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UWI Students conduct the effect of Climate Change survey on San Pedro


Six students along with two professors from the University of the West Indies "Institute of International Relations" in St. Augustine Trinidad and Tobago were on the island for a little more than two weeks conducting a survey on the effect of climate change on the island. The survey was done by the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) working in conjunction with the Telfer School of Management coming out of the University of Ottawa, the Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute of Belize and the Coral Alliance of Belize.

According to Dr. Marlon Anatol, of the UWI, the various entities joined forces and decided that they wanted to try to measure the effects of climate change on San Pedro, particularly with the rise in sea levels and floods. As a result they have come up with a research instrument which seeks to measure people's opinion, the awareness and the general perception of climate change.

The team of eight members, Dr. Raymond Mark Kirton, Dr. Marlon Anatol, Nia Nanan, Juval Daniel, Stefan Haynes, Shivonne Pariag, Kurtly Ravello and Stefan Affonso hit the streets on July 11th and wrapped up their surveying on Thursday July 26th. All students are either in the Masters or PhD Program.

The team set out to conduct 1,050 surveys with individuals from the various sectors of the island, going house to house. In speaking of her experience, interviewer Nia Nanan stated, "We went house to house to find out people's perceptions, perspectives and take on climate change and its impact on San Pedro, and a little bit of socio economic data as well. It's been fun. San Pedro is very, very fun. Most of the people are very friendly. The large majority of the people are willing to answer the questions of the survey compared to when we do it on other islands; a lot of people tend to brush you off sometimes." Their raw data has been surprising, "A lot of people don't really know much about climate change, which is what we didn't expect, given that it's such a small island. But they are willing to learn and they have very contrasting views sometimes. It was very interesting." As for how difficult a task it was, the students certainly could agree that working on La Isla Bonita was a delight. "In terms of topography, and logistics, it's very easy to maneuver on the island. The island is very beautiful. It was at times hard to stay focused on work when you're working on the beach all the time, but we managed," continued Nanan. Even though a little rain did dampen their progress, they certainly didn't give up, and as their presence became more familiar, people opened up and work moved fairly quickly.

Click here to read the rest of the article and see more photos in the San Pedro Sun


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A lot of people don't really know much about climate change,


Surprise surprise...is it surprising that they dont pay attention to something that they dont really care about even if it is news or a popular topic eleswhere? Particularly when youre trying to feed a family and keep your kids "off the street"?


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which is what we didn't expect, given that it's such a small island.


Well there's a sweet little bias presumption.


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"But they are willing to learn..."

what? and taught by whom?

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Most of the people are very friendly


of course, its San Pedro! Go San Pedranos, one of the most favorite things I love about this place. Also doesnt surprise me that the pollsters were distracted in their task, just a touch of manana fever I'll wager... smile



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Belize has had the Caricom office for climate change for at least 8 yrs that I know of, so nothing new


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Thanks Katie. Too bad the links on their website as they relate to Belize and a few other coutnries lead to dead end pages. I'd be interested to see what efforts are being made to educate and/or collect data for Belizes own plan within CARICOM.

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This is the perfect, and I do mean perfect, example of educational funds being misspent in the extreme. Are you kidding me? Asking people about climate change - what on earth will that provide that is useful to anyone?


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