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At least England fans weren’t treated to a rendition of “Up the ’RA”.
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God Save the King heavily booed
#OurSharedIslands No.10
🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🧵
Derived from Spanish 'baja mar' - shallow sea. Andros Barrier Reef is 190 mls long & 3rd largest living organism on Earth! drops to 6000 ft in places, has 670 fish & 200 coral species incl endangered Elkhorn Coral
@MarineInst @Irish_Aid
#OurSharedIslands No. 9
🇦🇸 National Marine Sanctuary is NOAAs largest, most remote & most biodiverse with 6 MPAs & 13581 sq m of reef & offshore. Allows research on remote ecosystems. Condition is good but #ClimateChange a threat
https://t.co/Q80mIFP7ES
@MarineInst @Irish_Aid
#OurSharedIslands No.6
Guyana 🇬🇾
Found on mainland South America & 1 of a few #SIDS that are not islands. Instead its a low-lying coastal country whose economy is dependent on smaller activities. Coastal ecosystems include mangroves, seagrass and reefs.
@MarineInst @Irish_Aid
#OurSharedIslands No.5
Kiribati 🇰🇮 🧵
Pronounced Kiri-bas, is the only country in all 4 hemispheres & 1st to welcome each New Year!
32 Atolls in 3 main island groups, Gilberts, Phoenix & Line with approx 120 K ppl.
Capital is South Tarawa
@MarineInst @Irish_Aid @KiribatiNewsDes
#OurSharedIslands No.4
St. Lucia 🇱🇨🧵4
@SaintLuciaGov - proactive, issued Report. @sdestlucia ensures commitment to @UNFCCC and other treaties.
2018 - Launched national Environmental Info Sys with @theGEF - reports & translates vital data ⭐️
@thevoiceslu
@MarineInst @Irish_Aid
#OurSharedIslands No.4
St. Lucia 🇱🇨 🧵3
Climate change impacts biodiversity eg coral bleaching,⬇️fish landings, ⬆️flooding, degraded habitats incl 40% mangrove loss.
But
1 of 6 islands in Plastic Waste Free Islands Initiative @IUCN_Plastics @thevoiceslu
@MarineInst @Irish_Aid
#OurSharedIslands No.4
St. Lucia 🇱🇨 🧵1
East Caribbean, 1 of Windward Isles. 27 miles long. Capital - Castries. Only country named after a woman. Saint Lucy of Syracuse, martyred in 304 AD. French sailors, shipwrecked on her feast day (Dec 13) named it.
@MarineInst @Irish_Aid
#OurSharedIslands No.3
Comoros 🇰🇲🧵3
Currently expanding network of MPAs & replicating the co-management approach at Mohéli National Park. Marine habitats incl reef & seagrass meadows support turtles (green & hawksbill), dugongs and humpbacks.
@MarineInst @Irish_Aid
#OurSharedIslands No.3
Comoros 🇰🇲🧵2
Mohéli National Park - 1st MPA in Comoros (2001). Several marine reserves co-managed by village communities to conserve the rich biodiversity found in the region.
Check out this Story Map
👉https://t.co/uJt0N9BM6i
@MarineInst @Irish_Aid
#OurSharedIslands No.3
Comoros 🇰🇲🧵1
3rd smallest in Africa, Capital - Moroni. Name comes from Arabic, Juzur al Qamar = Islands of the Moon, commonly called Perfume Isles. 4 main islands: Grande Comore, Moheli, Anjouan and Mayotte.
@MarineInst @Irish_Aid
#OurSharedIslands
Cook Islands 🇨🇰 4/4
@marae_moana - marine park extending over entire EEZ.
Largest commitment by a single country for integrated mgmt and conservation from ridge to reef to ocean.
The largest MPA in the world! Good work Cook islands!
@MarineInst @Irish_Aid
#OurSharedIslands
Cook Islands 🇨🇰 3/4
Champion an eco-friendly ethos. Buildings cant be taller than a 🌴 & no fast-food chains.
Ra'ui, ancient Polynesian form of resource management in which tribal leaders close harvest areas for key species, is used.
@MarineInst @IrishAid
#OurSharedIslands No. 2
Cook Islands 🇨🇰 🧵1
15 South Pacific islands in 'Free association w New Zealand. 15 ⭐️on flag!
Most of the 15K pop. live on #Rarotonga, Capital - Avarua. Landmass = 236 sq km, ocean = 1.9 mil sq km! Now that's a #LargeOceanState
@MarineInst @Irish_Aid
Hoping to generate a bit of interest from #Twitterati and link Irish Research expertise with #SIDS partners
@OurSharedOcean can help developing countries with ocean problems. WE are brave enough to try if you are brave enough to help?
#OurSharedIslands
@MarineInst @irish_aid
Small Island Developing States #SIDS - 57 global Islands with shared environmental vulnerabilities.
But Who or Where are they?
Today we launch a new weekly series to meet and introduce #OurSharedIslands
RT your own pics/stories from each #island
@MarineInst @Irish_Aid
#OurSharedIslands
Antigua & Barbuda 🇦🇬 4/4
Vulnerable to climate change, incl. sea level rise & hurricanes causing coastal erosion & water scarcity.
@ByNewsCo @CERMES_UWI @fiveislandguild
📢 Irish researchers 🇮🇪 - think you can help?
#GetInvolved
@MarineInst @Irish_Aid
#OurSharedIslands
Antigua & Barbuda 🇦🇬3/4
Barbuda (formally Dulcina), home to Codrington Lagoon National Park with one of the largest colonies of Frigate birds.
Also famous for pink-hued sandy beaches, from tiny #Forminafera & coral fragments.
#wewanttogo
@MarineInst @Irish_Aid
#OurSharedIslands
Antigua & Barbuda 🇦🇬 2/4
The flag, from 1967, is very interesting; V is for Victory; black represents the fertile soil & the majority population; blue is for the sea; white for the beaches and the rising sun for the dawn of a new era
@MarineInst @Irish_Aid
#OurSharedIslands First up..
Antigua & Barbuda 🇦🇬 1/4
Part of the Leeward Islands in the West Indies & includes Redonda (uninhabited).
Capital - St. Johns.
97% of the pop. live in Antigua which is approx. 280 sq km.
There are no rivers!
Small Island Developing States #SIDS - 57 global Islands with shared environmental vulnerabilities.
But Who or Where are they?
Today we launch a new weekly series to meet and introduce #OurSharedIslands
RT your own pics/stories from each #island
@MarineInst @Irish_Aid
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