tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902831026037257657.post-15446675773020762692007-03-04T21:37:00.000-08:002007-03-11T06:08:56.666-07:00<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_efZp9JlZK3A/Reu25md9_qI/AAAAAAAAACk/Zp7WzKxq_xo/s1600-h/DSC03244.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038321708839075490" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_efZp9JlZK3A/Reu25md9_qI/AAAAAAAAACk/Zp7WzKxq_xo/s200/DSC03244.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_efZp9JlZK3A/Reu2CWd9_pI/AAAAAAAAACc/um31oIlGzLE/s1600-h/DSC03264.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038320759651303058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_efZp9JlZK3A/Reu2CWd9_pI/AAAAAAAAACc/um31oIlGzLE/s200/DSC03264.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />David Peter(<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">WWF</span>) being <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">interviewed</span> by Scott <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Waide</span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">EMTV</span>) </div><div></div><div>Me <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">trying</span> to get rid of more plastic</div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_efZp9JlZK3A/Reu1JWd9_oI/AAAAAAAAACU/tMLDYMK2pEY/s1600-h/DSC03259.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038319780398759554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_efZp9JlZK3A/Reu1JWd9_oI/AAAAAAAAACU/tMLDYMK2pEY/s200/DSC03259.JPG" border="0" /></a> Phillip, Lydia and Robert<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_efZp9JlZK3A/Reu0iGd9_nI/AAAAAAAAACM/1Dy5O_8QCTk/s1600-h/DSC03243.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038319106088894066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_efZp9JlZK3A/Reu0iGd9_nI/AAAAAAAAACM/1Dy5O_8QCTk/s200/DSC03243.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Sylvia <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Pascoe</span></span></div><div><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00;font-size:85%;" ></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ffff00;"></span></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Through <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">WWF</span></span> and Save <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">PNG</span></span> we organised a clean up on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Ela</span></span> Beach on World Wetlands Day. We had Scott <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Waide</span></span> from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">EMTV</span> (our National television channel) down there interviewing David Peter the Freshwater Programme Manager on the effects of climate change on the Wetlands of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Papua</span></span> New Guinea<br /><br />Wetlands are as the word describes, Wet, Lands and include habitats such as swamps, marshes, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">billabongs</span></span>, lakes, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">salt marshes</span>, mudflats, mangroves, coral, reefs, ferns, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">peat lands</span>, or bodies of water whether <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">artificial</span> or man made.<br /><br />South <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">PNG</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">in fact</span> has the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">highest</span> diversity of mangroves in the world (Duke 1992, in Ellison 1997). These areas are transition zones, its where the land becomes the sea. This is one of the most important ecological zones in the world... why? Mangroves act as a buffer zone, filtering out sediments from entering into the ocean and decreasing the amount of sunlight available for coral reefs, they protect the coasts from erosion and help to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">dissipate</span> the impact of tsunamis, they are also home to all the little baby fish the term used is a nursery. All the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">juvenile</span> fish shelter here from larger predators until they are strong enough to venture out into the deeper seas.<br /><br />This day was great. Before work we all headed down and had yet another clean up of the beach.<br />The place is improving, day by day week by week. Its a little like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">pantene</span></span>, it won't happen overnight but it will happen.<br /><br />Hope to see some of you down there some time, you are more than welcome.<br /><br />The pictures are of some of my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">colleagues Lydia the communications officer, Phillip one of our accountants and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Robert</span> our Bismarck Solomon Seas Project Officer</span>, David on his interview with Scott, Sylvia from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Westpac</span> and myself on the day.</div></div></div></div>Save PNGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10122295925677415773noreply@blogger.com