Caribbean students in the South Pacific - Small Island Developing States (SIDS) citizens bond over a passion for sustainable development, the environment, and natural resource management. Others of us have joined to share our knowledge and desire to learn about pressing social issues that affect and are affected by environmental pressures, including urbanization and housing affordability.

Notable Alumna of the Department of Geography, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Ms. Sherri Lodhar (left).  I didn't have the opportunity to influence her learning as she'd already graduated by the time I arrived to the UWI-STA, but I'm fortunate to have met her thanks to the Caribbean-Pacific Islands Mobility Scheme.  Sherri is currently a PhD candidate in Geography at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji, working in the field of biogeography and the relationship between invasive plant species and forest dynamics.  A brilliant young researcher, supervised by Professor Juergen Boehmer, she is undoubtedly going to gain a world of experience that will allow her to consider tropical vegetation dynamics as well as invasive species impacts generally in relationship to development and environmental management.

Left to Right

Dr. Eberhard Weber, Senior Lecturer, Geography, Earth Science and Environment, Sustainable development and environmentally-induced migration

Kristina Sankar – T&T – Postgrad Diploma in Marine Science

Delmer Tzib – Belize – Postgrad Diploma in History

Ms Sherri Lodhar – T&T- PhD  Environmental Management

Mr Faron Young-Belize - Postgrad Diploma Sociology

Ms Khaleella Arzu – Belize - Postgrad Diploma Sociology

Mr Leomar Longsworth – Belize - Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Science

 Ms Kashieka Broadster – Belize -  Postgrad Diploma Sociology

(Unnamed cheeky American student - female)

Mr Jermaine Clarke – Guyana – Postgrad Diploma in Management

 (Unnamed cheeky American student - male)

Dr. Priya Kissoon, Lecturer, Geography Department, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus