,

Jett Zhang

Outreach for Fridays for Future Digital

Subject: Fridays for Future activists want to help get the Escazú Agreement ratified

Hello! Thank you for the incredible work you to do keep ____ pristine and enjoyable for future generations to come. We are from Fridays for Future Digital, the internet arm of Greta Thunberg’s school strike movement, and we are working on a campaign to get the Escazú Agreement ratified in the Caribbean before the deadline of September 26th!

The Escazú Agreement codifies public participation into governmental decisions that would affect the environment, requires signatories to make their environmental data transparent, and codifies protection for environmental defenders. This agreement would increase democracy and human rights and protect the environment for future generations to come. We’d love to work with you to get it ratified!

We also help local groups create digital campaigns to fight for climate justice, so you can also message us about that. Hope to hear from you soon!

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Jamaican Allies

Jamaican Allies

Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation

C-CAM promotes sustainable development and conservation of the natural environment in the Portland Bight Protected Area

Cockpit Country Warriors

FFF Jamaica

FFF group (inactive)

Other

Jamaica: The Gleaner We want to hear from you! Send us a message on WhatsApp at 1-876-499-0169, email us at editors@gleanerjm.com or onlinefeedback@gleanerjm.com.

University of the West Indies

https://m.facebook.com/CANARICARIBBEAN/posts/4181894175169285 Lecture by a Judge- collaboration with UWI Winston ANderson, lecturer of law https://sta.uwi.edu/fst/why-escaz%C3%BA-agreement-matters https://www.google.com/search?q=UWI+escaz%C3%BA&oq=UWI+escaz%C3%BA&aqs=chrome..69i57.1489j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Zero Hour Jamaica

Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation

Outreached?

Partnered?

They replied—they just started planning their campaign to get it ratified. Maybe I can follow up? Probably have to propose something to them

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