Upcoming Events

Oct

2023

In celebration of 40 years of service to the nation of Barbados, the CZMU will host a 40th anniversary dinner and awards event for staff and specially invited guests on October 28, 2023.

Jan

2023

Launch of the Marine Spatial Plan for Barbados

The CZMU in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy will be hosting a launch for the Marine Spatial Plan for Barbados at the Hilton Hotel on January 18, 2023.

Jun

2021

Public Consultation Meetings for the Updated Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan

Jun

2021

National Launch of the Public Consultation Meetings for the Updated Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan for Barbados

Jun

2021

World Environment Day

World Environment Day is June 5, 2021. Please follow the link below for more information.

Sep

2016

Underwater Cleanup

The CZMU in collaboration with the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) and the CleanBim Project invites you to their 4th and last underwater cleanup.

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Glossary of Terms

Dune Walkover

Light construction that provides pedestrian access without trampling dune vegetation.

Photic Zone

The zone extending downward from the ocean surface within which the light is sufficient to sustain photosynthesis. The depth of this layer varies with water clarity, time of year and cloud clover, but is about 100m in the open ocean.

It may be considered the depth to which all light is filtered out except for about one percent and may be calculated as about two and a half-times the depth of a secchi disk reading.

Submarine Groundwater

Underground fresh water that has flowed beneath the sea floor.

Shingle

Loosely and commonly, any beach material coarser than ordinary gravel, especially any having flat or flattish pebbles.

Strictly and accurately, beach material of smooth, well-rounded pebbles that are not roughly the same size. The spaces betwen pebbles are not filled with finer materials.

Accretion

The deposition of sediment, sometimes indicated by the seaward advance of a shoreline indicator such as the water line, the berm crest, or the vegetation line.

Offshore

The portion of the littoral system that is always submerged.

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