AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoCommunity Science: Aruba is joining TrashBlitz Caribbean, a two-year effort using a mobile app to track plastic waste and guide local action. Partners met in Belize to share methods; there, the approach helped cut water-pouch litter at one school by 85%. Marine Science: A global IUCN assessment warns that 96% of shallow-water reefs are critically endangered and could disappear by 2075, with ocean warming and heat waves the main threats—a serious concern for Caribbean ecosystems, including Aruba’s reefs. Education & Research: Dutch Education Minister Rianne Letschert is due in Curaçao on November 19 for talks on education, research and heritage. Aruba will join the Kingdom’s annual four-country consultation, which will include Caribbean Netherlands representatives for the first time.
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