Mangrove restoration team visits Essequibo Islands

Jun 16, 2010 News

Public awareness is continuing for the Mangrove Restoration Project, with the latest event being a visit to the Essequibo Islands by the Mangrove Restoration Project Team on Monday.
The first stop at Wakenaam Island coincided with a visit by the Agriculture Minister, according to Project Coordinator of the Guyana Mangrove Restoration Project (GMRP), Bissasar Chintamanie.
“We were able to meet a fair amount of people” he explained.
Chintamanie pointed out that the restoration of mangroves is important to the island, since it is very vulnerable to high tides.
Explaining that this would sometimes affect crops, he pointed out that since many women at Wakenaam have expressed an interest in getting involved in planting, plans have been made to return to the island to conduct a series of training sessions and to look at possible restoration sites.
Chintamanie noted that the stakeholders were very supportive of the project activities and he views that as a step forward.
At Leguan, the team visited several villages. Here it was observed that the western part of the island is almost untouched with respect to mangroves, the eastern and northern sides, however, have poor stands of mangroves. These sites, he said, will have to be evaluated to see whether mangrove planting is possible.
Chintamanie noted that for the successful establishment of mangrove stands there must be a stabilized mud bank, if this is not present, mangrove regeneration or planting will be difficult.
Meanwhile Paul McAdam, Community Development Specialist attached to the project said,
“We will be coming back to the schools and the NDCs to continue our public awareness drive.” He explained that this is very crucial in order for the project activities to be implemented successfully.
Similar visits to communities along the Berbice River are planned for the coming weeks. While in some areas the planting of mangroves has already begun, the larger projects will begin in August at Hope Beach, followed by Mon Repos then Lima.
The Mangrove Management Action Plan is expected to be submitted to Cabinet for approval before this month-end’s deadline. After Cabinet, the plan goes to the European Commission for approval and the signing of the financial agreement for the release of the first disbursement of funds for the programme.
Approximately one billion Guyana dollars will first go to the Consolidated Fund. Through the project’s budget on an annual basis, funds will be drawn through the Ministry of Agriculture. The funds will be spent on public awareness, research and development and mangrove restoration. Meanwhile, the current public awareness campaign is being funded via a $100M allocation from the Government.

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