Envoy helps plant seagrass along foreshore

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Staff members of the British High Commission, USP and the Ministry of Waterways and Environment plant seagrass at the Suva foreshore yesterday. Picture: ATU RASEA

Permanent secretary for Waterways and Environment Joshua Wycliffe commemorated World Environment Week by planting seagrass along the Suva foreshore.

Also present at the “Meadows in the Sea campaign” was British High commissioner Melanie Hopkins and Dr Gilian Brodie of the University of the South Pacific’s Institute of Applied Science.

Dr Brodie said the seagrass ecosystem formed parts of the rich marine ecosystems that can be found on tropical coastal zones.

While seagrass or meadows are one of the most widespread and productive coastal ecosystem that are essential to the health and productivity of the marine coastal ecosystem, it is also of the undervalued marine ecosystems that is generally neglected.

Ms Hopkins said in line with COP26 policy themes, the UK would work with all countries to share the opportunities of clean growth, stimulate greater action on climate adaptation and resilience, drive transformation of global financial flows, and tackle the biodiversity crisis.

Mr Wycliffe also launched the MPA Compliance Surveillance Program at the Nasese Foreshore yesterday.

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