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McElroy deAlbuquerque 1990 Sustainable SmallScale Agriculture Caribbean Islands MALAS

...arrivals doubled. The percent of agricultural/fishery workers fell roughly o above 20 percent to Tess than 10 percent. (Table 7 about here) During the more modest visitor growth of the 1980s, production declines for most Tocal fruits and vegetables continued, although there were recorded increases for livestock, fish, eggs, and ornamental plants between 1975-83, the Tatest years...

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

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Wider Caribbean Environmental Agricultural Constraints and Resource Management AMBIO 1981

...in some countries Other harmful pollutants such as heav metals, PCBs and chlorinated hydrocar- A& bons might be present in the marine en- i vironment, particularly near coastal in- dustrial concentrations. Information on Fas the levels of these pollutants, on their igh tering potential bio-accumulation in organisms consumed by man, and on the...

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

Technical Report

VanSant Tode 1988 Management Information System Hillside Agriculture Project Jamaica IRF

...Knowledge concerning farming systems and land resources on the hillsides appears to be in short supply, and to the extent that insights into the diversity of such farm operations are generated, they would be a welcome contribution from the HAP. This information would support improved project design and better policies for hillside agriculture. In addition, a set of bas...

VanSant_Tode_1988_Management_Information_System_Hillside_Agriculture_Project_Jamaica_IRF.pdf 561 pages Imported Files 10,901.1 KB Jul 30, 2025

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VanSant Toder 1988 Management Information System Hillside Agriculture Project Jamaica

...Knowledge concerning farming systems and land resources on the hillsides appears to be in short supply, and to the extent that insights into the diversity of such farm operations are generated, they would be a welcome contribution from the HAP. This information would support improved project design and better policies for hillside In addition, a set of baseline measure...

VanSant_Toder_1988_Management_Information_System_Hillside_Agriculture_Project_Jamaica.pdf 586 pages Imported Files 11,201.9 KB Jul 30, 2025

Government Report

StVincent Agricultural Development Project PID 1983

...the country's most important sector, continues to y @ ANNEX C Page 2 of 4 encounter a number of impediments. Impediments include a lack of knowledge about marketing products abroad, health and environ- ment restrictions, inadequate extension and research, a lack of credit, and land tenure problems. Given that marketing prospects for bananas are uncertain over the longer term, and...

StVincent_Agricultural_Development_Project_PID_1983.pdf 512 pages Imported Files 17,112.1 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

Biotechnology Working Group 1990 Biotechnologys Bitter Harvest Herbicide Tolerant Crops and Threat to Sustainable Agriculture

...subsequent soybean crops, according to seed industry consultant James Kent (Halas Steel, 1987). Furthermore, in some situations, use of herbicide-tolerant crop varieties may blunt the economically motivated reduction in herbicide use taking place on many farms. Biotechnology's Bitter Harvest 46 In Nebraska, for example, the majority of row crop acres receive broadcast applicati...

Biotechnology_Working_Group_1990_Biotechnologys_Bitter_Harvest_Herbicide_Tolerant_Crops_and_Threat_to_Sustainable_Agriculture.pdf 689 pages Imported Files 32,419.1 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Murphy NiviaF 1976 Composition PuertoRican BlackstrapMolasses 1974Harvest FermentationBehavior UPR Mayaguez RumPilotPlant

...Puerto Rico provided information about e sugarcane harvest and processing, All samples were analyzed' for: °Brix, pH, lsgrs nitrogen, ash, um potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, manganese, zinc, copper, lead, nickel, and iron. The eue and analytical methods employed were: copper reduction mets F for sugars as described in the Official Analytical Methods of - An...

Murphy_NiviaF_1976_Composition_PuertoRican_BlackstrapMolasses_1974Harvest_FermentationBehavior_UPR_Mayaguez_RumPilotPlant.pdf Imported Files 19,610.2 KB Jul 30, 2025

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OAS 1990 Economic Biology of Underutilized Tropical Plants Final Report

...constituents exist in some of the herbal teas used in Caribbean folk medicine. Therefore, for example, the use of teas made from the popular ‘sage’ (Lantana camara) bush should be discouraged. On the other hand, the findings show that the leaf material of Cecropia peltata and of Annona muricata are promising sources of acceptable herbal preparations. The EBUTROP project activities...

OAS_1990_Economic_Biology_of_Underutilized_Tropical_Plants_Final_Report.pdf 307 pages Imported Files 15,331.4 KB Jul 30, 2025

Academic Paper

Bilsborrow 1987 Population Pressures Agricultural Development Conceptual Framework Evidence

...development for develop- Given information about these factors in any country, it may be possible to predict what types ing countries — greatly enhances the potential for a demographic response in fertility. Other of responses are most likely. And *he more likely factors determining the capacity for a demo- any one response, the less likely the others, prec iTy because...

Bilsborrow_1987_Population_Pressures_Agricultural_Development_Conceptual_Framework_Evidence.pdf 274 pages Imported Files 12,374.5 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

1986 MUCIA Evaluation StVincent Agricultural Development Project 538-0101

...acres 2y year three of e made available Ainister of Agricu the ent erorisa), hile the ture maintained £o Project staff that the necassary acrsage 22 ould be available, primarily at Orange Hill, appears that Cabinet in the final analysis was not in agreement. Discussions with many observers indicated that Cabinet's position was Tinked to the regative poiitical repercussions wnich might have co...

1986_MUCIA_Evaluation_StVincent_Agricultural_Development_Project_538-0101.pdf 594 pages Imported Files 23,269.7 KB Jul 30, 2025

Conference Proceeding

1981 IMA Aquaculture Industry Trinidad Tobago Proceedings

...be certain is that aquaculture offers tremendous potential to the investor in the Caribbean compared with other possible fields, and this potential is now being realised. The Caribbean Development Bank Is enthusiatic about the prospects for the develop- ment of aquaculture products in the Common- wealth rather than with the technological research aspects or with the provision of p...

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

Technical Report

Paterson Philip Maynard 1986 Guide Improved Pastures Drier Eastern Caribbean CARDI

...deep rooted climbing perennial which is extremely drought tolerant, surviving on only about 400 mm (16 ins.) of rain, although it requires 600 mm (24 ins.) or above to be productive. It is well adapted to alkaline soils where high levels of productivity have been re- corded, although its usefulness is limited by its susceptibility to a range of diseases which attack th...

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

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Thomson 1987 GreenGold BananasDependency EasternCaribbean LAB

...Each island’s balance of payments and tax revenues depend heavily on bananas. The governments of the islands tend to favour Geest in their negotiations rather than demand a better deal out of fear that the company will simply pull out. WINBAN has even been reluctant to ask for access to information about Geest’s costs and is a som...

Thomson_1987_GreenGold_BananasDependency_EasternCaribbean_LAB.pdf 793 pages Imported Files 26,937.8 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Siemers 1988 Energy Consumption Bakery Sector StVincent Grenadines

...PARARAN ( AR . nuber location oven type bags/ days/ week/ yearly fleur loaves/ fuel type conspt yearly fuel fuel consusption e day week year k H ag kg/eek kgs k3/kg Kl /kg Georgetown grate 2.5 34050 diesel Eeorgeton wd Georgetoun wod Chester cad Caspden Park 42500 LPE or diese! Eeg gas stove ¥ingstown 70820 LP Flour sales FebB7 te Jan 82 5494230 Sales tc baker 2245120 Total flour Tab 1 and 2 3...

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

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Caribbean Technical Cooperation Network Artisanal Fisheries Aquaculture Network News January 1990 FAO

...envirommental degradation”, he said. Aquaculture production through the farming of aquatic plants and animals is expected to increase to around 22 million tons in the next decade, double the 1985 level. As for emvirommental degradation, FAO considers it "a serious problem" in maintaning important pollution. fishery resources in coastal waters, stressing the need for stricter monitoring and pr...

Caribbean_Technical_Cooperation_Network_Artisanal_Fisheries_Aquaculture_Network_News_January_1990_FAO.pdf 131 pages Imported Files 7,970.9 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

1988 Pines Pilgrim FinalEvaluation StVincent IntegratedManagementProductionMarketingProject AID538-0147

...St. Vincent could here follow the example set by its sister island Barbados in the assistance given to the Barbados Agricultural Society. I 16 I - | N N B B N ORD MANAGEMENT Assessment of progress and current status of GRD management requires distinguishing the installation of management systems from The their operation and from the use of information gener...

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

Technical Report

UPR-Mayaguez Aquaculture Program History Research Grants 1970-1984

...The development of aguaculture information networks through seminars, workshops, and short courses. 3. Information transfer through a quarterly bulletin (PESCA Newsletter). The PESCA Newsletter, sent to over 135 persons in the Caribbean, provides information on current research, ongoing projects in the caribbean, and the latest trends in trop...

UPR-Mayaguez_Aquaculture_Program_History_Research_Grants_1970-1984.pdf 277 pages Imported Files 6,136.4 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

Caribbean Development Bank 1981 Biogas for the Caribbean Annotated Bibliography

...patterned after successful examples in China, India and the Philippines. Such integrated farms produce biogas fuel fro m many farm wastes, recycle sludge from the digester as livestock feed and fertilisers and utilise digester effluent in aquaculture ponds where ducks and fish are grown. Such ny-en sy stems are climatically well-suited to-the Caribbean ction levels on limited land....

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

Technical Report

FAO RLAC93 28 PES24 Species Cultured Insular Caribbean Belize FrenchGuiana Guyana Suriname 1993 Chakalall

...was 200-300 kg. live weight/ha/yr. HAITI Common C 10 (Cyprinus ¢ ] Malaysian Prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) One farm, Aquiculture de Neppes, with about 10 ha production ponds reportedly producing 450 kg per week. 18 JAMAICA Tilapia (red hybrid) and Commercial production by private sector. 434 ha ponds Oreochromis nilotica produced 1442 mt in 1986 mostly for local consumpt...

FAO_RLAC93_28_PES24_Species_Cultured_Insular_Caribbean_Belize_FrenchGuiana_Guyana_Suriname_1993_Chakalall.pdf 313 pages Imported Files 12,500.0 KB Jul 30, 2025

Conference Proceeding

CARDI IDRC Farming Systems Research Extension Network Workshop Report St Lucia 1988

...Institutional commitment - Send information to MOA’s soliciting their participation in their network - Ascertain whether individuals will commit thenselves - Determine CARDI’s commitment to coordinating the network 3. Resources required 4. Relationship to other FSR networks - Approach IICA committee re Steering Committee for regional research networks Determine which FSR...

CARDI_IDRC_Farming_Systems_Research_Extension_Network_Workshop_Report_St_Lucia_1988.pdf 566 pages Imported Files 11,735.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

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GKN2NEVIS NHCS Newsletter Historical Conservation Nevis 1989

...served as a Executive Committee, she has been a big help with the coasial ero monitoring, and served as cheirman for the committee to revise the constitu ti Most recently Jenny has helped with the computer records for the Socist bookkeeping system Thank you for manuscript-We extend ous thanks to Deputy Govera~r Westo Parris for a traslation of a French manuscript, "Notes on the Li...

GKN2NEVIS_NHCS_Newsletter_Historical_Conservation_Nevis_1989.pdf 221 pages Imported Files 13,283.4 KB Jul 30, 2025

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1988 NewYorker ReporterAtLarge TreasureOfTheDeBraak CapeHenlopenSalvageHistory

...Rhode from the wreck of a Spanish galleon, Island, and Ralph LaPadula, of Dix The three men and the schoolteacher and from then on he was hooked on Hills, New York—and they expressed signed joint-venture papers on Febru- finding treasure. interest in backing the venture. The ary 17, 1984, giving Harrington forty In 1977, Harrington moved to fo...

1988_NewYorker_ReporterAtLarge_TreasureOfTheDeBraak_CapeHenlopenSalvageHistory.pdf 37 pages Imported Files 23,227.5 KB Jul 30, 2025

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KoernerB 1999 USNews TreasureHuntersVsArchaeologists

...the DeBraak, a British warship that sank off Delaware in 1798. Salvors are said to have tossed nonglittering items back ik l positioning system (GPS) Fling & heedle & sta stacl The boat's GPS receiver captures satellite Locating sunken ships is still a laborious, time-consuming signals that provide latitude and longitude task, but it’s becoming much easier and faster with the aid coordinates,...

KoernerB_1999_USNews_TreasureHuntersVsArchaeologists.pdf 105 pages Imported Files 6,005.3 KB Jul 30, 2025

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SeaGrant70s Vol8No3 Mar1978 NauticalArchaeology Bass TAMU

...Computer analysis of permit information showed Robert J. Livingston, Peter S. Sheridan, Bradford C. Mclane, F. G. Lewis I and G. G. Kobylinshi, 26 pp. Reprinted that the greatest concentration of permits exists in the Terrebonne from Florida Marine Research Publications, No. 26, pp 75-100, and Barataria management units. The steadily increasing dredging April 1977. Flo...

SeaGrant70s_Vol8No3_Mar1978_NauticalArchaeology_Bass_TAMU.pdf 42 pages Imported Files 9,114.8 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

Albright 1972 Proton Magnetometer Marine Archaeology Virgin Islands CRI

...Phase 11 - Operations The Proton :agnetometer is an el eciric device which deiects the presence the head, of ferrous metal on or below the sea hed 1t consists of two parts: = T . which is towed behind the search hoat at a depth of about five feet, and the console, which powers the head and houses the readout mechanism. The head, when passing over a magnetic anomal...

Albright_1972_Proton_Magnetometer_Marine_Archaeology_Virgin_Islands_CRI.pdf 143 pages Imported Files 6,679.3 KB Jul 30, 2025

Government Report

1988 Historic Resources US Virgin Islands Review Assessment NPS

...to obtain information on the resources still available and to provide protection to those resources that can be protected. Description The National Park Service has responsibilities for certain the north and south coasts of St. John, offshore waters along and for waters surrounding Hassel Island and Buck Island, and all waters at the Columbu...

1988_Historic_Resources_US_Virgin_Islands_Review_Assessment_NPS.pdf 614 pages Imported Files 26,505.7 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

IRF 1984 CrownBay StThomas MarineArchaeologicalSurvey FinalReport

...dredging activity at Crown Bay, as proposed by the Virgin Islands Port Authority, offers no threat or risk to any marine archaeological site that might have cultural or historical significance. Crown Bay has a history of maritime usage, but it is e 38 most unlikely that we will eer be able to learn much about those sailors and ships of yesteryear from...

IRF_1984_CrownBay_StThomas_MarineArchaeologicalSurvey_FinalReport.pdf 337 pages Imported Files 20,690.1 KB Jul 30, 2025

Policy Document

1978 Council of Europe Report Underwater Cultural Heritage Doc4200 Roper

...Excavation may follow, equipment and funds are hard to find. It can al so be difficult to material from a relatively safe justify removing while there is mu underwater site ch already recovered from the sea awaiting sui table conservation treatment, proper publication and premises for display. On a different level , and more general, is the problem of ensurin e underwater cultural...

1978_Council_of_Europe_Report_Underwater_Cultural_Heritage_Doc4200_Roper.pdf 968 pages Imported Files 25,543.5 KB Jul 30, 2025

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1974 Caribbean Cruise Conservation Preservation Clinics Report IRF NTHP CCA

...island of St. Lucia, especially covering historic sites. Easter, B.H., CBE, compiler. A Guide to Morne Fortune, St. Lucia. St. Lucia Archaeological and Historical Society, 1966. Illustrated history and guide to the Morne Fortune. Jesse, C. Outlines of St. Lucia's History. The St. Lucia Archaeological and Historical Society, 1970. I1lustrated history of St. Lucia. Jesse, C. and East...

1974_Caribbean_Cruise_Conservation_Preservation_Clinics_Report_IRF_NTHP_CCA.pdf 266 pages Imported Files 27,745.9 KB Jul 30, 2025

Conference Proceeding

Arnold1979 UnderwaterCulturalResourceManagement ComputerizedShipwreckReferenceFile Proc11thUnderwaterArchaeologyConf

...The goal of the cultural resource manager through these surveys is to protect historic shipwreck sites, both known and unknown, from accidental disturbance by such under- water construction activities as dredging and pipeline laying. That such activities do repeatedly encounter historic shipwrecks was indicated when the Mansfield Cut was dredged through Padre Island an...

Arnold1979_UnderwaterCulturalResourceManagement_ComputerizedShipwreckReferenceFile_Proc11thUnderwaterArchaeologyConf.pdf 422 pages Imported Files 6,168.1 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Barada 1975 Treasure Salvage Archaeology Florida Controversy

...tyi gold and silver. Mo creditors closed in. Spoils are now di vided annually. feet of sand and rub ble and must be located by magnetometer 3. Salvors are required to use an accep! ted grid pattern survey, then uncovered by digging or dredging awa y the over- ter survey of the “‘mailboxes’’ to remove the during explorations and make a magnetome burden. The use of blasters”” or enti...

Barada_1975_Treasure_Salvage_Archaeology_Florida_Controversy.pdf 12 pages Imported Files 4,389.9 KB Jul 30, 2025

Government Report

Gyrisco 1980 Legal Tools for Archaeological Site Preservation USDOI HCRS

...Historic Places. Santa Cruz Island Archeological District, Santa Barbara County, California. The Nature Conservancy recently completed the 52.5 million acuisition of the island, which contains over 3,000 known Chumash Indian sites. ally knowing little about legal tools such as easements, need the exper- tise of lay persons and lawyers that natural conser...

Gyrisco_1980_Legal_Tools_for_Archaeological_Site_Preservation_USDOI_HCRS.pdf 188 pages Imported Files 10,313.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

Conference Proceeding

1968 CaribbeanResearchInstitute MarineArchaeologyEasternCaribbean ConferenceProceedings

...dredging activity for channels may destroy some sites. Without a prior magnetometer survey of the area, it will be impossible to determine what is there until it is too late. Some discussion was devoted to the "mechanics" of establishing a "clearing house center" for marine archaeological work in the eastern Caribbean. The question arose as tc whether the staff for such a center w...

1968_CaribbeanResearchInstitute_MarineArchaeologyEasternCaribbean_ConferenceProceedings.pdf 82 pages Imported Files 5,131.7 KB Jul 30, 2025

Academic Paper

Arnold1977 SiteTestExcavations MagnetometerSurvey PadreIsland TexasAntiquitiesCommittee IJNA 6-1 21-36

...unusual for the magnetometer survey vessel to cross the exact centre of an anomaly or to cross directly over the object causing the GN North Station S/ Q, ~ACq [ PADRE ISLAND Guif of Mexico South Station B Figure 3. Trigonometric illustration and formulae for calculation of angles from shore stations to anomaly. The UTM coordinates of points A, B and C and the length of side a ar...

Arnold1977_SiteTestExcavations_MagnetometerSurvey_PadreIsland_TexasAntiquitiesCommittee_IJNA_6-1_21-36.pdf 16 pages Imported Files 7,325.2 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

Albright 1974 Excavation HMS Santa Monica CRI CVI

...16 Ram Head ¢ —= Monica Rk 17 - 4 14 15 S 17 18 17 18 — 23 13 "o, 17 22 136 14 17 17 R — 120 18 7 190 1o 2 10, 16 17 ded co lI 19 177 0 4 13 8 i7 nren 13 - 21 N i 20 811 13 17 9 \N20 7 N’ 20 /7 O 9, & Co 18 8 15 " 18 25 24 19 4 AL o 9, 18 16

Albright_1974_Excavation_HMS_Santa_Monica_CRI_CVI.pdf 44 pages Imported Files 8,881.9 KB Jul 30, 2025

Government Report

NationalRegisterBulletin20 NominatingHistoricVesselsAndShipwrecks USNPS 1987

...and 2) swimmer survey on compass transects of the surrounding area out 300 yards from the vessel. The ship’s physical remains and geologic formation in the area are stable; little deterioration of the vessel, erosion, or slumping at the site has occurred. An example of a justification for a partially buried shipwreck with scattered remains, is: La Fontaine is a broken and scatter...

NationalRegisterBulletin20_NominatingHistoricVesselsAndShipwrecks_USNPS_1987.pdf 372 pages Imported Files 16,379.0 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Indigenous Peoples Caribbean Prehistory Curriculum Vol2 JuniorHigh VIHC 1997

...Works by David Macaulay that are comical parodies on attempts to interpret artifacts of past eras: 1) Motel of the Mysteries, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1979; 2) “The Treasures of Tomb 26”, World of Literature Ginn Lvel 14, Silver Burdett and e Illustration by Sarah Punzenberger, from the teaching kit “Columbus Through the Eyes of the Calinas (Island Caribs)...

Indigenous_Peoples_Caribbean_Prehistory_Curriculum_Vol2_JuniorHigh_VIHC_1997.pdf 826 pages Imported Files 16,191.2 KB Jul 30, 2025

Government Report

Ubelaker 1980 Human Bones and Archeology HCRS Publication43

...long-dead people tell us anything about ourselves? The answer, as so front teeth in five female lower jaw The often in science, is maybe. bones displayed deep grooves cut occurrence of similar patterns of into the chewing surfaces. The tooth wear in other groups, when archeologists thought the grooves detected, will show us the were probably produced by the distribution of the prac...

Ubelaker_1980_Human_Bones_and_Archeology_HCRS_Publication43.pdf 175 pages Imported Files 16,804.5 KB Jul 30, 2025

Academic Paper

Craton 1979 Changing Patterns Slave Families British West Indies JIH v10n1 pp1-35

...limits on the range of family types iden- tifiable. Comparison between the original lists of 1821 and 1822 and thosc of 1825, 1828, 1831, and 1834, morcover, allows both for corroboration of rclationships and the testing of their per- manence.” In all, it has proved possible to analyze twenty-six slave holdings in the first Bahamian census of 1821-22 in which owners listed slaves...

Craton_1979_Changing_Patterns_Slave_Families_British_West_Indies_JIH_v10n1_pp1-35.pdf 35 pages Imported Files 10,521.0 KB Jul 30, 2025

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SHA Newsletter Vol21 No4 Dec1988

...mainly on historic-period sites, one new prehistoric Untangling the mess was site was discovered and prehistoric material was original site upstream. collected from the Salt Mine Valley Site and from complicated by the presence of disarticulated parts of A number of as many as four large vessels and numerous huge drift other known prehistoric sites. logs at the site. historic-perio...

SHA_Newsletter_Vol21_No4_Dec1988.pdf 327 pages Imported Files 16,731.5 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

Reid Trexler 1991 Climate Change US Coastal Biodiversity WRI IRF

...Payne Lucas Alan R. McFarland, Jr. Robert S. McNamara Scott McVay Paulo Nogueira-Neto Thomas R. Odhiambo Saburo Okita Ruth Patrick Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. James Gustave Speth M.S. Swaminathan Mostafa K. Tolba Russell E. Train Alvaro Umana Victor L. Urquidi George M. Woodwell James Gustave Speth President Mohamed T. El-Ashry Senior Vice President J. Alan Brewster Vice President for A...

Reid_Trexler_1991_Climate_Change_US_Coastal_Biodiversity_WRI_IRF.pdf 585 pages Imported Files 24,582.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

Virgin Islands Hazard Mitigation Plan IRF VITEMA 1995

...more accessible information about hazards and hazard mitigation in the Virgin Islands. There are a variety of natural hazard issues which need to be developed and translated into information products or educational tools which can be applied to hazard mitigation by individuals in the Virgin Islands. such as: “Best and Worst Cons...

Virgin_Islands_Hazard_Mitigation_Plan_IRF_VITEMA_1995.pdf 717 pages Imported Files 15,991.2 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

Virgin Islands Hazard Mitigation Plan VITEMA 1995 Potter Towle Brower Tumbull

...information about hazards and hazard mitigation in the Virgin Islands. There are a variety of natural hazard issues which need to be developed and translated into information products or educational tools which can be applied to hazard mitigation by individuals in the Virgin Islands, such as: "Best and Worst Construction Practic...

Virgin_Islands_Hazard_Mitigation_Plan_VITEMA_1995_Potter_Towle_Brower_Tumbull.pdf 1473 pages Imported Files 25,469.0 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Tiempo Issue8 1993 Desertification FloodActionPlan Wetlands SelfHelp GlobalWarming

...as the Chandpur Irrigation Project, there have hydrological modelling and intensive public been many partial or total project failures. The ecological information and which has already consultation. The latter aims to ascertain FAP12/13 studies found that, amongst many been strongly impacted upon by dense human people’s needs, identify potential conflicts of contributory factors, t...

Tiempo_Issue8_1993_Desertification_FloodActionPlan_Wetlands_SelfHelp_GlobalWarming.pdf 123 pages Imported Files 9,708.1 KB Jul 30, 2025

Government Report

Government Expert Review Chapter9 Small Island States Regional Impacts Climate Change

...depending on location. 9.2.3.3. Extreme Events and Interannual Variability Possible changes in extreme events have been assessed by various groups, but none are specifically applicable to the small island states. Several models project an increase in precipitation intensity. It is however not possible to state with certainty at this stage, whether the frequency and/o...

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

Conference Proceeding

Gable Gentile Aubrey 1989 Global Environmental Change Sea Level Rise Coastal Caribbean CCA Workshop

...storms. more than 20 hurricanes have claimed about 30,000 lives in the Caribbean islands alone available, d infrastructure to vulnerable (Tomblin, 1981). The movement of the region's population a coastal areas is illustrated by the development of n umerous eastern Caribbean cities. The extensive waterfront development, much o £ which is on reclaimed land,...

Gable_Gentile_Aubrey_1989_Global_Environmental_Change_Sea_Level_Rise_Coastal_Caribbean_CCA_Workshop.pdf 174 pages Imported Files 8,534.8 KB Jul 30, 2025

Conference Proceeding

Gable Gentile Aubrey 1989 Global Environmental Change Sea Level Rise Caribbean

...and tropical storms. During the period for which written records are available, more than 20 hurricanes have claimed about 30,000 lives in the Caribbean islands alone (Tomblin, 1981). The movement of the region's population and infrastructure to vulnerable coastal areas is illustrated by the development of numerous eastern Caribbean cities. The extensive waterfront dev...

Gable_Gentile_Aubrey_1989_Global_Environmental_Change_Sea_Level_Rise_Caribbean.pdf 161 pages Imported Files 8,756.8 KB Jul 30, 2025

Conference Proceeding

Ratter Possekel Bynoe Resource Management Caribbean EcoEco Scenarios LandUse IRF

...land use management. Actions to be taken: ° Develop an inter-sectoral approach. Formulate a land use policy. Disseminate information. Designate protected areas. is Source: Government of Grenada 1994 @ JAMAICA: Area: 10,991 km? Population: 2,454,000 Economy: agriculture, mining, manufacturing, construction and tourism. Nature of the Problems: ] There is a revised Nat...

Ratter_Possekel_Bynoe_Resource_Management_Caribbean_EcoEco_Scenarios_LandUse_IRF.pdf 589 pages Imported Files 18,409.7 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

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

...29°C) and salinity tolerances (about 32-36 ppm) (Bellairs o g - i SR B B e Small Island States Woodroffe, 1995)—than in microtidal, sediment-starved envi- ronments like those in many small islands (e.g., in the Caribbean) (Parkinson er al., 1994). Most small islands fall within the latter classification; therefore, they are expected to...

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Government Report

UN GA A CONF167 PC6 1993 SIDS Sustainable Development UN System Activities

...island countries are involved. The research has produced a comprehensive review of what is known about tuna resources in the region. Continuing work includes an assessment of the biological/economic interactions in tuna fisheries, including an assessment of the effect of fisheries outside the EEZs on tuna resources inside the area. This assessment will hel...

UN_GA_A_CONF167_PC6_1993_SIDS_Sustainable_Development_UN_System_Activities.pdf Imported Files 16,165.8 KB Jul 30, 2025

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