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McElroy deAlbuquerque 1990 Sustainable SmallScale Agriculture Caribbean Islands MALAS

...marshes, and In turn these low-lying systems further trap moisture and sediment mangroves. to preserve the clarify, salinity, and productivity of marine lagoons and coral reefs. Often these delicate freshwater processes are disturbed by modernization. Heavy logging and de-vegetation of mountain forests for resort, residential, and roadwork construction damage natural b...

McElroy_deAlbuquerque_1990_Sustainable_SmallScale_Agriculture_Caribbean_Islands_MALAS.pdf 273 pages Imported Files 11,799.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

Government Report

1996-09 MonthlyBulletin Bermuda PlantProtectionLab Refurbishment CoralReefs WeatherSummary

...celled plants in their tissues. An individual coral — called “polyp” — grows from a tiny swimming larva that settles on a rocky surface. Much like some plants that grow root suckers, the first polyp soon sprouts buds which become polyps and grow more buds in turn. All polyps in a growing colony remain attached to each other, and as one individual catches a water flea for food, all...

1996-09_MonthlyBulletin_Bermuda_PlantProtectionLab_Refurbishment_CoralReefs_WeatherSummary.pdf 88 pages Imported Files 2,493.9 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Wider Caribbean Environmental Agricultural Constraints and Resource Management AMBIO 1981

...industry is widespread in the Caribbean ly. a number of large trans-national cor- - | porations have tried to move into the This is not a polluting activity per se, but Caribbean to capitalize on the region’s in- it may be the single most destructive coas- expensive labor and in some cases on leg- tal industrial activity, producing severe al concessions not available elsewhere and irreparable b...

Wider_Caribbean_Environmental_Agricultural_Constraints_and_Resource_Management_AMBIO_1981.json 220 pages Imported Files 14,669.8 KB Jul 30, 2025

Conference Proceeding

Lathwell 1974 Report Caribbean Tropical America Soils Conference UWI Trinidad 1973

...m. accumulated. The lowest layer consists of coral rcef debris and algal and foraminiferal limestone while the higher strata are made up of massive coral with interstitial reef debris and coral sand. Several soils were viewed that had developed on this coral material. The soils described as Associations although the descrip- tions...

Lathwell_1974_Report_Caribbean_Tropical_America_Soils_Conference_UWI_Trinidad_1973.pdf 56 pages Imported Files 22,991.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Danforth 1935 Birds of Barbuda Economic Importance Puerto Rican Avifauna JAgricUnivPR VolXIIX No4

...T. Danforth ssi 478 A New Ground Dove from the West Indies by Stuart T. Danforth e s n 488 The Puerto Rican form of the broad winged hawk; by Stuart T. Danforth and J. Adgar Smyth TT 485 PURLISHED BY THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION Rio PiEDRas, P. R, Issp DEXCEMBER 1935 THE BIRDS OF BARBUDA, WITH NOTES ON THEIR ECO- NOMIC IMPORTANCE, AND RELATIONSHIP TO THE PUERTO RICAN AVIFAUNA By Stu...

Danforth_1935_Birds_of_Barbuda_Economic_Importance_Puerto_Rican_Avifauna_JAgricUnivPR_VolXIIX_No4.pdf 129 pages Imported Files 4,880.9 KB Jul 30, 2025

Conference Proceeding

1981 IMA Aquaculture Industry Trinidad Tobago Proceedings

...great hope to many that the world’s food problems would soon be diminishing. However, regarding these techniques made its way to Europe during the mediaeval period where as we all know today, quite the opposite was taking place. Careful analysis and monitoring of records indicated ‘“‘stewponds” existing on the grounds of monasteries and large estates. worldwide fisheries pointed to over-exploit...

1981_IMA_Aquaculture_Industry_Trinidad_Tobago_Proceedings.pdf 882 pages Imported Files 29,923.8 KB Jul 30, 2025

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StVincent AgriculturalRehabilitation DiversificationProject SettlementAreas Annex1

W Gy o 0] N ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ANNEX 1 o AGRICULTURAL REHABILITATION AND DIVERSIFICATION PROJECT LOCATION OF SETTLEMENT AREAS I " 0 . STVINCENT [ ProJect Ara for Phase II Settlamnt == Maln Highway 1 57 tow =—wHighway ( Acres Srriov 1l Connyan 1 | < Foncy T w Wl o N it ¢ or Le Suthrlond l Sody &o oo ell l 0 ‘ Nee Sonds Boy Villoge PHASE ] ¥ SETTLEMENT ono 8oy ) S e (3, ve) ¢ M Rood)...

StVincent_AgriculturalRehabilitation_DiversificationProject_SettlementAreas_Annex1.pdf 5 pages Imported Files 515.5 KB Jul 30, 2025

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1989 Courier115 StVincentGrenadines Bananas Economy DevelopmentAid

...Vincent’s leaders more islands to be bought up by expatriate than La Soufriere ever did or ever will. individuals or expatriate enterprises, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, as cays, of which the biggest are Bequia and indeed the whole question of the sale of land to non-Vincentians is now the country is properly called, consists (7 square miles), Canouan and Musti- strictly regulated, with a re...

1989_Courier115_StVincentGrenadines_Bananas_Economy_DevelopmentAid.pdf 312 pages Imported Files 8,449.4 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Siemers 1988 Energy Consumption Bakery Sector StVincent Grenadines

...Commercial Energy Consumption for Baking C Systems Using Diesel as Fuel (2 Systems Using LPG as Fuel T T ) B. Traditional Energy Consumption for Baking C Baking in a National Framework Additional Considerations PROSPECTS AND POTENTIAL FOR THE TRADITIONAL SECTOR A. Highlights of the Survey B. The National Framework c. The Local Framework D. The Possible Improvements E. The Pipe Oven...

Siemers_1988_Energy_Consumption_Bakery_Sector_StVincent_Grenadines.pdf 884 pages Imported Files 16,011.1 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

AguiarMuxella GranularActivatedCharcoal RumProcessing UPRMayaguez 1973

...acidity, color, dry extract, tannins and degree proof were de- termined by conventional methods described in the Official Ana- lytical Methods of the Rum Pilot Plant (3). lTrade names are used in this paper solely for the purpose of Mention of trades names does providing specific information. not constitute a guarantee or warranty of the equipment by the Agricultural Experiment Station of the...

AguiarMuxella_GranularActivatedCharcoal_RumProcessing_UPRMayaguez_1973.pdf 149 pages Imported Files 6,039.8 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

Caribbean Development Bank 1981 Biogas for the Caribbean Annotated Bibliography

...production. The qualities and daily quantities of feedstock added to the digester should be as constant as possible; and (vi) Toxins in Feedstocks - Some materials associated with feedstocks can be toxic to the active bacteria in the digester. Potential toxins include salts of metals, antibiotics, acids and alkalies used for cleaning livestock pens, disinfectants and ungcds on crop residues....

Caribbean_Development_Bank_1981_Biogas_for_the_Caribbean_Annotated_Bibliography.pdf 339 pages Imported Files 9,853.1 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

Paterson Philip Maynard 1986 Guide Improved Pastures Drier Eastern Caribbean CARDI

...7 Ib/ac) but the initial growth is quite slow until the plant has reached a height of about 30 cm (1 ft.). During this period, it must be protected from weed competition. If small areas are to be sown, a better alternative is to produce seedlings in pots or plastic bags, and to transplant these into the field once they are well grown. The versatility of the plant makes it ideal for use as the p...

Paterson_Philip_Maynard_1986_Guide_Improved_Pastures_Drier_Eastern_Caribbean_CARDI.pdf 306 pages Imported Files 14,644.3 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

1986 StVincent OAS OrangeHillEstate FarmingDevelopmentPlan IanPJohn

...highest elevations cannot be irrigated but will be planted with forestry or tree crops. With respect to rainfall, the consultant shows that the period January to April have very little rainfall in dry or wet years. | 2.1.2 Wind The consultant extrapolated wind speed information from Barbados and has come up with an average windspeed in the area of between 11 to 15 mph in a Nortn Zasterly dir...

1986_StVincent_OAS_OrangeHillEstate_FarmingDevelopmentPlan_IanPJohn.pdf 796 pages Imported Files 12,806.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

1988 Pines Pilgrim FinalEvaluation StVincent IntegratedManagementProductionMarketingProject AID538-0147

...of t cae 9] t Agreement. It will focus on ¥ cject rocress c S £ to cate, inclu rh ) ectiveness of the working re 10: ship b n zZnd & ong PAD & o = ncs. It will als =3 er ~ = ang erzeccl en o & et P n working to gt uros 0 ) = ne first = . < 1 W O ry uc ce sS1X rc nc o t the roject = S C D r O Mk A S b=} =C x 8 EE icn €20 0 ( m al I ( 3 E LEW c th St g nsis s I 5] [ cc2, " n e ro 1 O =) 1 n 2 S...

1988_Pines_Pilgrim_FinalEvaluation_StVincent_IntegratedManagementProductionMarketingProject_AID538-0147.pdf 835 pages Imported Files 22,083.2 KB Jul 30, 2025

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INA Explores Age of Discovery Ships of Discovery Molasses Reef Wreck Research 1980s

...To undertake these necessary obser- vations, use of a polarizing microscope was required, so | had to review my petrography skills with a thin section course from the Texas A&M geology department. The one-thousand-plus stones involved in this project also demanded the use of a computer Unique constituents studied When | embarked on my study of the recovered rocks, | realized that only those b...

INA_Explores_Age_of_Discovery_Ships_of_Discovery_Molasses_Reef_Wreck_Research_1980s.pdf 207 pages Imported Files 8,620.4 KB Jul 30, 2025

Research Study

Keith DonaldH 1980s Ships of Discovery Nautical Archaeology Research Strategy

...The harbor at Isabela promised several Columbus-period shipwrecks, but we saw that these would be difficult to find beneath a seabed thickly car- peted with sediments. We discov- ered that the Bahid Mujeres Wreck was so completely entombed by coral reef that its revelations would be challenging to extract. Many techniques employed Proper investigation of these sites...

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Sea History No39 NMHS Spring1986 Nautical Archaeology Mary Rose Key West Coriolanus

...develop- ing their civilizations and opening the world to human aware- ness and interchange. Dr. Bass, testifying recently in support of federal legislation to protect these priceless relics of our voyaging experience, has deplored the false colors that looters of these shipwrecks march under—the colors of “‘free enter- prise.”” With restrained anger, he compares them to the *‘free enterprisers...

Sea_History_No39_NMHS_Spring1986_Nautical_Archaeology_Mary_Rose_Key_West_Coriolanus.pdf 1096 pages Imported Files 31,757.1 KB Jul 30, 2025

Academic Paper

Berleant-Schiller 1981 Small-Scale Fishing Caribbean Barbuda HumanOrganization

...in some spots. None of the sailing vessels has an outboard engine, lthough caught is the only reality worth bothering about. Technological as well as environmental limits affect West engines are used for lobster diving, which is profitable enough to pay for them. Not only does diving earn the mouey to buy Indian reef and demersal fishing elsewhere, too. Whercver the engines, but an...

Berleant-Schiller_1981_Small-Scale_Fishing_Caribbean_Barbuda_HumanOrganization.pdf 205 pages Imported Files 8,117.5 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Figueredo 1975 Saladoid Settlement Patterns StEustatius IRF

...which was dry during portions of the Pleistocene, uniting the group in one larger island (Nicholson 1976). The other two Dutch islands nearby, Saba and St. Martin, rest upon different insular platforms, the water which separates them from each other and from St. Eustatius exceeding 500 m. in depth (Stoffers 1956). St. Eustatius lies over 25 km. to the southeast of Saba, its nearest Dutch neighb...

Figueredo_1975_Saladoid_Settlement_Patterns_StEustatius_IRF.pdf 149 pages Imported Files 14,785.3 KB Jul 30, 2025

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WATER LOG 17-3 1997 Mississippi Alabama Coastal Legal Issues

...an off-site area previously scarred by boat ipacts. Restoration is necessary because sea grass serves an impor- tant role in the sanctuary ecosys- tem. It stabilizes the sea bottom, prevents erosion, and provides a link in the food chain. Most impor- tantly, sea grass beds provide habitat for court, testimony young fish Curtis Kruer likened and shrimp damage to “bombs species fur- airplanes on...

WATER_LOG_17-3_1997_Mississippi_Alabama_Coastal_Legal_Issues.pdf 388 pages Imported Files 12,528.8 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Berleant-Schiller 1981 Traditional and Commercial Fisheries Barbuda Caribbean Political Development

...worth bothering about. engines are used for lobster diving, which is profitable enough Technological as well as environmental limits affect West to pay for them. Not only does diving earn the mouey to buy Indian reef and demersal fishing elsewhere, too. Wherever the engines, but anyone who could buy one would turn it toward fishpot is the principal tool, both total production and y...

Berleant-Schiller_1981_Traditional_and_Commercial_Fisheries_Barbuda_Caribbean_Political_Development.pdf 170 pages Imported Files 6,517.7 KB Jul 30, 2025

Academic Paper

Steadman et al 1984 Vertebrates Archaeological Sites Montserrat Annals Carnegie Museum v53 p1-29

...1978). Coral reefs, either as banks or as fringing reefs, are not common on Montserrat, where deep offshore waters are close to shore. Tunas and mackerals (scombrids) were more abundant in the collection by count, but not MNI, than any other family of fishes. Scombrids, along with the jack, are fish of deep waters. Heavy aboriginal use of scombrids has bee...

Steadman_et_al_1984_Vertebrates_Archaeological_Sites_Montserrat_Annals_Carnegie_Museum_v53_p1-29.pdf 402 pages Imported Files 8,866.1 KB Jul 30, 2025

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first study georgian building caribbean british west indies

...politeness and opulence, which one does " not find in other islands and which it would be difficult to meet with M L elsewhere. The Town Hall is very handsome and well-ornamented.” i i iy his was the town which was built after the fire of 1666 and the 3 uce of 1676. It must ve been extended and improved in the e . : B ¥ a 4 ¥ i %) b o i i b ey b i k ] S T L # i il . @ the town-hall, the prison...

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Wilson 1989 Prehistoric Settlement Pattern Nevis West Indies

...while the western sites total only some 4,500 sq m. Even if the largest site on the island (the 6-ha site called Indian Castle S or GE-18) is removed from consideration, the area represented by the eastern sites is more than seven times greater than that of the western sites. This pattern of castern settlement seems to correspond to the distribution of reefs along Nevis’ windward...

Wilson_1989_Prehistoric_Settlement_Pattern_Nevis_West_Indies.pdf 337 pages Imported Files 10,654.8 KB Jul 30, 2025

Conference Proceeding

Watters Rouse 1989 Environmental Diversity Maritime Adaptations Caribbean BAR S506

...Veloz Maggiolo (1980; Veloz Maggiolo and Vega 1982) regards exploitation of mangal resources as a key indicator of the Ortoiroid migration into the Caribbean from Trinidad. Their Saladoid successors and the Casimiroid peoples who came from Middle America also relied on these resources, though less heavily (Rouse and Alegria 1989; Moore 1982). Although data are equivocal, mangal formations, beca...

Watters_Rouse_1989_Environmental_Diversity_Maritime_Adaptations_Caribbean_BAR_S506.pdf 202 pages Imported Files 7,016.1 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

VIBIB Bibliographic Holdings VINP USVI Danish West Indies Prelim List 1985

...Islands by a retired couple, which included visits to the USV and BV NPT NPJ NPJ NPX NPJ NPJ NPJ NPT NPJ G O G N G B G G Riggs, J. Linton. The Alluring Antilles: A Cruising Guide to the West Indies. Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1963. 267 p. 1l., maps. Chronicle of a sailing voyage through the WI. which presents practical. valuable. and up-to-date information, on each i...

VIBIB_Bibliographic_Holdings_VINP_USVI_Danish_West_Indies_Prelim_List_1985.pdf 2728 pages Imported Files 26,029.7 KB Jul 30, 2025

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CaribbeanJournalScience 1998 v34 n3-4 BookReviews Brussell PietschAnderson

...J. E. Dezentjé olis (Squamata: Approach Distance and Escape Behavior of Three Species of Cuban An . Rubén Regalado Polychrotidae) Sistemitica de la a Riberefias de Cuba (Leptodacty! Eleutherodactylus) con la Descripcion de Una Especie Nueva .. Alberto R. Estrada and S. Blair Hedges doptera: Hesperiidae: Biologia de Proteides mercurius pedro (DeWitz) en Puerto Rico (Lepil Jorge A. Torres Bauz Py...

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Adams JohnE 1980 Fish Markets Belize Problems Consumption JournalCulturalGeography

...separate the atolls and the atolls from the barrier reef. Productivity of the inshore and offshore (atoll) lagoons is considered good because of the presence of nutrient salts in the water within the range of sunlight penetration and the mixing of these nutrient-laden waters by ocean currents and wave action. Lagoon areas are productive of certain fish with great salinity tolerance...

Adams_JohnE_1980_Fish_Markets_Belize_Problems_Consumption_JournalCulturalGeography.pdf 148 pages Imported Files 4,272.9 KB Jul 30, 2025

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INA Newsletter 1986 Review Maritime Archaeology KC Smith

...volunteers from outside the Institute. Aboard the Coral Reef I, research ship of the Shedd Aquarium, the crew first visited Highborn Cay in the Bahamas to do limited excavation on a wreck worked by salvors in the late 1960s. Based on types and distribution of ordnance and hardware originally found at the site, the vessel was judged to be contemporaneous with INA’s Mol...

INA_Newsletter_1986_Review_Maritime_Archaeology_KC_Smith.pdf 210 pages Imported Files 7,424.7 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Trinidad and Tobago Country Report The Courier 139 May-June 1993

...country that we have not taken that road, and I don't think we ever will — because of the responsibility of the opposition, if I may add,” he concluded with a smile. S.H. 30 d o Tobago wants more tourists ‘Tobago. Say it softly. The very name holds the music of the sea, the sound of the wind. Tobago is a place that lingers in the memory, a place that people come back to again and again.’ !...

Trinidad_and_Tobago_Country_Report_The_Courier_139_May-June_1993.pdf 438 pages Imported Files 15,194.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

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INA Newsletter 1986 Review Maritime Archaeology KC Smith

...from outside the Institute. Aboard the Coral Reef Il, research ship of the Shedd Aquarium, the crew first visited Highborn Cay n the Bahamas to do limited excavation on a wreck worked by salvors in the late 1960s. Based on types and distribution of ordnance and hardware originally found at the site, the vessel was judged to be contemporaneous with INA's Molasses

INA_Newsletter_1986_Review_Maritime_Archaeology_KC_Smith.pdf 209 pages Imported Files 7,402.9 KB Jul 30, 2025

Academic Paper

Wilson 1989 Prehistoric Settlement Pattern Nevis West Indies

...while the western sites total only some 4,500 sq m. Even if the largest site on the island (the 6-ha site called Indian Castle S or GE-18) is removed from consideration, the area represented by the castern sites is more than seven times greater than that of the western sites. This pattern of eastern settlement scems to correspond to the distribution of reefs along Nevis windward c...

Wilson_1989_Prehistoric_Settlement_Pattern_Nevis_West_Indies.pdf 469 pages Imported Files 13,467.2 KB Jul 30, 2025

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McCabe 1992 Caribbean Heritage Conservation and Identity

...DO A FULL COURSE IN WEST INDIAN HISTORY IN I high school,” Lennox Honychurch says. “Before that it was all Mary Queen of Scots and the wives of Henry VII. The British set the syllabus for us in those days. Now that’s all changed. “I identify with Derek Walcott, who is, for me, a real mentor,” Honychurch says. “My vision of the Caribbean has been much influenced by Walcott’s work. The images of...

McCabe_1992_Caribbean_Heritage_Conservation_and_Identity.pdf 213 pages Imported Files 12,643.9 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Keegan et al 1996 Bibliography of Caribbean Archaeology Bullen Research Library FLMNH

...1988 Stable Carbon- and Nitrogen-Isotope Ratios of Bone Collagen Used to Study Coral-Reef and Terrestrial Components of Prehistoric Bahamian Diet. American Antiquity 53(2): 320-336. Keegan, William F. and Jared M. Diamond 1987 Colonization of Islands by Humans: A Biogeographical Perspective. In Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, Vol. 10, edited by M. B. Sc...

Keegan_et_al_1996_Bibliography_of_Caribbean_Archaeology_Bullen_Research_Library_FLMNH.pdf 2602 pages Imported Files 36,978.9 KB Jul 30, 2025

Conference Proceeding

Buddemeier 1991 Economic Development Climate Change Tropical Coasts Islands Coral Reefs PSAIB v43n1-2

Pacific Science Association Information Bulletin ———————————————— Vol. 43, No. 1-2 e A RTICLES Economic Development and the Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Coasts, Islands, and Coral Reefs Robert W. Buddemeier Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, USA Introduction This paper is derived from a talk prese...

Buddemeier_1991_Economic_Development_Climate_Change_Tropical_Coasts_Islands_Coral_Reefs_PSAIB_v43n1-2.pdf 95 pages Imported Files 2,445.5 KB Jul 30, 2025

Conference Proceeding

Buddemeier 1991 Economic Development Climate Change Tropical Coasts Islands Coral Reefs PSAIB v43n1-2

S — ——— Pacific Science Association Information Bulletin Vol. 43, No. 1-2 -_— A RTICLES Economic Development and the Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Coasts, Islands, and Coral Reefs Robert W. Buddemeier Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, USA Introduction This paper is derived from a talk presented at...

Buddemeier_1991_Economic_Development_Climate_Change_Tropical_Coasts_Islands_Coral_Reefs_PSAIB_v43n1-2.pdf 96 pages Imported Files 2,429.1 KB Jul 30, 2025

Conference Proceeding

Buddemeier 1991 Economic Development Climate Change Tropical Coasts Islands Coral Reefs PSAIB v43n1-2

Pacific Science Association Information Bulletin ISLAND RESOURCES FOUNDATION RED HOOK BOX 33, ST. THOMAS U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 00802 (809) 775-6225 Vol. 43, No. 12 ARTICLES Economic Development and the Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Coasts, Islands, and Coral Reefs Robert W. Buddemeier Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawren...

Buddemeier_1991_Economic_Development_Climate_Change_Tropical_Coasts_Islands_Coral_Reefs_PSAIB_v43n1-2.pdf 93 pages Imported Files 2,631.5 KB Jul 30, 2025

Conference Proceeding

Buddemeier 1991 Economic Development Climate Change Tropical Coasts Islands Coral Reefs PSAIB v43n1-2

Pacific Science Association Information Bulletin ISLAND RESOURCES FOUNDATION RED HOOK BOX 33, ST. THOMAS U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 00802 (809) 775-6225 Vol. 43, No. 1-2 ARTICLES Economic Development and the Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Coasts, Islands, and Coral Reefs Robert W. Buddemeier Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawre...

Buddemeier_1991_Economic_Development_Climate_Change_Tropical_Coasts_Islands_Coral_Reefs_PSAIB_v43n1-2.pdf 90 pages Imported Files 2,496.9 KB Jul 30, 2025

Government Report

Government Expert Review Chapter9 Small Island States Regional Impacts Climate Change

...directly: another 25% in related services 58 >25% of labor force employed directly in tourism e e , Chapter 9 10 Do Not Cite or Quote S LD L — — I} & = & > 3 % 8 N 8 & & 3 8 3 & = 8 b r & K b & 8 & & I & & ] & 3 A 3 b} Government/Expert Review Regional Impacts of Climate Change As a single sector, tourism is so vitally important 1o many small island...

Government_Expert_Review_Chapter9_Small_Island_States_Regional_Impacts_Climate_Change.pdf 1042 pages Imported Files 9,591.4 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

CEP Technical Report 3 1989 UNEP Implications Climatic Changes Wider Caribbean Maul

...Jamaica, and the Lesser Antilles. Of all the possible climate change impacts that affect tourism, none can be so clearly demonstrated as being important as is beach erosion (q.v. Hendry). Shoreline migration will create new areas of economic benefit as new beaches are built, but the protection, replenishment, and stabilization of existing beaches, at least until major existing tourist investmen...

CEP_Technical_Report_3_1989_UNEP_Implications_Climatic_Changes_Wider_Caribbean_Maul.pdf 86 pages Imported Files 17,644.7 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

Nurse McLean Suarez 1998 IPCC Small Island States Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment

...Observed Trends 339 9.3.6. 346 Coastal Systems 9.2.2.1. Temperature and Precipitation 339 9.3.6.1. Sea-Level Rise and 9.2.2.2. Tropical Cyclones 339 Coastal Changes 346 9.23 340 9.3.7 Human Settlement 346 Model Projections 9.2.3.1. Temperature, Precipitation, and 9.3:7.1. Infrastructure and Settlement 346 Evaporation 340 9.3.7.2. Tourism 347 9.2.3.2. Extreme Events and Interannual 9.3.8 Human H...

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Academic Paper

Roy Connell 1991 Climatic Change Future Atoll States JCR 7-4 1057-1075

...L., 1970. The reef flat and “two-meter eustatic terrace” of some Pacific atolls. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 81, 1881-1894. OSBORNE, D., 1966. The Archaeology of the Palau Islands: an Intensive Study. Bishop Museum Bul- letin No. 230, Honolulu. PEARMAN, G., (ed.), 1988a. Greenhouse: Planning for Climate Change. Melbourne. CSIRO Publications, 752p. PEARMAN, G.I., 1988...

Roy_Connell_1991_Climatic_Change_Future_Atoll_States_JCR_7-4_1057-1075.pdf 303 pages Imported Files 11,669.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

Policy Document

Caribbean Regional Planning Adaptation Global Climate Change GEF OAS WorldBank 1996

...Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago) A9 Page: 3 REGIONAL: CARIBBEAN: ENABLING ACTIVITIES (PLANNING FOR ADAPTATION TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE) BACKGROUND 1 The members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are primarily small island states with fragile coastal ecosystems. Agriculture and tourism are thei...

Caribbean_Regional_Planning_Adaptation_Global_Climate_Change_GEF_OAS_WorldBank_1996.pdf 183 pages Imported Files 6,194.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

Policy Document

1994 UN Global Conference SIDS Barbados Declaration Programme of Action

...Development and Agenda 21, the blueprint for global sustainable development that was approved at the Earth Summit — the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992. The Barbados Conference was called for by the UN General Assembly in December 1992 on the recommendation of the Earth Summit. It was secn as the first test of the global partnership...

1994_UN_Global_Conference_SIDS_Barbados_Declaration_Programme_of_Action.pdf 644 pages Imported Files 22,023.9 KB Jul 30, 2025

Conference Proceeding

Ragster CSA PresidentialAddress SustainableDevelopment Caribbean 1996

...there is heavy reliance on the exploitation of and to natural resources for economic activity, for recreation, support the basic physical and spiritual needs of human society. Generally, the patterns of resource use are mixtures of those most often associated with developed countries - high fossil fuel consumption and production of greenhouse gases, as well as those of undeveloped countries - s...

Ragster_CSA_PresidentialAddress_SustainableDevelopment_Caribbean_1996.pdf 82 pages Imported Files 4,159.5 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

Hulm 1989 Climate of Crisis Global Warming Island South Pacific ASPEI UNEP SPREP

...clear, but a decline seems likely. The freshwater turtle Carettochelys insculpta, the only extant representative of its family, is already of concern to conservationists at the moment because of the shortage of nesting sites on sand banks. It is known only along the southern coast of New Guinea and in the Northern Territory of Australia. A reduction in its estuarine habitat would concentrate...

Hulm_1989_Climate_of_Crisis_Global_Warming_Island_South_Pacific_ASPEI_UNEP_SPREP.pdf 180 pages Imported Files 10,280.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

Policy Document

PanosBriefing10 1994 SmallIslandDevelopingStates InternationalAction

...Panoscope and WorldAIDS magazine which reports on AIDS and develop ment. These are available fr € to newspapers, radio stations and journalists. For more information, contact Juliet Heller (press officer), Panos, 9 White Lion Street, London N1 9PD, England. CONTENTS . 1. THE BARBADOS CONFERENCE A test case for the rest of the world The North’s responsibility Priority issues The NGO forum...

PanosBriefing10_1994_SmallIslandDevelopingStates_InternationalAction.pdf 298 pages Imported Files 10,207.8 KB Jul 30, 2025

Policy Document

PanosBriefing10 1994 SmallIslandDevelopingStates InternationalAction

...service for newspapers and magazines, the environment and development magazine Panoscope and WorldAIDS magazine which reports on AIDS and development. These are available free to newspapers, radio stations and journalists. For more information, contact Juliet Heller (press officer), Panos, 9 White Lion Street, London N1 9PD, England. CONTENTS . 1. THE BARBADOS CONFERENCE A test case for the...

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CDB Caribbean Regional Workshop Sustainable Development Indicators Report 1998

...limiting possibilities for sub-national scale analysis. The results of the initial UNEP/CIAT project on GIS mapping of indicators for the Latin America and the Caribbean region are available on a CD-ROM, and workshop participants were able to interact with the mapping programme on a computer throughout the two day Workshop. The project is ongoing, ow with additional assistance from the World B...

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Conference Proceeding

Obasi 1994 Natural Disasters and Sustainable Development SIDS Global Conference CaseStudy3

...loss or reduction of freshwater may render small atolls and limestone islands uninhabitable even before erosion results in land loss. Coral reefs wc form protective barriers for some tropical islands are vulnerable to quite a small change in sea level and are likely to be strongly affected by a possible global sea level rise. In the cases where the conversion of mangr...

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