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STATUS REPORT FOR JUNE 2007
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Introduction
On June 2007, the Barbados Marine Trust engaged on a campaign to
promote the Environmental Education Stewardship (EES) in
Carlisle Bay and to inform the stakeholders.
It started a series of continuous
training to enhance the capacity and skills of the Environmental
Education Stewards in order to improve their performance at the
beach.
Environmental Education Stewardship Training
The Marine police provided very informative and interesting
training to the Stewards on three different topics:
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Observations Techniques (to enhance the EES vigilance
skills)
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Violations (to recognize violations to the law at the area
including environmental violations)
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Approaching others positively (how to handle situations
involving beach users and law breakers)
Any violation or situation will be reported to the Marine Police
who will take the required action.
In addition, the Drainage Unit started training the EES on drain
issues. This training includes:
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Understanding the water cycle
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Understanding how flooding occurs and the aspects related to
it
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Learning the basics of watershed management
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Getting familiar with the parameters involving drain
assessment and how to measure them, and
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The establishment of a proper drainage monitoring program at
the Carlisle Bay Area
EES Public
Relationships
Shell West, one of the major
donors to the Carlisle Bay Pilot Project visited the BMT in
order to see how the project is developing and to meet the EES
Stewards.
At the same time, the Nation and
the Advocate newspaper reporters were also present to document
and write an article on the project.
Donations
Consolidated Finance’s John
McKenzie generously donated the latest DELL laptop to the Trust
for its office use.
Signage
The National Conservation
Commission (NCC) approved and gave permission for the placing of
the six signs in strategic locations on the beach, to inform the
general public about the project. The Tourism Development
Corporation has agreed to fund the signs.
EES Patrols
The EES continued patrolling the
Carlisle Bay beach to collect data on land use and water use.
This is done three days a week: Wednesdays, Thursday and
Sundays, adjusting the patrol day to Bank Holidays.
The EES also do boat patrols in
Carlisle Bay. This includes diving to assess the amount
and nature of garbage on the sea bottom and to assess the
condition of buoys at their base.
At the end of each Patrol the Stewards transfer the data to the
Data Log sheets and each write their observation report which
will be used for the future Socio-Economic Analysis Report and
the Scientific Report.
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