The federal government of Antigua and Barbuda has introduced two main environmental safety measures to protect Barbuda’s fragile ecosystem.
The Cupboard has agreed to ban the fishing of parrotfish, whereas Parliament may additionally enact laws prohibiting sand exports from the island. Parrotfish play a vital function in Barbuda’s ecosystem, producing a lot of the sand that surrounds the island’s 62 sq. miles of land.
By defending these fish, the federal government goals to take care of the pure sand manufacturing course of important for the island’s seashores and coastal areas. The attainable ban on sand exports comes after alarming findings concerning the long-term ecological injury attributable to large-scale sand elimination from Barbuda.
“An environmental skilled gave an evaluation on the quantum of sand eliminated over the previous 50 years and the impossibility of continuous for even a brief interval; the skilled addressed the influence of sand elimination on recent water aquafers (brackish water), sand dunes as excessive as 12 to 14 ft., and the hurt to coral reefs (that scale back wave power throughout storms and floor swells,” Cupboard disclosed.
