training

SHARING KNOWLEDGE

Through the opportunity of this project in Belize, we the WRIScS team have made contact with a wide range of people involved in environmental issues. We have tried to share our collective experience in this field with as many of these people as possible. The sharing has taken place at both formal and informal levels.

Listed here are some of the organised activities we have undertaken.....

	Newsletter Circulation	A three monthly issue, intended to provide insight into and interest in WRIScS project activities
	Regional Workshop	"Physical and Chemical Data Collection Programmes for Integrated Management of Watersheds and the Coastal Zone." A two-day Workshop held at the Radisson Hotel, attended by regional scientists.
	Seminars and Lectures	Global Positioning Systems and the Use of Datums; Acoustic Seabed Mapping Systems; Environmental Quality Monitoring; Measuring Currents in the Sea; Measuring Water and Sediment Discharge in Rivers; Laboratory Analyses of Sediments
	'Hands-on' training for Equipment Use	Individual office and field training sessions for staff of institutions, for familiarisation with donated equipment. RoxAnn system, Marine Monitor CTD, current meters, suspended-sediment traps, river monitoring sensors.
	River Gauging Field Trip	A three-day trip to a Mountain Pine Ridge Resort in Belize, with a series of lectures and field sessions . Attended by members of the Hydrology Section of the National Meteorological Service
	Assistant Marine Science Officer Programme	A regular opportunity for Belizean Marine Biologists to spend a long working weekend on one of the Cays with the Raleigh dive-teams, experiencing a range of survey techniques. Attended by staff from a range of Belize Institutions with Marine responsibilities.
	Training Manual	Module 4 of the WRIScS Final Report is a compendium of River, Marine and Laboratory methodologies as used in the project, and specifically directed to the use equipment handed over to Belize institutions at the close of the study.