It’s never easy to climb Mount Pelée, Martinique’s UNESCO-protected volcano that killed nearly 30,000 people when it erupted in 1902. The hike is steep, slippery and treacherous, and fog often obstructs what should be well-earned views.
[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Dillon De Shong (Loop) writes that the volcanoes of Martinique and the Jewish settlement of Jodensavanne in Suriname have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has added the volcanoes of Martinique and the…
In the Lesser Antilles, there are three designated Unesco Man and Biosphere Reserves, St Kitts and Nevis, Tobago and Martinique. Joanne Husain looks at how the Unesco designation is being used to define Martinique’s land and ocean territory. In the heart of the Eastern Caribbean between the islands of Dominica and St Lucia, lies the