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British Virgin Island's climate change work hailed as example
By Zarrin Tasnim Ahmed
During a recent conference in St. Lucia, the Virgin Islands was hailed as a model for the region because of its work on a collaborative project designed to help prepare the Caribbean for climate change, according to government.
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VI's work under the iLAND project included a boulder revetment along the shoreline in Cane Garden Bay, which was completed in July 2017.
Based on a coastal dynamics study, the structure was engineered to protect the road into CGB from storm surge associated with a Category Four hurricane and one-metre sea level rise, government explained.
The revetment subsequently withstood the unprecedented storm surge of Category Five Hurricane Irma and now serves as a regional model for coastal defence, according to GIS.
Other related projects included road drainage improvements in Cane Garden Bay and Brewers Bay.
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