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STATUS REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2007
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Introduction
In September, the
Barbados Marine Trust was very busy preparing its activity and
financial report to the United Nations Development Programe (UNDP),
one of the main donors for the Carlisle Bay Pilot Project
through the Global Environmental Fund (GEF).
Regular Project
Activities
Drain monitoring
and data collection for garbage and beach users has continued on
a regular basis.
Land Garbage Data
At first glance,
the land garbage database revealed that the most abundant
garbage type at the beach is plastic, followed by paper. Plastic
consisted in plastic bags, cups, PET bottles and containers,
plastic wraps, plastic forks and knives among other items.
Paper consisted
mainly of food wrapping. There was also Styrofoam from food
containers, tin, foil, cardboard, clothes, scrap metal and so
on.
The garbage tends
to concentrate at the back beach area (closer to the road), but
is also found also at the middle beach. It may be that garbage
tossed near the water is washed onto the sea. This could harm or
kill marine life. In terms of garbage concentrations among the
six different beach zones, the zones starting at the Boatyard
and going east towards the Yacht Club had the highest
concentration of garbage.
Donations
BMT wishes to give
a very special thanks to SHELL WESTERN SUPPLY & TRADING
COMPANY LTD and UNDP-GEF who through their generosity
have made the implementation of the Carlisle Bay Pilot Project
possible.
The BMT also wants
to thank Chefette, Bico, Courts, the Royal Bank of Canada and
Digicel for their donations to support the many activities of
the BMT.
Environmental
Note of the Month: Coral Reefs
Corals are the
world's largest builders. They build entire islands. Barbados
is an example.
Termites are small
builders by comparison to corals.
As for us human
builders: as an example, the extra land being built in the
sea off Dubai in the Middle East for high rise hotels is nothing
compared to the coral builders of this planet.
For more
scientific information on corals,
click here to download
a brief summary (234kb).
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