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OT Leaders Meet for Pre-OTCC in the British Virgin Islands NE UKOTAWS UNITED KINGDOM OVERSEAS TERRITORIES ASSOCIATION August 2011 OT Leaders Meet for Pre-OTCC in the British Virgin Islands Leaders from four Overseas Territories (OTs) gathered at Scrub Island Resort in the s L-R: Hon. Ralph T. O’Neal OBE (British Virgin Islands); Hon. Charles Kirnon (Montserrat); Hon. W. McKeeva Bush (Cayman British Virgin Islands (BVI) for the annual Islands) and Hon. Hubert Hughes (Anguilla) Pre-Overseas Territories Consultative Council (Pre-OTCC) meeting that took Anguilla Chief Minister and Minister of OTCC meeting in London set for later this place from 22-24 July. BVI Premier and Finance, Hon. Hubert Hughes; and year. The issues discussed included a Minister of Finance, Hon. Ralph T. O’Neal Montserrat Minister for Communication, perspective on the new UK Coalition OBE, chaired the meeting that was also Labour and Works, Hon. Charles Kirnon. Government, UK plans for a new White attended by Cayman Islands Premier and The leaders discussed a range of issues in Paper setting out the future relationship of Minister of Finance, Tourism and preparation for discussions with the United the UK and OTs, Constitutional Issues, Civil Development, Hon. W. McKeeva Bush; Kingdom (UK) Government at the official Aviation Regulation and Security Matters. UKOTA Members attend EU-OCT Members of UKOTA bid farewell to the following; Mr. Albert Poggio, former UK Forum in New Caledonia Representative for the Government of Gibraltar; Mrs. Mary Chandler-Allen, former Acting UK Representative of the Government of Cayman Islands; Mr. Robert Williams, former UK Representative for the Government of Anguilla and Mrs. Tracy Knight, former UK Representative for the Government of Turks and Caicos Islands. UKOTA thanks them for their time and dedication to the organization over many years. UKOTA welcomes the newest member Tristan Da Cunha, who will be represented by Mr. Chris Bates. Members would also like to welcome the following s L-R Ms. Nadira Lord (Cayman Islands), Mr. Simon Young (Pitcairn), Chief Minister Hon. Rueben Meade (Montserrat), appointees: Ms. Dorothea Hodge, UK Mrs. Janice Panton MBE (Montserrat), Mrs. Sukey Cameron MBE (Falkland Islands), Mrs. Kedell Worboys MBE (St Helena) Representative for the Government of and Mr. Kedrick Malone (British Virgin Islands) Anguilla; Mr. Charles Parchment, Acting The 2010 OCT-EU Forum was held in New The OCTs and the respective Member UK Representative for the Government of Caledonia in March 2011. The Heads of States to which they are linked, presented Cayman Islands and Mr. Peter Canessa, Government of the Overseas Countries to the EU a Joint Position Paper on future UK Representative for the Government of and Territories (OCTs) of the European relations with the European Union when Gibraltar and we look forward to Union convened in Nomeau for their the current Overseas Association Decision working with them. annual meeting with officials from the EU. expires in 2014. UKOTA SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT VISITS MONTSERRAT Things seemed grim until my Tropical Perhaps a more compelling reason to study Biology Field course to Borneo that this group is that it is currently unknown summer. During an evening chat with the how the ash deposit from the volcano in professor running the field course I waterways may be affecting the discovered that he had two undergraduate invertebrate species which live there. With project students working in Malaysia! I the Centre Hills providing most of the asked if he would be willing to take me on islands potable water, the health of the as a project student the following year, told insect life will be a strong indicator of water him my likely destination was Montserrat, quality. When studying an ecosystem it is and told him I had no idea what my project often impossible to study each species in Helen Larzleer from Bermuda was awarded was going to be yet...and he said yes! It detail, due to various resource constraints. the UKOTA scholarship for BSc Honours was now time to delve a little deeper into In these cases it can be helpful to use degree in Applied Ecology and Conserva- the conservation efforts on Montserrat. indicator species to gauge how healthy the tion at the School of Biological Sciences, ecosystem is as a whole. Dragonflies are University of Reading in 2009. As part of I very quickly discovered that Montserrat excellent indicator species as they are her degree Helen has taken her final has a well-established commitment to the predators high up in their food chain dissertation and related it to the island of conservation of its biodiversity, as during each stage of their life cycle, and Montserrat. The scholarship is funded by demonstrated by the extensive work put also have relatively short life cycles. This the Joint Nature Conservation Committee into the Centre Hills Biodiversity means that changes in habitat quality and (JNCC) and administered by UKOTA. The Assessment (CHBA) published in 2008. food availability will result in population objective of the scholarship is to award a With the Lesser Antilles occurring in a changes which can be monitored year to student from an Overseas Territory upon biodiversity hotspot it is important to use year, as opposed to decades or longer. Their completion of their studies, the opportunity every opportunity to expand the life cycle also lends itself well to study, as to work in one of the Overseas Territories or knowledge of biodiversity in this region. they spend their adult years on land. As within an International Organisation which The CHBA has done an astounding job of dragonflies have specific and limiting promotes and supports environmental cataloguing a wide range of the species habitat requirements (pools, streams or and conservation projects in the OTs. found within the conservation area on marshes with vegetation), it was easier to Here Helen reports on her findings the island. The report did note, however, pick observation sites for the research in Montserrat. project. When I was first offered the UKOTA Finally, Montserrat’s biodiversity is under a scholarship to study Ecology and number of threats including the continued Conservation at the University of Reading I threat of climate change, encroachment of was told that some funding would be made invasive species, as well as the continued available if I was able to do my final project activity of the Soufriere Hills volcano. One in one of the Overseas Territories. No one strong factor working for biodiversity on was sure at the time whether this would be the island is that unlike many other possible, but I was determined to at least Caribbean islands, the threat of habitat loss try and make it happen. During the Easter to human activities has been low in recent break of my first year, a workshop for OT years. With such an intact conservation students studying environment-related area, and strong Government support, subjects was held at the JNCC offices in expanding the knowledge of all taxa found Peterborough. At these meetings I had an that information on the invertebrate on the island can be used to help the opportunity to find out more about the populations was still lacking. understanding of flora and fauna in the various projects going on in each of the entire Lesser Antilles island chain. territories, and if there were any which My attention was drawn to Odonata would particularly benefit from a new (Dragonflies and damselflies) in particular because as well as being good indicators of With the help of my professor, Dr Mark research project. It was at this meeting that Fellowes, the UKOTA Montserrat Montserrat was mentioned as an OT which water quality, the group consists of representative, Mrs. Janice Panton, and might be the best choice for further relatively large and recognisable insects, Director of Environment on Montserrat, Mr. capacity building. which can be identified by non-scientists with limited training. Furthermore, there Gerard Gray, my project is off to a great Upon my return to Reading I arranged a has been a puzzling lack of reference to start and now at the end of my second meeting with my course coordinator to find Odonata on the island throughout the week I have been able to positively identify out whether I as an undergraduate would years. According to the CHBA, the most all but one of the species listed in the be allowed to attempt a project overseas recent assessment prior to theirs was a Biodiversity Assessment of 2008. I am for my dissertation. The biggest hitch month-long survey by Fred and Margaret doing mark-recapture studies at various seemed to be finding a supervisor who was Sibley in October 2006, which provided locations around the island to get an willing to spend the extra time with me additional records but no publications. The estimate of the population size, and also before-hand planning everything, as most only previously published work found was hope to see if any new species have project students meet with their advisors by Jonathan Cooter in 1983 which managed to repopulate the island in the throughout the course of their work. described only four species. The Biodiversity last three years. It has been a fun and Another hitch would be ensuring that I had Assessment was able to bring this number definitely exciting new experience, and I adequate support in the country that I up to sixteen, a surprising increase for such look forward to what discoveries the next would be travelling to. an observable group. four weeks may hold. 2 BERMUDA Bermuda – At a Glance Capital: Hamilton Size: 53.3 sq km Population: 64,935 (2004 estimate) Currency: Bermudian Dollar (BMD) Time Zone: Greenwich Mean Time -4 hours and together they counted aloud down from ten seconds to liftoff.
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