In commemoration of the World Day to Combat
Desertification and Drought, June 17th, the Ministry of Planning and
Development with the assistance of the Institute of Marine Affairs undertook a
replanting exercise at the Brickfield location. The aim was to plant
approximately 1,000 mangrove seedlings at the mudflats located at Brickfield in
Central Trinidad.
This area for replanting was selected in order
to try to mitigate the erosion of an artificial headland created from dredged
spoils from being eroded.
The
initiative through the Ministry of Planning and Development took place during the
following phases:
• Saturday
June 23, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., along the road to the Caroni Swamp
Visitor Centre - collection of 1,000 mangroves seedlings
• Sunday June 24, 2018 at 7:00 a.m. –
10:00 a.m. at the Brickfield mudflats: the replanting of the collected mangrove
seedlings
Under this initiative over 80 volunteers were mobilized to
re-plant over 1150 mangrove (red, white and black) seedlings at a degraded
mangrove area in Trinidad and Tobago.
The Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) surveyed the coastline from Carli
Bay to Caroni Swamp to select an area for replanting and has recommend the Brickfield
mudflats for the replanting activity. Brickfield was dredged since the
area had silted up and the spoilt was used to create headland to protect the
bay. The headland is eroding away. The IMA suggested that mangroves
be replanted on the headland to stabilise and arrest the erosion.
See pictures from the two days below:
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