France's Caribbean archipelago of Guadeloupe, famed for its tropical beaches, plans to remove some of its exotic coconut ...

Guadeloupe to fell iconic coconut palms The Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, famous for its tropical beaches, plans to remove some of its iconic coconut palms to stem coastal erosion and eradicate a ...

Coconut palms in other countries have also been decimated by the highly contagious disease, including the Caribbean island of Jamaica in the 1980s.