BICA HELPS BUILD ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
STUDENTS SHOW OFF THEIR NEW TURTLE COLORING BOOKS!
Click on the picture to see a larger photo of our students!
BICA'S MARINE TURTLE PROJECT A HIT WITH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
THE YELLOW NAPPED PARROT CAMPAIGN
In order to promote awareness in our communities of the fragility and the importance of our Island environment, BICA has created educational materials for our island schools. Each year, as funding is available, our Educational campaigns center around an aspect of our Island environment. This program has been extremely successful in raising environmental awareness in our communities. Our educational activities include classroom presentations geared towards 5 and 6th graders in the larger schools and all grades in the smaller schools. Upcoming programs include Secondary Level students.
The importance of our Wetlands, our Coral Reefs and Watersheds and facts about the Island’s Green Iguana have been main topics during class rooms presentations.
BICA’S MARINE SEA TURTLE PROJECT A HIT IN SCHOOLS
Marine Seat Turtles are an important and ongoing topic in our school presentations, as illegal catching of sea turtles continues in spite of national and international laws protecting them. Yanu Ramirez, our environmental educator volunteer, prepared a beautiful power point presentation that will replace our pictures and posters presentation.
OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM HELPED PROTECT THE YELLOW NAPPED PARROT
In 1997, Bica's education officer, Mr. Dolfos Stanley, visited virtually every school on the island promoting protection of our beautiful Yellow-Napped Parrot. BICA’S "Parrot Coloring Book" helped create awareness about the importance of our island's wildlife among the younger generation.
During that campaign, Mr. Stanley realized that many of the children knew very few of the 120 species of birds identified in the Bay Islands. BICA created a 40 page booklet called "BIRDS OF THE BAY ISLANDS" to rectify this sad situation. The impact of this booklet is to raise awareness in our children of our island's wonderful natural heritage.