SANDWATCH IN JAMAICA

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SANDWATCH IN JAMAICA
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TO MAURITIUS
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SMALLL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES SIDS

• A GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT

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BARBADOS PLAN OF ACTION

• CLIMATE CHANGE
• MANAGEMENT OF WASTE
• LAND RESOURCES
• FRESH WATER
• NATURAL DISASTERS
• COASTAL AND MARINE RSOURCES

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BARBADOS PLAN OF ACTION

• ENERGY RESOURCES
• TOURISM
• BIODIVERSITY
• NATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING
• FINANCE
• TRADE

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COMMITMENTS

• NATIONAL ACTIONS
• REGIONAL ACTIONS
• INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS

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COMMITMENTS

• SEVERAL GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
  SIGNED OFF ON THE BPOA

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BPOA 10

• 10 YEARS FOLLOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF BPOA THERE
  WAS A CALL FOR A REVIEW OF THE PLAN

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MAURITIUS REVIEW OF BPOA

• JANUARY 2005 SOME 116 HEAD OF STATES MET IN PORT
  LOUIS, MAURITIUS TO REVIEW THE BPOA

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REVIEW OF BPOA

• WHILE GOVERNMENT MET AT PAILLES THE COMMUNITY AND
  NON ACCREDITED NGOS MET AT THE COMMUNITY VILLAJ

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COMMUNITY VILLAJ

• THE COMMUNITY VILLAJ CREATED A DIALOGUE SPACE FOR
  COMMUNITY GROUPS TO FORMULATE INPUT INTO THE
  OFFICIAL DOCUMENT AND TO EXCHANGE IDEAS

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COMMUNITY VILLAJ DECLARATION

• THE DECLARATION IS INTENDED BRIGE THE WORK OF
  COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ACTIONS OF GOVERNMENT AND
  INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES

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• COMMUNITY GROUPS SHOULD BECOME PROACTIVE AND
  LOBBY FOR RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH
• FRESH WATER RESOURCES
• NATURAL DISASTERS
• LAND RESOURCES

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• GIVEN THAT INTERNATIONAL GROUPS WORLD BANK,
  UNDP,USAID AND THE EU ARE COMMITTED TO THIS
  PROCESS UNDER THE FINANCE MECHANISM WE SHOULD
  LOBBY FOR RESOURCES TO MAKE THE CHANGE.

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BRINGING IT HOME

• MAURITIUS PLAN OF ACTION SHOULD STRENGTHEN
  GOVERNMENTS AND NGOS LOCALLY TO SHARPEN THEIR
  LOBBYING SKILLS

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SANDWATCH

• AN EXCHANGE BETWEEN JAMAICA AND TRINIDAD AROUND
  SANDWATCH ACTIVITIES WAS WHAT JAMAICAN BROUGHT
  HOME FROM MAURITIUS

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COMMUNITIES
Runaway Bay St. Ann
Roselle St. Thomas
Hellshire St. Catherine
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HELLSHIRE ST. CATHERINE
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A CHILD ENJOYING HELLSHIRE BEACH
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ROSELLE ST. THOMAS
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YALLAHS FORDING AFTER HURRICANE IVAN
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DAMAGE AFTER HURRICANE IVAN
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RUNAWAY BAY ST. ANN
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BEACH CONDITION
RUN AWAY BAY
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DATA COLLECTION
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WE WOULD LOVE A BEACH
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THIS BUSINESS OF SANDWATCH IS EVERY BODYS
BUSINESS

• THANK YOU

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