
WALKERS RESERVE
ABOUT
The Walkers Reserve landscape is extremely complex, with over 300 acres of land rising majestically from the northeastern shore of Barbados. Sand dunes, sandstone cliffs, forest, clay hills, ponds, wetlands, and so much more fill this vibrant ecosystem.
From 1968 to 2009, this land was known as Walkers Quarry. It was essential to national growth for its unique geological silica sand resource. Nearly every building in Barbados is constructed, in part, from Walkers Quarry sand. Despite the massive outputs necessary to build a nation, Walkers Quarry managed to steward and protect one of the largest native beachside forests on the island.
WIRRED is transitioning and transforming Walkers Quarry into Walkers Reserve right before our eyes. Through the hard work and knowledge of local and international experts coupled with the goodwill of the community and stakeholders, this area that was once mined to build Barbados is now being sculpted, planted, and regenerated to increase biodiversity and co-create self sustaining ecosystems.
WIRRED is dedicated to inspiring and teaching other extraction-oriented businesses around the world how to develop regenerative post-extraction models that benefit local communities and the environment by restoring such areas back to ecological health in a similar fashion to the pioneering work of Walkers Quarry.
GOALS
ENVIRONMENTAL
- Return extracted areas to ecological health
- Mitigate negative environmental impacts created by extraction practices
- Provide habitat to threatened, endangered, and endemic species
- Conserve and restore the last remaining dune system of its size in Barbados
- Create a gene bank for the island of Barbados of rare and useful plants
COMMUNITY
- Cultivate mixed-use regenerative agriculture and forestry on site providing food, fibre, medicine, and livelihood
- Inspire ecological and agricultural tourism for the National Park system, Scotland District and Barbados
- Shape meaningful livelihood opportunities for St. Andrew and neighbouring parish residents
- Support farmers, organizations and individuals with permaculture training and skills
GLOBAL
- Prove regenerative economic models are viable alternatives as post-extraction
- Engage meaningful education and research with local and international institutions
- Stabilize the climate through reforestation and regenerative land use
- Inspire others in similar industry toward truly regenerative restoration goals
MANAGEMENT
PRACTICES
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