Cayman Islands’ conservationist is the first winner of JNCC’s Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies Nature Conservation Award

The UK government’s advisory body on conservation has awarded Fred Burton, director of the Blue Iguana Recovery Programme, the new annual Blue Turtle award for his work in preventing the extinction of one of the world’s most endangered species.

Cayman News Service
Posted on Wed, 10/10/2009
(CNS): He may be cold blooded, but Gorgeous George, one of Cayman’s best known Blue Iguanas, will be extending a warm welcome to the Cayman Islands to everyone who passes through Owen Roberts international. With the help of local legal firm Walkers, the National Trust has created a stunningly attractive [...]

RitzCarlton.com, Beth Tomkiw
More and more travelers are heeding the call to give back and relax while on holiday. Follow one family to Grand Cayman as they help the blue iguana and create memories of a much deeper variety. (download full story here).

Cayman Net News
Published on Wednesday, June 10, 2009
By Steven Knipp

The Blue Iguana nesting season got underway on the weekend 16-17th May, just ahead of this summer’s first heavy rains, and a full month ahead of what used to be the normal schedule. We now have 56 eggs incubating from six different nests, with more on the way, and we are still only at the [...]