David Peter(WWF) being interviewed by Scott Waide (EMTV)
Me trying to get rid of more plastic
Phillip, Lydia and Robert
Sylvia Pascoe
Through WWF and Save PNG we organised a clean up on Ela Beach on World Wetlands Day. We had Scott Waide from EMTV (our National television channel) down there interviewing David Peter the Freshwater Programme Manager on the effects of climate change on the Wetlands of Papua New Guinea
Wetlands are as the word describes, Wet, Lands and include habitats such as swamps, marshes, billabongs, lakes, salt marshes, mudflats, mangroves, coral, reefs, ferns, peat lands, or bodies of water whether artificial or man made.
South PNG in fact has the highest diversity of mangroves in the world (Duke 1992, in Ellison 1997). These areas are transition zones, its where the land becomes the sea. This is one of the most important ecological zones in the world... why? Mangroves act as a buffer zone, filtering out sediments from entering into the ocean and decreasing the amount of sunlight available for coral reefs, they protect the coasts from erosion and help to dissipate the impact of tsunamis, they are also home to all the little baby fish the term used is a nursery. All the juvenile fish shelter here from larger predators until they are strong enough to venture out into the deeper seas.
This day was great. Before work we all headed down and had yet another clean up of the beach.
The place is improving, day by day week by week. Its a little like pantene, it won't happen overnight but it will happen.
Hope to see some of you down there some time, you are more than welcome.
The pictures are of some of my colleagues Lydia the communications officer, Phillip one of our accountants and Robert our Bismarck Solomon Seas Project Officer, David on his interview with Scott, Sylvia from Westpac and myself on the day.
Wetlands are as the word describes, Wet, Lands and include habitats such as swamps, marshes, billabongs, lakes, salt marshes, mudflats, mangroves, coral, reefs, ferns, peat lands, or bodies of water whether artificial or man made.
South PNG in fact has the highest diversity of mangroves in the world (Duke 1992, in Ellison 1997). These areas are transition zones, its where the land becomes the sea. This is one of the most important ecological zones in the world... why? Mangroves act as a buffer zone, filtering out sediments from entering into the ocean and decreasing the amount of sunlight available for coral reefs, they protect the coasts from erosion and help to dissipate the impact of tsunamis, they are also home to all the little baby fish the term used is a nursery. All the juvenile fish shelter here from larger predators until they are strong enough to venture out into the deeper seas.
This day was great. Before work we all headed down and had yet another clean up of the beach.
The place is improving, day by day week by week. Its a little like pantene, it won't happen overnight but it will happen.
Hope to see some of you down there some time, you are more than welcome.
The pictures are of some of my colleagues Lydia the communications officer, Phillip one of our accountants and Robert our Bismarck Solomon Seas Project Officer, David on his interview with Scott, Sylvia from Westpac and myself on the day.
1 comment:
Great Work Ladies 'n' keep smiling coz yr smiles will attract more persons like yus
great
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