AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoRegional Science Cooperation: Dutch Education Minister Rianne Letschert visits Curaçao on November 19 for talks on education, research and heritage. Aruba will join the four-country ministerial meeting, which will include Caribbean Netherlands representatives for the first time. Community Science: An Aruba partner is joining TrashBlitz Caribbean, a two-year effort using a mobile app to track plastic waste and guide local solutions. In Belize, the program helped cut water-pouch litter at one school by 85%. Student Support: Aruba’s Education Ministry is working with a Dutch universities-of-applied-sciences group to better prepare students for higher education in the Netherlands; the group plans school visits across the islands this month. Coral Risk: A global assessment warns that 96% of shallow-water reef systems face critical danger, largely from ocean warming and heat waves—a serious concern for reef-dependent Caribbean communities.
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