Gender & Environment
True or False: Women and girls in Antigua and Barbuda often lead household water collection and management.
True
True or False: Antigua and Barbuda are highly vulnerable to hurricanes.
True
What does NEMMA stand for?
What is North East Marine Management Area?
True or False: Antigua & Barbuda have no coral reefs
False
The meaning of the word "stewardship" in environmental care
What is the responsible management and protection of natural resources.
One way women's roles in water access highlight care responsibilities.
What is managing rainwater storage, ensuring children have clean water, and advocating for community water solutions?
The year Hurricane Irma devastated Barbuda.
What is 2017?
Name two wetlands found in Antigua.
1. McKinnon's Pond
2. Fitches Creek Bay
3. Spencer's Bay
Name two bird species found in Antigua & Barbuda
Magnificent Frigate Bird, Barbuda Warbler, Brown Booby, Pelican, Garlin/Great Egret, Little Blue Heron, Green-throated Carib, Yellow Warbler, West Indian Whistling Duck
Name one protected site managed for community stewardship in Antigua & Barbuda
1. North East Marine Management Area (NEMMA)
2. Codrington Lagoon National Park (RAMSAR Site)
3. Nelson's Dockyard National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
4. Wailings Nature Reserve
Which male-dominated environmentall field has seen increasing participation by women?
What is fisheries and marine science?
Name one way Antigua & Barbuda can adapt to climate change.
1. Rainwater harvesting to reduce drought impacts
2. Mangrove restoration to protect coastlines
3. Solar energy adoption to reduce fossil fuel dependence.
4. Building hurricane-resilient infrastructure
The name of the only RAMSAR site located in Antigua and Barbuda
What is Codrington Lagoon?
Under the Sea:
Unlike Seaweed, which is a type of simple algae, these marine plants are completely submerged but possess roots, veins and produce flowers and seeds
What is Seagrass
Which local practice helps protect mangroves from overuse?
Community restrictions on cutting mangroves and replanting initiatives and monitoring.
How do women's networks of care strengthen climate resilience?
What is organizing cleanups, sharing resources during droughts, and advocating for sustainable practices?
How does sea-level rise threaten McKinnon's pond?
1. Flooding of surrounding communities
2. Saltwater intrusion damaging freshwater wetlands
3. Loss of habitat for birds
4. Reduce tourism appeal due to degraded ecosystems
Of four mangrove species found in Antigua and Barbuda, this specific type grows closest to the harsh seawater edge and is easily recognized by its tangled, stilt-like "prop roots"
What is the red mangrove?
Why is biodiversity important for our livelihoods and communities?
1. Provides food security through fisheries and agriculture
2. Supports tourism through birdwatching, snorkeling, eco-tours
3. Ensures clean water and air through healthy ecosystems
4. Strengthens community resilience against climate impacts
How is stewardship shown during closed fishing seasons?
Communities respect bans to allow fish stocks to recover
Explain one long-term impact of women's leadership in stewardship.
What is intergenerational knowledge transfer, stronger community resilience, and inclusive conservation policies?
Explain the link between climate change and sargassum influx.
1. Warmer ocean temperatures encourage sargassum growth.
2. Nutrient runoff from land increases blooms
3. Changing currents push sargassum toward Caribbean shores.
4. Blooms disrupt fisheries and tourism, impacting livelihoods
The government implemented a comprehensive ban on catching this colourful reef fish, heavily prized by local fishers, because its diet of coral algae produces the sand needed to prevent beach erosion.
What is Parrot or Chub fish?
How do invasive species threaten biodiversity in Antigua & Barbuda?
1. Lionfish predation on native reef fish
2. Invasive plants outcompeting mangroves and native vegetation
3. Reduced resilience of ecosystems to storms and climate change
4. Loss of cultural and economic value tied to native species
Is stewardship more about laws or community action?
Both! Laws provide structure, but community action ensures effectiveness.