Press Releases

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, DECEMBER 17, 2025 – The Executive Director of the Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management (PISLM), Dr. Ronen C.A. Francis, together with Mr. Trevor Thompson, Project Manager for the CSIDS SOILCARE Project (Phase I), paid a courtesy visit to Jamaica’s Minister of Local Government and Community Development, the Hon. Desmond McKenzie; the...

St. George’s Grenada, December 16, 2025 – The Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management (PISLM), congratulates Jamaica’s Minister of Water, Environment, and Climate Change – Hon. Matthew Samuda and Senator the Hon. Joyelle Clarke, Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment, Climate Action, and Constituency Empowerment of St. Kitts and Nevis, on their election to serve the...

Ladies and gentlemen, friends, and partners,   Today, on World Soil Day 2025, gives each of us who inhabit these beautiful islands in the Caribbean, an opportunity to focus on this very limited resource we call soil and unite under the theme “Healthy Soils for Healthy Cities.” This year’s theme is a reminder for us that...

Panama City, Panama – December 4, 2025 – Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have achieved a historic milestone at the Twenty-Third Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC23) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), having officially launched  the Caribbean Soil Information System (CARSIS)-  a pioneering, SIDS-driven digital platform designed to revolutionize science- based decision making, land degradation monitoring, environmental...

Panama City, Panama, December 3, 2025- The Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management (PISLM) was featured for its role in building national capacities within Caribbean Small Island Developing States.  Highlighting the organisation, was Executive Director Dr. Ronen C.A Francis, who presented on ‘Building National Capacities for Reporting in Caribbean SIDS, during session three (3) of...

Panama City, Panama, December 2, 2025- Phase two (2) of the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Multicountry Soil Management Initiative for Integrated Landscape Restoration and Climate-Resilient Food Systems (SOILCARE Project) has been highlighted for its potential impact on drought resilience in CSIDS, particularly in Grenada. Joseph Noel, Grenada’s United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification...

Panama City, Panama, December 1, 2025 – The Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management (PISLM), along with various representatives from Caribbean SIDS from Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Haiti, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Lucia, is participating in the 23rd session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation...

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, NOV 26, 2025- The Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management (PISLM) has formally handed over a shipment of climate-resilient agricultural equipment to the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Forestry and Marine Resources in Grenada. The equipment—comprising irrigation systems, shade houses, and solar-powered pumping units—arrived in a 40-foot container valued at more than...

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, NOV 26, 2025- Executive Director of the Partnership Initiative on Sustainable Land Management (PISLM), Dr. Ronen Francis, along with Consultant Euan James, completed a five-day consultation in Saint Lucia last week, from November 17 to 21, aimed at advancing cooperation under the Iyanola Project and deepening national and regional partnerships for sustainable...

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, NOV 26, 2025—Executive Director of the Partnership Initiative on Sustainable Land Management (PISLM), Dr. Ronen Francis, paid a courtesy call on Hon. Alfred Prospere, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security, and Rural Development, to discuss strengthening Saint Lucia’s collaboration with PISLM and advancing national priorities in sustainable land and soil management. The...