Over the next few weeks, anti-littering signage will be placed in ten neighborhoods on Sint Maarten by Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC), assisted by community partners, and funded by Resources for Community Resilience (R4CR).

Thirty volunteers gathered early in the morning at Fort Amsterdam for a clean-up event organized as part of SXM DOET on Friday 10th of March. After two hours, participants were proud of the large pile of trash collected, including car parts, beach chairs, cables and zinc debris left over from previous storms as well as bottles and parts of Styrofoam scattered in the dense vegetation.

EPIC has started a new project to research the status and conservation of the Caribbean Brown Pelican  (Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis) on Sint Maarten and promote conservation of the pelican through awareness raising and outreach activities. With the data collected, the long-term goal of this project is to improve management of natural resources for the preservation of biodiversity on Sint Maarten.