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The Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust The Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust, established in 1966, is an independent, national, not-for-profit, environmental, non-government, volunteer, membership organization, encompassing two lakes and about 75 acres of land within a major petrochemical and oil refining complex, PETROTRIN. LINKAGES are pivotal in the management of our area and programmes, offering a model of wise-use. The P-a-P Wildfowl Trust, a wetland habitat, is a peaceful haven where members (approx. 2000) and visitors may enjoy a guided educational Nature Walk, relax, enjoy birding, photography and interpretive trails. The motto of the Trust “To Know Is To Love, To Love Is To Preserve.” The LEARNING CENTRE houses information dealing with living organisms and their habitats, a unique mollusk collection donated by Peter Perchade, Malacologist, in recognition of our Environmental Education Programmes, and a small, but comprehensive Amerindian museum from the late Peter O’B Harris, Archaeologist. At the Trust we are actively involved in the research, breeding and translocation of endangered wetland birds into existing natural wildlife habitats in Trinidad and Tobago. The Aviculture Programme includes the following species: Wild Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) Released 8758 (1985-2017) White- cheeked Pintails (Anas bahamensis) Released 145 (1982- 2017) Black- bellied Whistling Tree Ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Released 1611 (1967- 2017) Fulvous Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna bicolor) Released 713 (1985- 2017) White-faced Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna viduata) Released 88 (1988- 2017) (Eudocimus ruber) Bred 105; Released (1991- 2017)
Education In 1979, the Trust initiated environmental education programmes with audio-visuals; the first to be taken into primary, secondary, comprehensive schools and community groups, throughout Trinidad, and later on, in Tobago. Fieldwork at the Trust includes aquatic sampling, pond, leaf and feather labs, quadrat and transect sampling. In our daily environmental education programmes, we teach about LINKAGES, we discuss all aspects of the natural environment and their interactions with and links to human health and well- being, social and economic impacts, problems and solutions. We teach about wetland ecosystems, from forests to coral reefs and their links to people. In this way, we have a holistic approach to teaching. The Trust bases its Policies and Actions on Sustainability and WISE USE. We Believe that the human society and its economic well-being cannot be separated from the Natural Environment, and that economic benefits must be BALANCED with eco-system conservation and all aspects of human health – physical, mental and spiritual. Left: Snr. Education Officer Tamara Goberdhan explains the function of aquatic plants in a wetland eco-system Top: Vegetative Sampling Bottom: Students are shown the water proof properties of a Lotus Lily leaf The Trust also Believes that only through the education of our People, especially the children, will there be any real hope for the Future. We believe that greater awareness and understanding of the importance of preserving the environment and all our Natural resources, together with the protection and managed breeding of our Wildlife: the propagation of our trees and plants, will assist in bringing greater stability, true growth and a healthier economy. This awareness will build more responsible and productive people. The Trust believes that true progress will only come true when more people become involved, and play an ACTIVE part, no matter how small, in doing something positive for greater improvements in our country, and by extension, the world. Main Breeding Lake Fairy Woods
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