On Thursday 18 and Friday 19 June, 2009 The Turks and Caicos National Trust along with the DECR conducted a Teacher Training Workshop in the National Environment Centre. The teachers comprised mainly of primary school teachers. The presenters included Bob McMeekin, Pine Recovery Officer; Miranda Jones, GIS Officer; Jonathan Sayao, Education Officer of the National Trust and Marlon Hibbert, Scientific Monitoring Officer; Eric Salamanca, Scientific Officer; and Darshan Narang, Parks Manager of the DECR.

The topics covered included:

• Pine Recovery Project: Background and Current Work
• Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the Pine Recovery Project
• Use of Endemic Plants in Landscaping
• The Millenium Seed Bank Project and Seed Collecting in the Turks and Caicos Islands
• Conservation of the Turks and Caicos Rock Iguana
• Conservation in the TCI and Further Afield
  
• The Invasive Lionfish
• The Protected Area System in TCI
• Mangrove Ecosystems In TCI
• Introduced Species and Biodiversity of TCI
• Field Trip to look at Endemic and Invasive Plants in the Botanical Gardens and Surrounding Area