Gen San Chris
Contributor
Here in Sarangani Bay, General Santos City we have a constant problem with Crown of Thorns! In the area which we dive mostly we manage to keep them in check but other areas which are not dived so much get ravaged all the time!
About 5 years ago the Rotary Club of Metro Dadiangas carried out an irradication project where local people were paid with rice! 20 C of T's got them 1 kg rice, for every 100 C of T's they also got a tin of fish! In 3 months they got 126,000 C of T''s from the area! A great effort!
Just now, John Heitz (Jr Divemaster) is funding such a project paying p3 for each C of T's! and in less than one week over 1,600 have been removed from the water!
In other areas of Sarangani Bay where the C of T's are plentyful other people and local governments are discussing what to do about such problems, sometimes the cost of such a meeting can cost thousands of peso's so why do they not take the lead from John and pay the local people to get then, it will be the cheapest way and give income to the people!
John will not be happy me writing this as he is a quiet guy but I think he deserves a bit of recognition for his help with the environment!
About 5 years ago the Rotary Club of Metro Dadiangas carried out an irradication project where local people were paid with rice! 20 C of T's got them 1 kg rice, for every 100 C of T's they also got a tin of fish! In 3 months they got 126,000 C of T''s from the area! A great effort!
Just now, John Heitz (Jr Divemaster) is funding such a project paying p3 for each C of T's! and in less than one week over 1,600 have been removed from the water!
In other areas of Sarangani Bay where the C of T's are plentyful other people and local governments are discussing what to do about such problems, sometimes the cost of such a meeting can cost thousands of peso's so why do they not take the lead from John and pay the local people to get then, it will be the cheapest way and give income to the people!
John will not be happy me writing this as he is a quiet guy but I think he deserves a bit of recognition for his help with the environment!