March 26th, 2008: Bonaire National Marine Park rangers visit Statia
During the past two weeks, a team of three rangers from Bonaire National Marine Park have been working closely with rangers in Statia National Marine Park. The visit was organised as the second stage of a ranger exchange scheme between STINAPA Bonaire and STENAPA through a programme to increase capacity of park rangers and funded by the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA). Three staff from STENAPA had already worked with rangers in Bonaire in April 2006.
The Bonaire rangers completed all the routine daily tasks of the Marine Park, including mooring maintenance, patrols, yacht fee collection, diver supervision and fee checks, turtle in-water monitoring dives, Zeelandia beach clean-up, patrol boat and dinghy maintenance, and snorkel club instruction for 8-10 year olds. They also worked hard with Statia rangers, Walter Blair and Nadio Spanner to install four new yacht moorings using manta rays in Oranjestad Bay.
Upon their departure, the rangers said that they had learned a great deal in Statia and that they had found that the people were very friendly and gentle. The Chief Ranger urged the Island Government that if they want to keep the coral in good health, they need to put down more laws, such as banning spear fishing (especially those working with tourists) and also ensuring that there was more personnel working for the Marine Park.
Photo: Bonaire rangers departing from Statia on Thursday and pictured with STENAPA staff, Violet Busby, Nicole Esteban and Walter Blair.
Rangernan di Parke Marino Nashonal di Boneiru a bishita Statia
Durante dos siman, un tim di tres ranger di Parke Marino Nashonal di Boneiru tabata traha huntu ku e rangernan di Parke Marino Nashonal di Statia (STENAPA). Esaki ta e segundo parti den kuadro di e programa di interkambio entre STINAPA Boneiru i STENAPA. E meta di e programa ta pa mehorá e kapasidat di e rangernan. Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA), a finansiá e programa. Na aprel 2006, tres empleado di STENAPA a bin traha ku rangernan di Boneiru.
E rangernan di Boneiru a kaba ku tur e tarea diario di e Parke Marino. Esaki ta inkluí mantenshon di e buinan, patruyá, kolekta pago di e yatenan, supervishon di e sambuyadónan, kontròl di pago, monitoreo di turtuga bou di awa, akshon di limpiesa na playa Zeelandia, mantenshon di boto di patruya i dinghy, i duna lès na muchanan di e klup di snòrkel. Tambe nan a traha duru huntu ku rangernan di Statia; Walter Blair i Nadio Spanner, riba e instalashon di kuater buinan di yate, usando manta rays (un tipo di anker) na Oranjestad Bay.
Ora ku nan tabata kla pa bai Boneiru bek, e rangernan a bisa ku nan a siña hopi kos, i nan ta haña ku e hendenan di Statia ta hende hopi amabel i kariñoso. E chief ranger di Boneiru tambe a urgí e gobernadó di Statia pa traha mas lei pa mantené nan koralnan salú, manera prohibí piskamentu ku harpun. Tambe nan mester atraé mas empleado pa e Parke Marino.