In Trinidad, the University of the West Indies is collaborating with non-profit conservation organisation the Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust to enhance the Trust’s environmental outreach programme:
The Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust began the celebration of its 45th anniversary with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of the West Indies, St Augustine campus on January 4.
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The Trust’s work in aviculture, environmental education, and public awareness was recognised with the formal signing of a MOU with Pro-Vice Chancellor and Campus Principal of the St Augustine campus, Professor Clement Sankat.In 1979, the Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust introduced Environmental Education into the School system in Trinidad, and later into Tobago.
In the 1980’s the need for hands-on, outdoor, out-of-classroom learning was recognised, and the Trust was utilised as a living laboratory. These programmes, linking fundamental aspects of human health and well-being to social and economic impacts problems and solutions, continue today, benefitting numerous young people, many of whom have become leaders in the field of environmental activism.
The Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust is:
an independent, national, non-profit, environmental, non-government, volunteer, membership organization. It is a wildlife reserve, which encompasses two lakes and about 25 hectares of land within a major petrochemical and oil refining complex, (PETROTRIN). Unique to our Caribbean region, [it] successfully link[s] environment and development, offering a model of wise-use.
Find out more about the Trust and their work in the original Guardian article and at the Trust’s website.
