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Turtle tourism gets a $29m boost
Industry rakes in $53m annually
Charles Kong Soo
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Monday, March 11, 2013
Four-year-old Annisa Wong feeds one of the two leatherback turtles under the watchful eye of Ricardo Meade of the El Socorro Centre for Wildlife Conservation at the launch of the turtle season 2013, at the Information Centre, Eastern Main Road, Valencia. on Tuesday. PHOTO: ABRAHAM DIAZ
Turtle Village Trust executive director Dr Allan Bachan says turtle watching has the potential to attract a larger international audience and surpass Carnival as a revenue earner. He was speaking at the launch of the turtle season 2013 at the Valencia Visitor Centre last week.
A Memorandum of Understanding was also signed between the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, the Turtle Village Trust and long-serving corporate sponsor, Atlantic, after which Minister Ganga Singh said more than $29 million will be disbursed to various turtle conservation bodies over the next four years. “As developers, politicians and community leaders we should start to see marine turtles as a valuable asset, generating economic value and jobs,” Bachan said.
“If managed properly, turtle tourism has the potential to surpass Carnival in socio-economic value. The value of sea turtles at Grande Riviere can be seen by the investment in accommodations in this community.” He said the farming community, hotels and guest houses also benefited from turtle watching.
Bachan said the total average revenue for the season for guest houses, hotels, shops, food establishments, bars and agro-tourism was $53 million annually. He said the economic value of a sea turtle can be valued at approximately $26,000. Atlantic CEO Nigel Darlow said sea turtles had contributed to the growth and development of ecotourism in T&T. He said it was a fact that if there were no sea turtles, the local marine ecosystem would eventually collapse.
Darlow said this disaster was averted due to the community, stakeholders and companies like Atlantic. He said the turtle population, especially leatherback turtles, was now stabilised because of their collective effort. Minister of Science and Technology and Member of Parliament for Toco/Sangre Grande DrRupert Griffith said an estimated 10,000 leatherback turtles now nested in Trinidad compared to 500 in 1987, placing the population as the largest in the western hemisphere and perhaps the world.
He said this has resulted in the north-eastern district of Trinidad attracting a large number of visitors both local and foreign annually to witness the nesting spectacle. Griffith said this interest has translated into increased socio-economic development for the region. Also present was Turtle Village Trust chairman Natasha Ashby.
http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2013-03- ... -29m-boost
Minister Nizam Baksh commissions lights at 157th Recreation Ground
Caption: Hon. Nizam Baksh, Minister of Public Utilities (second from right) and Dr. Glenn Ramadharsigh (second from left) flip the ceremonial switch to officially turn on the lights on the Commonwealth Recreation Ground. They were joined by Mr. Kelvin Ramsook, General Manager, T&TEC (right), Mr. Anil Balliram, Councillor for the Freeport/Chickland area (left) and children from the village of Nelson Road, Freeport (Photo Courtesy: Ministry of Public Utilites)
November 26, 2014: At 6:00 pm, on Tuesday November 20, 2014 residents of Nelson Road, Freeport and its environs braved the inclement weather to witness the commissioning of the lights of the Commonwealth Recreation Ground by the Honourable Nizam Baksh, Minister of Public Utilities. This is the 157th recreation ground that has been officially commissioned with lights since 2010.
On hand to witness the significant event were Dr. Glenn Ramadharsingh, Member of Parliament for Caroni East, Mr. Kelvin Ramsook, General Manager, T&TEC and his executive management team, and Mr. Anil Balliram, Councillor for the area of Freeport/Chickland.
Minister Baksh, through the Public Lighting Programme, is on a drive to ensure that all public grounds are well lit and can continue to be hives of safe community activity. He has already commissioned six of these grounds in the Constituency of Caroni Central. The Public Lighting Programme is managed by the Ministry of Public Utilities and facilitates the illumination of recreation grounds across the country.
http://www.news.gov.tt/content/minister ... NJsLNLF-xo
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