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Habitatnews 2004-09: Thursday 1st July 2004
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13th International Coastal Cleanup Singapore (ICCS 2004)
http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/iccsOn Saturday, 18th Sep 2004,
at beaches and mangroves around Singapore
This event is coordinated by the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore & the Nature Society (Singapore)
Help protect our marine life!
The International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) is an annual international event
coordinated by The Ocean Conservancy. In almost 100 countries around the
globe, volunteers remove and collect data on marine trash that not only
creates an eyesore on shorelines, waterways and beaches but hurts marine
life and the environment. The data is used to educate and to encourage
positive change in ourselves, other individuals, organisations and
governments.
The International Coastal Cleanup Singapore (ICCS) now in its 13th year,
annually involves some 2,000 volunteers who collect, categorise and dispose
of several tonnes of marine debris from beaches and mangroves around
Singapore. Between 2001-3, some 10 tonnes of trash have been removed from
just Kranji mangroves alone! And plastic is the main component.
On World Environment Day on 5th June this year, United Nations Environment
Programme’s Executive Director Klaus Toepfer said "Plastic waste kills up to
1 million sea birds, 100,000 sea mammals and countless fish each year.
Plastic remains in the ecosystem to kill again and again."
Every year, this exercise is coordinated by a small team of energetic
individuals, and we are looking to recruit others who will enjoy
coordinating the cleanup, working with students and contributing to the
protection of marine life in Singapore.
You see, our theme this year is “The Next Generation!”
We are recruiting the following:
1. Zone Captains
- Zone captains oversee a zone consisting of several sites,
- Liase with leaders of the volunteer groups/schools allocated to your zone,
- Attend a main committee meeting on the Wed 14 Jul 2004: 6pm – 9pm
- Attend a coordinators workshop to understand the ops procedure
- Conduct a recce of field sites in early September
- Work with volunters on at 18 Sep 2004: 8am – 12pm
2. Assistant Data Manager/Web Resources
- Assist the Data Manager in collating national data on Sat 18 Sep 2004
- Assist in maintaining the ICCS webpage.
- Good knowledge in Microsoft Excel program and webpage creating skills required.
3. Assistant Manpower Officer
- Assist the Manpower officer in confirmation of participants, confirmation site allocation.
- Liason with Zone Captains, Site Buddies, leaders of volunteer groups.
4. Assistant Admin Officer
- Assist the Administrative Officer in admin and coordination.
- Knowledge in handling mailing lists, Microsoft Excel and Word useful or keen to learn.
5. Site Buddies
- Your role is to supervise and educate students at the cleanup site, and to explain to them the significance and far-reaching impact of this cleanup.
- A knowledge of the marine ecosystems would be useful but can be learnt.
- Read and understand “Why cleanup?” at http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/iccs/whycleanup.html
- Attend a coordinators workshop / recce in early September (on a Saturday afternoon) to understand the operations procedure for the actual cleanup and the site at which you would be working at.
6. Mangrove officers
- Loading Captains, Weighing Captains, Manpower Officer,
- Able to work as a team, get dirty and wet, enjoy mannual labour, respond to sudden and frequent changes in plans.
- Participate in both Dry Ops (9am – 12pm) and Wet Ops (11am – 5pm)
If you are keen to join us team, please email the ICCS Administrative Officer Angeline Tay (g0304902@...) with your:
- Name
- Preferred role
- Email address
- Handphone/Tel No
She’ll contact you with details.
Thank you, and
Cheerio!
N. Sivasothi
International Coastal Cleanup Singapore
http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/iccs
Research Officer
Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research
Department of Biological Sciences
National University of Singapore
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