Discover Mangroves and Marine Life at COMO Parrot Cay

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COMO Parrot Cay in the Turks and Caicos offers a diverse natural landscape with vibrant marine life and sustainable conservation efforts, including mangrove wetlands teeming with species like sharks, turtles, and unique lizards.

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• COMO Parrot Cay’s Director of Marine Science and Sustainability, explains why he finds this pocket of the Caribbean so special.
• Dr Ed Butler is Director of Marine Science and Sustainability at COMO Parrot Cay in the Turks and Caicos.
• He has a doctorate in marine and fisheries science from Rhodes University in South Africa.
• Before joining COMO Hotels and Resorts in March 2022, he led a UK government-funded grant focused on improving sustainability and management of small-scale fisheries in the Turks and Caicos.
• His research is centred on the social-ecological system sciences — the study of linked systems between people and nature — with the aim of uncovering novel and pragmatic solutions for conservation issues.
• He is passionate about the outdoors and sustainable recreational fishing.
• For a small island, COMO Parrot Cay is home to a wide variety of beautiful natural habitats.
• Its western shores are bordered by immaculate beaches and clear blue seas; if you walk to the edge of the sand and look into the distance, you’ll see the colours shift at the shelf edge, where the turquoise waters of the Turks and Caicos drop steeply into the dark blue Atlantic.
• If you head to the eastern shores of the island, a very different ecosystem awaits, predominantly home to mangrove wetlands and swamps.
• Here, you’ll find an astonishing diversity of animal species both above and below the water’s surface: juvenile sharks, green and hawksbill turtles, upside-down jellyfish, flamingos and more.

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