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Jeff Sybesma, Mr. Msc.LLM.CARMABI newsNew members on the CARMABI board (continued)Jeffrey Sybesma was born inJakarta, Indonesia but spent mostof his youth in Curaçao. He attendedhigh school at the MariaImmaculata Lyceum (MIL) inWillemstad and studied biologyat the University of Utrecht inthe Netherlands, specializing inmarine biology. After serving inthe Dutch armed forces he returnedto Curaçao in 1983 to serveas the manager of the CuraçaoMarine Park and as scientific staffmember of Carmabi. In 1992he accepted a policy function inthe Department of Public Healthand Hygiene of the NetherlandsAntilles. In 1996 he completed alaw degree at the University of theNetherlands Antilles (UNA) andin 1998 accepted a faculty positionin the law school there, wherehe served as Dean in 2000. As of2001 he works as head of the legaldepartment of the Central Bank ofthe Netherlands Antilles.Up to this day he continues asguest lecturer at the UNA and ischairman of the board of the lawjournal Stichting Tijdschrift AntilliaansRecht-Justicia. Throughouthis career he has published dozensof scholarly studies and articles ontopics relating to marine biologyand natural resources legislation.He is married to Verna Garmeswith whom he raises his stepdaughterShakira.Dito Abbad, Ir.Dito Abbad was born in Curaçaoand spent his childhood in postwarWillemstad.He graduated with a masters degreein engineering from the DelftUniversity of Technology in theNetherlands in 1971, and returnedto Curaçao to work as an architect,urban designer and developmentplanner.Dito took an early interest innature. His first principal assignmentfor his studies at Delft wasa plan recommending Savonet asa national park. The project wasconducted under auspices of theCuraçao Service of Public Works(DOW) and Carmabi associateand conservationist, Dr. JanWestermann, and gave criticalimpetus towards the ultimate governmentpurchase of the Savonetplantation from the Schotborghfamily and its opening as a naturepark in 1978. He is co-founderof PLAN’D2, Institute for Planning,Development & Design withoffices in Aruba, Curaçao andSt. Maarten and works as a leadconsultant in projects on regionalplanning, strategic planning studies,urban design and planningand architecture. At times he alsoserves as manager of interdisciplinaryresearch and design teams.His specific fields of expertiseinclude insular development planning,coaching of governmentagencies, conservation policystudies, development and urbanmaster planning and urban andarchitectural design.Since 1973 he has been active incommunity advocacy and interestgroups, and since 1989 in environmentalorganizations. Dito is marriedand has three adult children.Farewell to two retiring boardmembers in 2007Two board member retired from their function this year. These are Percy Virginia, attorney at law anddirector of Banco di Caribe. who served for five years in the function of Treasurer and board memberMrs. Joke Curiel, attorney at law. We thank them for their support and efforts on behalf of Carmabi. Bothpledged to continue supporting the foundation behind the scenes. A sincere thanks for your years of input!!8
CARMABI newsSponsorsSeveral companies sponsored CARMABI during the past months for all sorts of projects and general purposes.Hereis a list of those who contributed to sustainable management of our natural resources:S.E.L. Maduro & Sons(Curaçao) N.V.The S.E.L. Maduro & Sons(Curaçao) N.V. represented by mr.Hugo Meyer is the sole sponsorof CARMABI’s new lecture roomfor the Visitors Center in the firstfloor. The company generouslydonated Nafl. 6,938.25 for theentire project. Read more aboutthis educational center on page 4in “Meet the new lecture room”.CARMABI would like to expressits gratitude for this wonderfulcontribution. Thanks to S.E.L.Maduro & Sons (Curaçao)N.V. we do not only have aclassroom but also a well preparededucational room in which wecan organize courses like wedid with our most recent MarineBiology Course and Mariculturecourse (during the summer), andoffer presentations and lecturesby our staff, visiting scientistsand associate researchers ofthe institute; most recently thepresentation in August by Dr.Sophie Petit about the importanceof bats and cacti.DVB Bank America N.V.The Curaçao Marine Park isstanding on the verge of bigchanges.To start everything off, it isimportant to reestablish the basicinfrastructure in the Marine park.The sponsoring of the DVB BankAmerica N.V., represented bymr. Bote de Vries, will be 30 newmooring buoys for the differentdive sites in the Marine Park.With their more than generousdonation of Nafl. 9750 themooring buoys can be purchasedand deployed.Mooring buoys are very importantto avoid mechanical damage tothe coral reef caused by boatanchors. During the last few yearsthe mooring system was not keptin the most adequate condition.With this financial injection weare able to reinstate this importantprotective measure.We hereby sincerely thank mr.de Vries and the DVB BankAmerica N.V. for their valuablecontribiution to the protection ofour coral reefs.HICC office FurnitureA lecture room needs furnitureand chairs are particularlyimportant. We would like to thankHICC Office Furniture for theirvery generous discount of Nafl.1125 on the chairs that we boughtfrom them.Truus and Daan RijkersThe Adopt a tree project is stillgoing strong and several peoplefind the way to this project to givea hand and help our reforestationefforts.Mrs. and Mr. Truus and DaanRijkers are also giving a hand byadopting 3 rare native trees whichare to be planted in October whenthe rainy season is in full swing,in this way guaranteeing a goodstart for the plants.Thank you very much for yourcontribution!Stichting Sinkuentenario ABN AMRO TrustWe have great news. De Stichting Sinkuentenario ABN AMROTrust (a foundation), sponsored the CARMABI foundation with afantastic amount of NAF. 25.000 last August. Now that CARMABIis working very hard to upgrade the laboratory facilities, developstudy and lesson rooms and of course the introduction of the CuraçaoMarine Park Visitor Center, this incredible sponsoring will assist in theseefforts. Thanks to this we can make an effective start to transfer knowledgeabout coral reefs to the public through different kinds of methods. And with the equipment we can sustainseveral research projects by visiting scientists, work that never finishes and is important to increase ourunderstanding about our sea’s ecosystems. It therefore is indeed a sustainable contribution to our institute.We therefore thank the Stichting Sinkuentenario ABN AMRO Trust very very much for their incrediblesupport and we wish to particularly thank mr. Gosse de Vries (from Equity Trust) and mr. Pim van der Burg(from FirstCaribbean Bank), respectively the chairman and secretary of this foundation.9
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