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Trinidad and Tobago environmentalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Molly R. Gaskin (born 1941[1]) is an environmentalist from Trinidad and Tobago, who is a co-founder, in 1966, and, as of 2024, President of Pointe-à-Pierre Wild Fowl Trust.[2][3][4][5] She pioneered environmental education at the Trust, focussing on wetland habitat and herbal medicine.[3]
Educated at the University of Wales,[1] in 1978 she took on management of the organisation.[6] In 1983 she introduced turtle patrols to protect the reptiles laying their eggs at Matura Beach.[3] She also led a successful scarlet ibis breeding programme at the trust, hatching its first chick in 1991.[3] In 1993 she enabled the government of Trinidad and Tobago to join the Ramsar Convention.[3]
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