On Sunday, the visiting Journalist Jeff Barbee met with His Excellency, Governor Michael Clancy who explained that his job is to ensure good governance on the island and also to represent the island to the U.K. and similarly put U.K. policies to the St Helena Government. Jeff asked what role the Governor was playing in Conservation issues on St Helena. "We all play an active role," the Governor said — "St Helena Government itself is very interested, the U.K. Government sponsors various projects [such as] an invasive species project..."

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Jeffrey Barbee set off Across The Great Divide with boat maker/Captain Andre Watson and first mate Deon Tulleken, exposing the most striking hot-spots of biodiversity in the Atlantic Ocean before they disappear. It's the first of a series of journeys undertaken by the video journalist to highlight climate change and global warming.
November 1, 2007 / Mail and Guardian Online
Jeffrey Barbee
In mid-winter three of us boarded a 55ft sailing yacht under Cape Town's Table Mountain to rediscover islands in the Atlantic and what they can teach us about coping with climate change.
August 1, 2007 / Reuters
Jeffrey Barbee
By Alistair Thomson