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The Turks and Caicos
Islands (TCI) are known for their great beaches and lovely
waters and we want to keep it that way. The condition of our beaches
is a reflection on us, the people who live here. As such the
Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR) at the
beginning of 2007 implemented the adopt-a-beach programme.
This initiative encourages private companies, organizations and
schools to adopt a beach and assume responsibility for implementing
several actions in that location. The program is an anti-litter and
beach clean up campaign intended to promote pride and natural
resource stewardship. Through this program the DECR hopes to promote
public education, interest and involvement in protecting our
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The Sandwatch initiative,
which provides an opportunity for high school students to
monitor, evaluate and recommend approaches to the issues
facing the beach environment, will now be incorporated into
the TCI’s adopt-a-beach programme. The Sandwatch initiative
was developed by UNESCO in 1998 and almost a decade later
the programme has become a global success involving islands
in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Incorporating
the scientific and monitoring elements of the Sandwatch
initiative into our adopt-a-beach programme will provide an
opportunity for the development of skills relating to data
collection, critical thinking and conflict resolution, all
of which would ensure better management of our
beaches. Rhonda Lee-Dalrymple
Environmental Education Officer, Department of Environment
and
Coastal Resources National
Environmental Center
Providenciales,
Turks and Caicos
The H.J.
Robinson High School, Grand Turk
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