Barbados Coastal Zone Management Unit

March 23 – I spent my second vocational day in Barbados with Dr. Leo Brewster PhD, Director of the Coastal Zone Management Unit.


Dr. Brewster showed me a boardwalk project the Coastal Zone Management Unit has been working on around the island to better serve the public and use the natural forces the geomorphology of the ocean exhibits to conserve and maintain the beaches on the island with the most public use. The wooden boards were brought into Barbados from Brazil for their tested longevity. The boulders had to be shipped in from Canada because the geology of Barbados is made up of coral entirely and it is not a favorable material to take the endless pounding of the surf year upon year.

Dr. Brewster and I on a section of the boardwalk on the south coast.

Monica Holzmer