Aruba Reef Care Project Making Strides for Their 9th Annual Clean-Up Event.Business, Travel & Lifestyle Editors/Environment Writers The 9th Aruba Aruba (ər  `bə), island, autonomous part of the Netherlands (2005 est. pop. 71,600), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), in the Lesser Antilles off the coast of Venezuela. Reef Care Project (ARCP ARCP Annual Review of Competence ProgressionARCP Auxiliary Resonant Commutated Pole (electrical converter) ARCP Association of Residential Cleaning Professionals ), an initiative of the Aruba Tourism Authority, kicks off July July: see month. 6, 2002, the year of eco-tourism. Local dive operators will lead individual groups to clean up beaches, dive sites and coral reefs coral reefs, limestone formations produced by living organisms, found in shallow, tropical marine waters. In most reefs, the predominant organisms are stony corals, colonial cnidarians that secrete an exoskeleton of calcium carbonate (limestone). . Also, project-organized lectures will reach an estimated 3,000 primary and secondary students. Minister of Tourism and Economic Affairs Edison Briesen and Managing Director of the Aruba Tourism Authority Myrna Jansen will accept the first poster as a symbolic start of the campaign. "We are proud of Aruba's commitment to eco-tourism," said Marcial F. Ibarra, Director of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . "Our goal is to educate the community and the eventual establishment of an Aruba Marine Management System." All dive operators, watersports companies, schools, hotel green teams, and social organizations are participating in the island-wide effort. People interested in participating in the reef care project or would like more information can contact the Aruba Tourism Authority at 011-297-823777 ext. 258. Aruba is a vacationer's paradise located in the heart of the Dutch Caribbean, 15 miles north of Venezuela and only two and a half hours by air from Miami. Ideally located outside the hurricane belt The hurricane belt is an area in the Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, which is prone to hurricanes during the Atlantic hurricane season. The only places in the Caribbean that are not in the hurricane belt are the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, Bonaire, , Aruba boasts great weather, cooling trade winds and friendly people. For more information on planning a trip to Aruba, contact the Aruba Tourism Authority at 1-800-TO-ARUBA, or visit our Web site at http://www.aruba.com. This Material is distributed by Everett Clay Associates on behalf of the Aruba's Ministry of Tourism and Transportation. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. |
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