St. Maarten Private Eye

What is there left for me to say?

Food security and the rapid rise in food prices make up the "elephant in the room" that politicians must face up to quickly, according to the government's new chief scientific adviser. In his first major speech since taking over, Professor John Beddington said the global rush to grow biofuels was compounding the problem, and cutting down rainforest to produce biofuel crops was "profoundly stupid".

Food crisis will take hold before climate change, warns chief scientist - 7th March 2008

Warnings over future food crisis - 6th March 2008

Cost crisis hitting Caribbean trade - 7th March 2008

Caribbean food prices rising - 4th March 2008

The United Nations has warned that the supply of fish stocks will plummet as the world heats up, impacting millions of people in the Caribbean and other developing nations who depend on fishing for their economic success.

According to a new report released Friday by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), rising greenhouse gas emissions threaten at least three quarters of key fishing grounds, which could affect the 2.6 billion people who derive their protein from seafood.

Climate change shrinking Carib fish stocks - 24th February 2008