The Bahamas signs proclamation for International Year of the Reef

From a story on TheBahamasWeekly.com:

The signing of this proclamation by our Commander-In-Chief, The Right Honourable Hubert Alexander Ingraham, officially symbolizes The Bahamas’ awareness as a nation of the value of coral reefs, their fragility, and the need to further conservation efforts on their behalf.

In this proclamation our Prime Minister gives his blessings for the National IYOR2008Planning Committee to utilize this global awareness campaign to further our coral reef conservation efforts for The Bahamas, contributing to status of coral reefs worldwide.

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