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I I WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES AND AGENDA The f o l l o w i n g statement of o b j e c t i v e s was agreed upon by the NAS and NSRC before the meeting and was d i s t r i b u t e d to p a r t i c i p a n t s of the workshop 1 To i d e n t i f y and ev a l u a t e e x i s t i n g or emerging technologies i n a q u a t i c weed management t h a t show promise f o r t r a n s f e r to Guyana, 2 To generate i d e a s f o r i n n o v a t i v e a p p l i c a t i o n s of e x i s t i n g t e c h - n o l o g i e s to immediate a q u a t i c p l a n t problems i n Guyana, and 3 To i d e n t i f y promising a r e a s f o r b a s i c and app l i e d r e s e a r c h f o r which concerted support could a p p r e c i a b l y shorten the time r e q u i r e d to s o l v e questions i n a q u a t i c p l a n t management f o r Guyana The workshop was held a t the U n i v e r s i t y of Guyana, w i t h the f o l l o w i n g schedule Thursday, March 22, 1973 Morning Opening Ceremony Remarks by Dr Dennis I r v i n e Chairman, NSRC Panel Remarks by Dr Gerard A R o h l i c h , Chairman, NAS Panel Keynote address by Prime M i n i s t e r of Guyana, Mr L F S Burnham Working Groups I and I I m concurrent s e s s i o n s Afternoon Continuation of working group s e s s i o n s - 3
F r i d a y . March. 23 Morning Working Groups I and I I i n concurrent s e s s i o n s Afternoon F i n a l working group s e s s i o n s Saturday. March 24 Morning F i n a l Plenary S e s s i o n C l o s i n g Ceremony Afternoon Demonstrations, B e l A i r D a i r i e s As noted i n the agenda, the j o i n t panel d i v i d e d i n t o two working groups Working Group I on the c o n t r o l and management of a q u a t i c v e g e t a t i o n by b i o l o g i c a l and chemical methods. Working Group I I on the h a r v e s t and p o s s i b l e u t i l i z a t i o n of t h i s v e g e t a t i o n A f t e r 2 days of d i s c u s s i o n each working group prepared a statement of c o n c l u s i o n s and recommendations which the group chairman presented f o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n by a l l p a r t i c i p a n t s a t the f i n a l p l e n a r y meeting A f t e r the workshop, the p a r t i c i p a n t s watched p r a c t i c a l demonstrations a t the B e l A i r D a i r i e s on the o u t s k i r t s of Georgetown A.nong the methods for h a r v e s t i n g water p l a n t s was the use of p l a s t i c shoes to walk on water A p r e s s designed by Dr Lawrence B a g n a l l , an NAS p a n e l i s t , was used to r e - move moisture from wate r h y a c i n t h , the f i r s t step i n producing animal feeds and s o i l a d d i t i v e s Some of the r e s u l t i n g pressed cake was fed to c a t t l e , and some was made i n t o hay Prime M i n i s t e r and Mrs Burnham, the Deputy Prime M i n i s t e r , the U S and B r i t i s h Ambassadors, and R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of the World Bank, among o t h e r s , a l s o attended the demonstrations - 4 -
