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lunes, 18 de mayo de 2020

Report on the Coastal Ambassador Programme

The 'Class of 2020' was an ecclectic group. The majority were young women, several current or recently graduated students of natural sciences ... only 5 men out of the 22 participants.
The people presenting were all leading experts in their field and included Tony Flaherty, Coast & Marine Manager NRM and a couple of iNat regulars - Janine Baker and René Campbell.
Topics ranged from various categories of marine life to coastal management and micro-plastics in the environment.
Mike Bossley's presentation on Dolphins was amazing as was the presentation on research done into the Southern Blue Devil.
As well as the classroom sessions, there were several field trips including a snorkel on Noarlunga Reef. It was an absolutely perfect day for it, right on the turn of low tide. The original plan was to stay close to shore but conditions were so good, we went out to the reef and explored in both directions. This was the highlight of the course for me!
A primary objective of the course was to encourage on-going involvement in marine environmental initiatives. For me, this will primarily be the on-going cataloguing of coastal species in my local area including contributing to Janine's Eastern Gulf St Vincent projects. I've also offered to give a presentation to the local resident's group to help raise awareness of the marine environment.
All-in-all, it was a thoroughly enjoyable, informative and worthwhile experience.

Publicado el lunes, 18 de mayo de 2020 a las 11:01 PM por wamoz wamoz | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario