Topic: National Conservation Act

Hemmington Forest on Cayman Brac is set to become the Cayman Islands’ first formally designated national park, following public consultation. However, the plan must still move through government channels before it can be implemented.

The NCC has pushed back against criticism from animal welfare advocates over cat culling aimed at protecting endangered species on the Sister Islands.

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Justice Marlene Carter has ruled that the National Conservation Council cannot make any decisions until a court hearing next month to determine if a judicial review should go ahead into the legality of Cabinet appointing former politicians as council members.

Ousted members of Cayman's top environmental body on Monday said they would fight their removal in the courts if needed.

The Cayman Islands is revered around the globe for our pristine beaches, crystal-clear waters, vibrant coral reefs, and the scientific significance of many conservation success stories.

Our science-based management and recovery efforts means that the Cayman Islands has the largest remaining active Nassau grouper spawning aggregation site in the region, an increasing nesting population of wild sea turtles and our ever iconic Blue iguanas have been brought back from the brink of extinction.

Controversial changes to the National Conservation Act were dramatically ditched at the last minute today as MPs voted to withdraw the National Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2024.

Planned changes to the National Conservation Act will strip it of its power and tilt the balance of Cayman's future towards unchecked development, two former sustainability ministers have claimed.

Stuart Mailer of the National Conservation Council said the council was clear in its position that the law continues to function as intended.

Division over the handling of a number of key policy priorities including the National Conservation Act, beach erosion, the Cayman Brac high school project and the landfill deal contributed to the collapse of the UPM coalition this week, the Compass understands.

Government backbencher McKeeva Bush broke the UPM's silence on amendments to the National Conservation Act on Thursday as he confirmed changes were on the way, however he denied allegations that the legislation will be "gutted."

Cayman's National Conservation Council came out swinging in defence of the National Conservation Act on Wednesday as it raised objection to any amendments that would "dilute" its ability to "act effectively".

A landowner who built a 2-mile-long road through “critical blue iguana habitat” has sparked a new court battle between planning and conservation officials.

The National Trust thrown its support behind the National Conservation Act as it weighed in on the debate of development versus environment saying that "it is difficult, if not impossible" to see how the legislation was seriously impeding development.

Government is planning changes to the National Conservation Act in order to provide a new  balance between protecting the environment and considering people, Premier Juliana O'Connor-Connolly said Friday.

The Department of Environment has refuted claims that the National Conservation Council’s oversight on planning proposals is stunting Cayman’s development industry.

The National Conservation Council is still inactive months after its 13 members' two-year terms expired earlier this year.

Court of Appeal judges are hearing arguments from lawyers this week on whether the Central Planning Authority was right to grant planning permission to a developer to rebuild a sea wall and a cabana on Boggy Sand Road, next to a protected marine area in West Bay, after the National Conservation Council directed the planning body to turn down the application.

A Grand Court judge has issued a temporary stay on government regulations banning the feeding of stray animals and their release back into the wild after spaying and neutering.