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Plastic bags, fishing
line, fishing nets, glass bottles and cans are among the main items
of trash that kill countless seabirds and other marine life forms in
the seas around Jamaica and throughout the world.
Each year
International Coastal Clean-up Day becomes increasingly important as
our coastal environment is subjected to the impact of hurricanes and
tropical storms among other natural and man made disasters. The
recent passing of Tropical Storm Gustav has made this year’s
activities that centre on clearing the beaches of litter and debris
especially important.
To commemorate the
day, the Global Environment Facility - Integrating Watershed and
Coastal Areas Management (GEF-IWCAM) Project, implemented by the
National Environment & Planning Agency (NEPA) in conjunction with
its stakeholders, will be cleaning the coastal areas of the
Manchioneal and Long Bay Beaches in the Drivers River Watershed
Management Unit of Portland. The activities will take place over two
days, Saturday and Sunday September 20 and 21, 2008, starting at
9:00 a.m. each day.
All community
stakeholders, including schools, churches, service clubs and
environmentally conscious organizations are invited to the
International Coastal Clean-Up Day to improve the Drivers River
Watershed Management Unit (DRWMU) in Portland and may participate on
either or both days as is convenient.
Come let’s make the
Drivers River Watershed the BEST in the Caribbean!
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