Charles began his 12-day tour of the region on St Lucia and is due to visit several other islands that are also former British colonies.
LONDON - On the first leg of his Caribbean tour, Britain’s Prince Charles touted a “vital blue economy,” built on sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, as part of the solution to climate change, noting that rising sea levels represent an especially severe threat to nearby island nations.
The prince, an outspoken environmentalist, in a speech shortly after arriving called attention to efforts to create sustainable agriculture and hailed local entrepreneurs taking risks to protect the environment The British royal spoke just a few weeks after St Lucia marked the 40th anniversary of its independence in 1979.
Charles said the initiative holds “the potential to help develop St Lucia’s vital blue economy in significant and sustainable ways.”
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