Ministry of the Environment Forestry Officer Danielle Hanek pays a courtesy call on U.S. Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Lisa Johnson to discuss her recent participation in an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) focused on “Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation.”
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Nassau, Bahamas - On Tuesday, July 29, Ministry of the
Environment Forestry Officer Danielle Hanek paid a courtesy call on U.S.
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Lisa Johnson to discuss her recent participation
in an International Visitor Leadership Program
(IVLP) focused on “Environmental Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation.” Ms. Hanek, the only participant from the Caribbean region
was joined by conservationists representing both the private and public
sectors from seventeen different countries.
During the program, participants engaged
their American counterparts about efforts in the United States to
protect biodiversity through environmental protection policies and
sustainable land and water management programs. The
group explored governmental and non-governmental programs designed to
encourage biodiversity protection and sustainable land and water
management and they also considered climate change realities and
renewable energy alternatives that could mitigate the effects
of climate change on the environment and biodiversity. The IVLP
participants visited Washington, D.C., Jackson, Wyoming, Los Angeles,
California and Las Vegas, Nevada.
While meeting with Chargé Johnson, Ms.
Hanek discussed how she plans to apply her experiences to promote
environmental protection and biodiversity conservation in The Bahamas.
She also shared her ideas about the potential to
develop partnerships with the United States Forest Service and other
forestry organizations in the United States.
As a follow-up to the IVLP exchange, in
August 2015, Ms. Hanek will facilitate an informative presentation on
“Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation” at the American
Corner, Harry C. Moore Library, College of
The Bahamas.