La Dra. Aury Guerrero Bowie, Gobernadora Departamental y la Dra. Elizabeth Taylor Jay Directora General de CORALINA realizaron el lanzamiento del taller para Repensar a Seaflower: “Hacia una Reconversión de las Estrategias del Desarrollo del Territorio Insular”, el cual se desarrollará a partir del lunes 6 de febrero y contará con la presencia del Dr. Frank Pearl Ministro de Ambiente, altos funcionarios de importantes entidades del orden nacional y la comunidad en general.

In support of component three (3) of the Marine Protected Area (MPA) that seeks to identify and promote alternative livelihoods and ways to increase the income of affected users, CORALINA has begun working with community-based organizations in the Cove, Hill, Barrack and Orange Hill area to create a breadfruit project within their communities. This initiative will use the breadfruit to create flour, chips and other products for sale, and provide these organizations with the opportunity of generating an income and play an active role in improving the lives of their families and communities. It will not only provide a sustainable income, but will also increase soil preservation on the island.

CORALINA y su equipo asesor, se reunieron con los nuevos miembros que conforman su Consejo Directivo, Dr. Gustavo Hooker, Director Departamental de Planeación, Dra. Marcela Sjogreen, Secretaria de Agricultura y Pesca, Ana María Fajardo delegada Gremios económicos, Carlos Thyme y Antonio Sjogreen, Representante y suplente del sector productivo artesanal, con el fin de hacer la socialización de la misión institucional y dar a conocer los proyectos, programas, planes y los lineamentos trazados para la vigencia del 2012.

On January 17 – 21, 2012, persons from different sectors of our island participated in a Coral Reef Restoration Workshop, hosted by CORALINA, and led by international expert Lisa Carne, Biologist and consultant for the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center (5Cs) in Belize. This workshop is part of the efforts that CORALINA is making in support of the Seaflower’s four (4) year project entitled the “Protection of the Biodiversity in the Southwestern Caribbean Region,” whose goal is the protection, conservation, and sustainable use of our important marine and coastal ecosystems and biodiversity. The participants included persons from the diving and fishing sectors, government representatives, and staff from CORALINA and the NATURAL McBean Lagoon National Park. It included theoretical and practical examples of how to restore, monitor and protect these corals.