URD SIGNATURE EVENT

FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

TITLE: Coastal Ecosystem Restoration and the Plastic Pollution Problem.

OVERVIEW: Research has shown that the discharge of pollutants in Jamaica’s surrounding waters has created an increasingly serious risk to marine life and our environment, for which solutions must be found. The lecture will focus on mangrove, coral reef and sea grass ecosystem restoration efforts in Jamaica under the threat of the plastic pollution problem in our coastal areas

Main Speaker: Prof. Mona Webber, Director, Centre for Marine Sciences and James S. Moss-Solomon Snr. Chair in Environmental Management, UWI Mona