Celebrating Environmentalists of the BVI: What do we need to do?

Meet Angela Burnett of the governmental Environment and Climate Change Unit! She has worked as the Climate Change Officer in the Unit for several years, pioneering the BVI's climate change legislation. She now works as the Climate Change Coordinator for a series of projects in St. Lucia.

Meet Natasha Harrigan of the National Parks Trust of the British Virgin Islands! She has worked as the nursery manager of the J.R. O'Neal Botanic Garden National Park since 2014. In collaboration with local and international partners, she has also helped manage the Trust's endemic plant conservation programme. 

Meet Susan Zaluski of the Jost Van Dyke Presevation Society! She was the Executive Director of a local NGO, the Jost Van Dyke Preservation Society from 2008 to 2020. She has recently shifted from that role to become the Director of the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College's Centre for Applied Marine Studies.

Meet Mervin Hastings of the Environment and Climate Change Unit!  He has been working in the Department of Conservation and Fisheries (now the Environment and Climate Change Unit) for around 30 years. He also operates an ecotour company called "Eco Adventures BVI".