So when are the going to building the island off the west coast???

Young Bajan is right. Any right-thinking person would be concerned with what is happening with Graeme Hall. However, I do wish the Government would publish the extremely rude and threatening letter that Allard wrote to – not only P.M. Thompson, but also to Arthur when he was Prime Minister. Then people would see another side to the story.

You know what, folks? Check out over on BFP, a comment made by one 787, followed CLOSELY by one from Keltruth Blog, put 2 and 2 together and you will come up with more than 4 – trust me!

The island is becoming a concrete mess like St. Maarten!!!!! The island is sometimes call Barbados The Beautiful, but with the ignorance of the government, the natural beauty of Barbados will slowly but surely decimate. I LOVE Barbados, but I DON’T LOVE the people who inhabit it!!!! Barbados has yet to establish proper and appropriate land laws, and yet we are constantly called a “developed” nation. The environment needs to become the number one concern in Barbados and should be protected for always and forever!!!!

As I understand it, here is the Resolution on the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, which Miss Mottley tabled in Parliament.

As I further understand it, the DLP is yet to put it on the order paper for debate.

Why, this issue is not important to the DLP.

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Whereas the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary is a 35 acre property within the Graeme Hall Swamp as a Barbados National Environmental Heritage site;

And whereas the said Sanctuary is part of an endangered Lesser Antilles Mangrove ecosystem with its brackish waters fed by springs and runoffs within the 1156 acre Graeme Hall watershed;

And whereas the Sanctuary is the last significant mangrove woodland and the largest inland water body in Barbados and one of only three primary roost areas and the longest-established heron roost area in Barbados;

And whereas the Sanctuary is home to the widest diversity of resident and migratory birds with at least 84 birds species having been recorded;

And whereas the Sanctuary also provides an environment that seeks to educate all of its visitors and can enhance the knowledge of all Barbadians, especially our school children;

And whereas in 2007, the Barbados Labour Party initiated an Innovative Plan Green Economy Initiative in Barbados, which was intended to address issues such as energy conservation, noise reduction and clean air promotion, ecosystems (or environmental infrastructure); clean and efficient technology; renewable energy; biodiversity-based products and services (such as organic foods); chemical and waste management and mitigation technologies as well as green communities with ecologically friendly buildings, construction, and transport systems;

And whereas the Green Economy Initiative formulated by the BLP Administration – makes recommendations for greening Barbados; creating new green jobs, and was intended to move the Barbados economy to a green economy for enterprises,

BE IT RESOLVED that this Parliament calls upon the Government of Barbados to acquire the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary to avert its closure and to ensure that it remains open for the benefit of all Barbadians, for the benefit of our fragile environment and for the patrimony of this country.”

Interesting Guest Column by former Chief Town Planner Leonard St. Hill in todays Nation.

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