Barbados and The Bahamas Trust Funds Present First Grants
The BESF and the BPAF awarded their first grants to local organizations advancing community-led conservation across the respective countries.
Caribbean Currents Newsletter: Spring 2026
Read the latest articles highlighting TNC's work in the Caribbean.
Dear Friends,
Welcome to the first Caribbean Currents newsletter for 2026. For those receiving this in more northern latitudes, I hope this issue brings some sunshine and warmth your way!
The Nature Conservancy is working across the Caribbean to advance solutions that meet the urgent crises of diversity loss and climate change impacts while building a foundation for a thriving future. This issue highlights just a few of the milestones we have accomplished in the last six months.
As our stories demonstrate, science remains at the heart of our mission, along with building the capacity of nations and partner organizations to put science and technology to work. At TNC, we have long taken the approach of learning by doing, which has allowed us to find practical and often surprising solutions to conservation challenges. This is as true in the Caribbean as anywhere else in the world where TNC is working. I am proud of our Caribbean team and the work they have accomplished, as evidenced in these stories.
We are a global organization grounded in many places, continually working to scale our impact to build conservation efforts and deliver benefits locally to nature and people. Our conservation work is only possible with the support of our loyal and generous donors, and I believe the stories in this issue show the impact and momentum you help make possible. To that end, I am excited to highlight our first Donor Corner, a special addition to Caribbean Currents that celebrates the kind of generosity and shared vision that fuels our work. Donor Corner will be a standard feature in future issues, allowing us to recognize and celebrate how our supporters demonstrate their commitment to a resilient and sustainable Caribbean.
My sincerest thanks to you for your continued support of our work and your belief that Together We Find a Way!
Rob
In This Issue
Read articles featured in the Caribbean Currents Newsletter: Spring 2026.
Published!
Over the last six months, TNC’s Caribbean team has been published a number of times. Here we highlight some of these publications for your reading pleasure:
Journal of Environmental Management
Learn about our recent work in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Frontiers Journal
This article focuses on The Blue Carbon Explorer.
Reef Resilience Network
Lead Scientist Dr. Steve Schill was a featured guest on Episode 8 of the podcast.
Sofia Perazzo
Sofia wrote an article called Reflections from DC: The Power of TNC, The Caribbean, and the “Amazon of the Atlantic.”
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Aerial View of Andros Island
Andros Barrier Reef--the 3rd largest coral ecosystem in the world--and the Andros West Side National Park. TNC has worked for over a decade to protect Andros Island.
© Erika Nortemann/TNC
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