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Saving our Seas, one collection at a time!  

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#TurksandCaicos, September 1, 2022 – Saturday, September 17 marks International Coastal Clean-up Day and the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR) is looking to continue its tradition of getting the whole country involved in cleaning up the coastlines of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The main goal of this initiative is to encourage people to go out into their communities, across the TCI, and remove litter found along the shoreline, underwater, or in bushes in order to help create healthy waters for everyone, including the wildlife that calls these coasts home.

You, your school, your business, and/or your organization can get involved by getting a group together and spending an hour out of your day cleaning up a beach, bushy area, path, road, or sea-bed in your local area.

You can also join the DECR at the following locations on the 17th should you want to join a group from 07:00-09:00:

Kid’s Park, Lower Bight Road, Provo Beach Access, Danny’s Cafe, Middle Caicos
Blue Hills Dock, Provo The Creek, Salt Cay
Governor’s Beach, Grand Turk Entrance to Kew, COGOP Church, North Caicos
School for Field Studies, South Caicos

Show you care for the TCI’s natural environment by getting involved in International Coastal Clean-up Day! Together we can fight for trash-free seas, on Saturday, September 17. It doesn’t matter where you are, just grab a bag and collect that litter!  **Want to help out but unable to clean-up on the day? Chat to Amy regarding donation of supplies (trash bags, gloves etc)!

Garbage drop-off points will be established an communicated once you are registered. Please note that if you / your school / your organization plan to participate at another location that we ask for your assistance in disposing of the collected garbage bags.

Register yourself, your group or organization with the DECR, by emailing aavenant@gov.tc and pledge your commitment to save our seas!

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Jamaican gets multi-million dollar grant to enhance resilience 

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Credit:Donald De La Haye

Rashaed Esson

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Jamaica got a 3 million US dollar grant from humanitarian charity organisation Direct Relief, as part of its mission to strengthen resilience in the Caribbean region. This is also an effort to enhance Healthcare systems and infrastructure throughout Jamaica in preparation for natural disasters as the organization renews its ongoing partnership with the island. This was announced by Direct Relief in an article on May 1.

 

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Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana sign security agreement 

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Rashaed Esson

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To enhance and strengthen security in the Guiana Shield, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana on Monday April 29, signed a security common master plan following a meeting in George Town, as announced By President of Guyana Irfaan Ali on Facebook. Ali expressed that the agreement will hopefully enhance collaborations and relations between Suriname and French Guiana.

 

 

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Grenada Prime Minister says there needs to be greater focus on coral health in the region’s universities. 

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Rashaed Esson

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The Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell, at the 2024 Sustainable Tourism Conference on April 22, expressed that Caribbean universities should be leading researchers for coral restoration as he addressed the importance of corals to the region’s capacity for tourism sustainability amid climate change

Regarding this, he called for more funding to encourage universities to create more marine experts, given the region’s vulnerability to climate change effects.

 

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