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Mark Meredith trained as a magazine and newspaper journalist in the UK, writing features for the Portsmouth News, but became known in the Caribbean Republic of Trinidad and Tobago as an investigative environmental writer for Trinidad Express Newspapers.
Over 10 years he won national and regional awards for highlighting environmental and development concerns in the Caribbean, especially as they related to its tourism product.
Travel and tourism in New Zealand, along with environmental and conservation issues, remain Mark’s major interests today.
TRAVEL & TOURISM Published by Trinidad Express Newspapers
Everyone a Hero — Two-part feature on Montserrat’s volcano crisis
Tale of Two Hurricanes — Grenada one year after Hurricane Ivan’s visit
Undiscovered Reality — Are Caribbean tourism’s “linkages” reaching those who need them?
Playing The Plantation— Buggy aerobics in the heat at Tobago’s newest golf resort (MACO Magazine)
Mt Plaisir Estate of Mind — Holistic hideaway on Trinidad’s north coast; (MACO Magazine)
“Wine Dong Low” — Trinis make the best cocktails in the Caribbean
ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT Published by Trinidad Express Newspapers
Caribbean Coral Crisis— The 2005 coral bleaching epidemic and its possible effects on Caribbean tourism
The Decay of Maracas Bay — The sad demise of Trinidad’s most famous beach
Whale of a Tale — Pro-whaling countries hold a conference in non-whaling Trinidad. Why?
Sea Turtles - Our Part in Their Extinction — Trinidad and Tobago's failure to meet its international obligations
Angostura’s Buccoo Cocktail — Rum giant eyes Tobago swamp for mega resort
The Magic Marsh — Conservation and tourism development clash in Tobago
Ugly Past of Nariva's New Suitor — Canadian energy giant eyes Trinidad's protected Nariva Swamp
The Missing Link — A major road project threatens Tobago’s coral reefs
Turmoil in Toco — A plan is announced to obliterate their village, and folks aren’t happy
Disappearing Act — Shady consortium eyes sleepy village for industrial port
Back of a Mangy Dog — Trinidad's Northern Range rainforest threatened by “eco-highway”
Eyes Wide Shut — Why isn't CCTV being used to fight crime in Trinidad?
Bottom of the Heap — Trinidad and Tobago's awful ranking in a global environmental sustainability index
Super Size Us — Aluminium giant Alcoa eyes tiny Trinidad for big smelter. First of a series on Trinidad
and Tobago’s moves towards heavy industrialisation
Smelter with Trimmings — Aluminium giant Alcoa’s controversial plans to build a smelter in rural Trinidad
An Icy Blast From Karahnjukar — What do Iceland and Trinidad have in common? Answer: aluminium
Smelter in a Park — Interview with Alcoa boss Randy Overbey on smelter plans for Trinidad
Living on the Edge — What’s it feel like to be supersized?
Fantasy Island — Sustainable tourism or heavy industry based on a wasting resource?
Display of Dismay — Citizens from all over Trinidad protest against their force-fed industrial diet
Alcoa and You — Alcoa explain their smelter in a park concept to invited guests, only . . .
Wish You Were Here — Why Trinidad needs the Kennedy magic
A Chatham Coup— Villagers receive a nasty shock at an aluminium consultation
HOME & GARDEN Published by the Portsmouth NEWS
The Royal Oak — The spooky goings-on at the historic Royal Oak pub in Langstone, Hampshire
The Mill, Langstone — The attractions of living in a converted 18th century mill
Marigold Corner — Visiting a West Sussex home constructed from two historic railway carriages
David Willets MP — At home with the Conservative MP for Havant, Hampshire
Colditz on Sea — Meeting a couple who have made a comfortable home in a Victorian fort
Hot Kitchen Table — Every reason to stay in the kitchen at parties
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