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to Reef Watershed Project Ridge to Reef is a five-year project that is working in the Great River watershed to improve environmental practices. Its mission is to educate residents in the Great River watershed about problems related to water quality and environmental health, among other activities that improve the watershed. Come and see what the Ridge to Reef program is all about! |
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In January 2004, the Trust embarked on an ambitious programme to stem the degradation of fisheries resources within the Montego Bay Marine Park. To achieve its goal, the Trust developed an integrated strategy with three over-lapping thematic areas: Environmental Education, Institutional Strengthening of key resource users, and Participatory Natural Resource Management. While the project successfully generated support from both the public and private sectors, its most notable accomplishment was the development of a permitting programme that promises to guide the future of collaborative fisheries management in Jamaica. Further, it has established a critical foothold within the fishing community that will serve as the basis for future interventions, including the development of alternative fisher livelihoods and gradual phasing-out of fishing within designated protected areas... Find out more about the project! |
Towards
Sustainable Fisheries Management in Solid Waste
Reduction
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Waste
Seminar was held in april 2004 to find "Solutions Through
Partnership" to this growing threat. A working group called
the SWAT (Solid Waste Action Team) was formed out of this conference
and has since been involved in lobbying and educational efforts.
The
Trust has been sensitizing schools to the problem of solid waste
by giving presentations and providing garbage drums and compost
bins. Newspaper articles, Happy Hour Presentations and events
such as International Coastal Cleanup Day are helping to sensitize
the wider public. | Blue Flag Campaign Originally a European
certification scheme, the Caribbean is the first region (outside
of South Africa) to be eligible for this international symbol of
quality and safety for beaches and marinas. As the local administrators
of this programme, the Marine Park is assisted Doctor’s Cave
Beach in meeting the Blue Flag criteria, which include environmental
awareness programmes, adequate facilities for beach goers, safety
precautions and maintenance of water quality standards. In addition to placing a Marine Park sign near the beach entrance which provides information about the importance of healthy coral reefs, the Trust also offered staff training courses in marine ecology for the staff operating on the beach. The purpose of the training was to bring attention to the importance of marine ecosystems and hence encourage proper behaviour by beach goers and staff alike. The Trust is also assisting other beaches in preparing for the next Blue Flag season which begins in November 2005. |
