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198X African Locusts Caribbean Threat and Agricultural Impacts DailyNews

...been done in the Turks and Caicos “Many countries have, like the and spiny lobster nurseries were all B.V.I now undertaken measures cern that high numbers of the spe- discussed by institute members and aimed at halting the drastic decline cies are trapped by the large nets other participants at the meeting. in fish, such as grouper and in spe- spread for t...
198X_African_Locusts_Caribbean_Threat_and_Agricultural_Impacts_DailyNews.pdf 215 pages Imported Files 12,270.2 KB Jul 30, 2025
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FAO RLAC93 28 PES24 Species Cultured Insular Caribbean Belize FrenchGuiana Guyana Suriname 1993 Chakalall

...CARIBBEAN SANTIAGO, CHILE 1993 | The information, designations employed and views expressed in this publication do not constitute the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture organizatioOn of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation...
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
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Wider Caribbean Environmental Agricultural Constraints and Resource Management AMBIO 1981

...from one area to another; thus on ated. crops have been estimated at between 25 the northeast coast and over the Blue mm and 30 mm per week in Trinidad and 0 annual Availability of Water Mountain range, precipitation Tobago. averages 7600 mm, whereas it is only 760 The major interrelated problems concern- Interference with, or destruction of,...
Wider_Caribbean_Environmental_Agricultural_Constraints_and_Resource_Management_AMBIO_1981.json 220 pages Imported Files 14,669.8 KB Jul 30, 2025
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1981 IMA Aquaculture Industry Trinidad Tobago Proceedings

...simply because these swamp areas are still relatively free of serious pollution problems. Roussillac and South Oropouche have significant areas used for rice cultivation, but a long standing oil pollution problem dictates alternative use and development. The problems with the Caroni Swamp are those of pollution, of alternative use conflicts, and of costs of development...
1981_IMA_Aquaculture_Industry_Trinidad_Tobago_Proceedings.pdf 882 pages Imported Files 29,923.8 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Document 64145716

...A DRAFT AQUACULTURE PLAN FOR TRINIDAD AND_TOBAGO B e BY s & LAl - * I 5 &5 £, A. J0BITY, K. GOORESINGH, Z. CHIN YUEN KEE - AND B. SEEPERSAD FISHERIES DIVISION MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, LANDS AND FOO0D PRODUCTION (January, 1982) L A A > BE A X t i TA B E —— OF CONTENTS e Introduction 2. National Policy Statement Role of Institutions He Te Aquaculture Plan Lisie Role of Aquacultur...
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McElroy deAlbuquerque 1990 Sustainable SmallScale Agriculture Caribbean Islands MALAS

...Planning sustainable agriculture in small islands is severely constrained by the delicate balance of interlocking terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Resource fertility and productivity are sustained by the joint interaction of two protective buffering systems: the freshwater buffer from the mountain highlands and the seawater or wave energy buffer (OTA, 1987). In the f...
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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Chakalall 1987 Aquaculture Development in CARICOM CARICOM Fisheries Officers Meeting StVincent

...by Artisanal Fisheries Development Project Cariacou Kine Crab (Mithrax) Attemnts at commercial roduction hv nrivate inveator R D SPECIES CULTURED IN CARICOM COUNTRIES COUNTRY SPECIES COMMENTS I Guyana Tilapia Guyana Sua Corporation involved in commercial production. Guyana Mining Enterprise pilot project growing Tilapia in abandoned mine pits. - Hassar...
Chakalall_1987_Aquaculture_Development_in_CARICOM_CARICOM_Fisheries_Officers_Meeting_StVincent.pdf 92 pages Imported Files 4,696.2 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Gulston Eustace StVincentGrenadines Agricultural Sector Study Vol2 Agricultural Programmes OAS

...market are necessary. The future of pig production will be influenced by a major research programme being undertaken by the Taiwan Chinese. The su—po is aimed at improving performance through breed selection. Research is in progress with i 2 - 28 \ i (b) (b) preparation of Forestry Policy and de velopment programme (legal, administrative, food forest, lumbering,...
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BDDC TDRI Review Fruit Tree Crop Development Caribbean 1985

...in existing processing facilities. The difficulties of obtaining financial viability are discussed with reference orange juice production (see 2.4.2 below). 2.4.2 Oranges & B G - Currently some 3,500 tonnes of oranges are produced for the fresh fruit trade. Predictions are that this supply will more than double to 13,000 tonnes by 1995. The incremental production of some 10,0...
BDDC_TDRI_Review_Fruit_Tree_Crop_Development_Caribbean_1985.pdf 1092 pages Imported Files 18,018.9 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Browne 1985 Agricultural Land Development StVincentGrenadines MA Dissertation Chapter4

...levels of diversification. The state must develop an efficient market intelligence unit which would monitor demand and prices for its &1 export crops, activities of its major rivals which would hlep in early B production responses to changing circumstances. St Vincent and the Grenadines may find it extremely costly and difficult to monitor activities at the internation...
Browne_1985_Agricultural_Land_Development_StVincentGrenadines_MA_Dissertation_Chapter4.pdf 158 pages Imported Files 11,982.7 KB Jul 30, 2025
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StVincent Agricultural Development Project PID 1983

...decline in production have been disease problems and high production costs which have made carrots less profitable. In addition, quality problems have been encountered which may be attributed to inferior varieties and improper harvesting and handling. Sweet potatoes area has decreased from perhaps 1,000 acres in the early 1960's to about 500 a...
StVincent_Agricultural_Development_Project_PID_1983.pdf 512 pages Imported Files 17,112.1 KB Jul 30, 2025
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USAID RDO-C Agricultural Sector Strategy OECS 1990-1994 AnnexIV

...golden apple, and carambola come out strongly in different studies), and some import substitutes (possibly peppers, pumpkins, green beans, cucumbers, cabbage, according to CIDA; and probably not tomatoes, onions and carrots, according to other experts). C TOpS 1n any o taking appropriate steps to remove the s e opportunities exist at the evel, provide e storage and transport bottl...
USAID_RDO-C_Agricultural_Sector_Strategy_OECS_1990-1994_AnnexIV.pdf 112 pages Imported Files 7,382.0 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Technical Report

Cronshaw The Cause and Control of Banana Leafspot Disease Windward Islands

...Values lower than this mean that leafspot control is unsatis- factory. By using these values from the reference points, it is possible to organize spray programmes-to deal with leafspot disease when and where necessary. There are. various other leafspot assessment methods most of which record the percentage of leaf area spotted. Such methods are subjective and vary between assesso...
Cronshaw_The_Cause_and_Control_of_Banana_Leafspot_Disease_Windward_Islands.pdf 248 pages Imported Files 6,484.2 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Biotechnology Working Group 1990 Biotechnologys Bitter Harvest Herbicide Tolerant Crops and Threat to Sustainable Agriculture

...above). In many areas of the Third World where regulations governing the labeling, proper use and application of agricultural chemicals are notoriously lax, increases in problems associated with herbicide use would be especially severe. Biotechnology's Bitter Harvest 43 FALSE PROMISES Despite the fact that herbicide-tolerant crops will not reduce our de...
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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Grossman 1991 Bananas Agriculture Environment StVincent Conference

...I asked Geest in the United Kingdom about the possibility of marketing organic bananas. They were hesitant to do so, however, fearing that if they started to market organically grown bananas, their customers would then ask what was wrong with the other bananas they sell that are grown using conventional methods. Nor is shift back to organic agriculture in bananas likel...
Grossman_1991_Bananas_Agriculture_Environment_StVincent_Conference.pdf 238 pages Imported Files 6,891.6 KB Jul 30, 2025
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1988 Pines Pilgrim FinalEvaluation StVincent IntegratedManagementProductionMarketingProject AID538-0147

...future ORD project proposals, and indeed all major ORD activities which require funding, should have built into them quantitative benchmarks adequate for the monitoring of progress. Management 1. ORD management must train itself to utilize the information provided by its accounting and monitoring systems for the taking timely and adequate management decisions. 2. USAID skould m...
1988_Pines_Pilgrim_FinalEvaluation_StVincent_IntegratedManagementProductionMarketingProject_AID538-0147.pdf 835 pages Imported Files 22,083.2 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Durrant 1987 Root Crops and High Energy Staples CARICOM Caribbean

...in this area. In recognition of n- nal consumption takes place. The ma- this need, there has been an initiative jor exception is cassava which is made the United Nations Economic Research by into “cassava bread™ (cazabe — also Commission for Latin America and called “banny in Jamaica). Of all Research in root crop production the C...
Durrant_1987_Root_Crops_and_High_Energy_Staples_CARICOM_Caribbean.pdf 17 pages Imported Files 2,123.6 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Allen VanDusen 1990 Sustainability in the Balance UCSC Agroecology

SUSTAINABILITY IN THE BALANCE RAISING FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES M [\ | Agroecology Program University of California, Santa Cruz This report summarizes social issues critical to sustain- able agriculture which were identified at a recent Univer- sity of California, Santa Cruz conference. The following discussion is organized around twelve issues, each de- scribed briefly and followed by a se...
Allen_VanDusen_1990_Sustainability_in_the_Balance_UCSC_Agroecology.pdf 169 pages Imported Files 4,404.0 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Biotechna-Graesser Biocoil Microalgae Technology and Markets Company Profile

...area of agricultural land is no longer increasing as rapidly as it did 30 years ago. Carbon Dioxide Mitigation and Biomass Fuels Background: Carbon dioxide is a waste product from industrial combustion of fossil fuels, and is a prime cause of global warming. The primary contributors of carbon dioxide waste are power stations, which in the United States produce more t...
Biotechna-Graesser_Biocoil_Microalgae_Technology_and_Markets_Company_Profile.pdf 192 pages Imported Files 5,672.8 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Grossman 1991 Agriculture Chemical Use StVincent Conference

...the pesticides currently used in banana fields are needed. Why not grow bananas organically? There is a potential market for organically grown bananas in the U.S., an alternative made even more appealing by the advent of 1992 and the single European market. Indeed, I asked Geest in the United Kingdom about the possibility of marketing organic bananas. They...
Grossman_1991_Agriculture_Chemical_Use_StVincent_Conference.pdf 69 pages Imported Files 7,977.5 KB Jul 30, 2025
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1977 UNESCO Development of Museums Trinidad and Tobago Almeida-Moro IRF TRP175-7-3

...The area between the highlands is drained by the Caroné river which flows into the Gulf of Paria after passing through the mangrove chamnels of Caroné swamp with its rich eco-system. This swamp is a bird sanctuary for the scarlet ibis. Evergreen tropical forest covers much of the hill area, while in the central range and low lands there is dec...
1977_UNESCO_Development_of_Museums_Trinidad_and_Tobago_Almeida-Moro_IRF_TRP175-7-3.4215_FMR-CC-CH-77-192.pdf 1075 pages Imported Files 32,253.7 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Berleant-Schiller 1981 Traditional and Commercial Fisheries Barbuda Caribbean Political Development

...weil-equipped opment, as the platform of Antigua’s Progressive Labour research vessels proposed in 1962 became two large vessels and Movement of 1971 will illustrate. The platform says that plans one modest vessel, 24.6 m and 16.8 m, respectively. The large to help local fishers within the existing fishing system are not vessels did not exhibit the potential usefulness for Caribbea...
Berleant-Schiller_1981_Traditional_and_Commercial_Fisheries_Barbuda_Caribbean_Political_Development.pdf 170 pages Imported Files 6,517.7 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Berleant-Schiller 1981 Small-Scale Fishing Caribbean Barbuda HumanOrganization

...weil-equipped opment, as the platform of Antigua’s Progressive Labour research vessels proposed in 1962 became two large vessels and Movement of 1971 will illustrate. The platform says that plans one modest vessel, 24.6 m and 16.8 m, respectively. The large to help local fishers within the existing fishing system are not vessels did not exhibit the potential usefulnass for Caribbea...
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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McCabe 1992 Caribbean Heritage Conservation and Identity

...In towns like Soufrire, wooden houses painted soda-pop grape, orange, and straw- berry have not yet been replaced by cement bungalows. Slopes still froth with greenery. Traffic isn’t a problem, bcause people still walk. St. Lucia’s west coast road is a far cry from, say, the multilane superhighways of Martinique. But even on St. Lucia, there are signs of change. 'm staying at a n...
McCabe_1992_Caribbean_Heritage_Conservation_and_Identity.pdf 213 pages Imported Files 12,643.9 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Indigenous Peoples Caribbean Prehistory Curriculum Vol2 JuniorHigh VIHC 1997

...overpowered or pushed into remote areas. When Europeans arrived after 1492, they recorded accounts that isolated Pre-ceramic people were still living in the extreme western end of Cuba. Cultural Traits: No proven agriculture, but possibly tended desirable plants. Ate fish, shellfish, game, and wild plant foods. Probably made canoes from tree trunks (as did all late...
Indigenous_Peoples_Caribbean_Prehistory_Curriculum_Vol2_JuniorHigh_VIHC_1997.pdf 826 pages Imported Files 16,191.2 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Zube Pitt 1980 CrossCulturalPerceptions Scenic Heritage Landscapes LandscapePlanning

...wealth and poverty, and young and aged. Research areas 3 and 4 relate directly to the natural and cultural categories of the heritage landscape concept. Te research objectives for these two areas are: Perception of national parks and other relatively unmodified natural environments. Objective: To conduct cross-cultural comparisons of perception of a range of national...
Zube_Pitt_1980_CrossCulturalPerceptions_Scenic_Heritage_Landscapes_LandscapePlanning.pdf 223 pages Imported Files 11,923.8 KB Jul 30, 2025
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USICOMOS Newsletter No3 2003

...it is hard to conceive of a season of interns in her absence. Her happy outlook and can-do disposition made her a favorite of both interns and trustees. To the staff she was and will remain a very, very dear friend. But we will not lose track of her: a former intern to Lithuania herself, Ms Kubaitis and her architect husband Minda are loyal members of US/ACOMOS. US/ICOMOS newslett...
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IRF Water Island Case History Virgin Islands Development 1980

...Island, Inc. to have a minimum paid in capital of $200,000.00 with in ninety days from January 1, 1953. Once the matter of the lease had been resolved to its satisfaction, Water Island, Inc. turned its attention to Phase I of its development strategy - the establishment of a 50 room hotel resort. At this point a major difference of opinion arose between t...
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1988 Historic Resources US Virgin Islands Review Assessment NPS

...and extremely important site because there are no others known in the Virgin Islands. 17. Lo B l L On the east side of the bay, a National Natural Landmark, that encompasses the entire eastern shoreline, including a 12.5-acre mangrove was established in 1979. tract that belongs to The Natural Conservancy, Considerable development has occurred along...
1988_Historic_Resources_US_Virgin_Islands_Review_Assessment_NPS.pdf 614 pages Imported Files 26,505.7 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Adams JohnE 1980 Fish Markets Belize Problems Consumption JournalCulturalGeography

...110 households randomly selected in the country’s three largest settlements: Belize City, Dangriga and Corozal. Belize, formerly British Honduras until it was granted independence in 1982, is located between the Mexican state of Quintana Roo and Guatemala. It is about 272 km (170 miles) long and 112 km (70 miles) wide with an area of 23,000 sq. km. I...
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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IRF Indigenous Peoples Caribbean Prehistory Two Stories for Children 1997

...make parts of their heads and chests sparkle. In their hands they held what looked like long sticks. “My villagers will be safe,” hoped Niouanni, “for their bows and arrows will protect them from these men with long sticks.” From where he was hiding, Niouanni could not see his village, but he could see the visitors jump from the raft into the water, pulling the boat on...
IRF_Indigenous_Peoples_Caribbean_Prehistory_Two_Stories_for_Children_1997.pdf 89 pages Imported Files 11,023.1 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Caron 1996 Post-Columbian Interactions Island Caribs French Legacy Lesser Antilles

...these numbers were grossly understated. In 1687, the French census signals totals of 158 free Caribs and 52 endentured Caribs. Unfortunately, starting 4 O G G Gl O with the 1699 census the "Savages" are included with the "Free Colored" in the tabulations and so we lose track of their numbers. Beyond that date, clues on the survival of the Island Caribs can only...
Caron_1996_Post-Columbian_Interactions_Island_Caribs_French_Legacy_Lesser_Antilles.pdf 232 pages Imported Files 4,223.2 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Pulsipher 1989 Montserrat Hurricane Hugo Impact and Response Study

...modules. Module I is immediate baseline data collection in all three main categories of research (physical, infrastructural, and socio/cultural) and modules II, III and IV are follow-up studies in those same three categories over the next four years., Whereas the entire study is expected to have policy applications, some of the modules are concerned primarily with pure...
Pulsipher_1989_Montserrat_Hurricane_Hugo_Impact_and_Response_Study.pdf 344 pages Imported Files 8,161.9 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Steadman et al 1984 Vertebrates Archaeological Sites Montserrat Annals Carnegie Museum v53 p1-29

...provide a definitive picture of the prehistoric man-animal relationships on this island. INTRODUCTION Montserrat is a lush, green island in the eastern Caribbean, between lat. 16°40 to 16°49'N and long. 62°09’ to 62°15'W. It lies 43 km 1 Address: Division of Birds, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560. 2 Address: Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia, At...
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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Watters Rouse 1989 Environmental Diversity Maritime Adaptations Caribbean BAR S506

...species. Mangal is widely but patchily distributed in the Caribbean today, with some mangrove genera having restricted ranges while others are widespread (West 1977). Present distribution of mangal is very different from what existed previously. Environmental factors controlled the occurrence of mangal in the past, but it is clear that the current distribu...
Watters_Rouse_1989_Environmental_Diversity_Maritime_Adaptations_Caribbean_BAR_S506.pdf 202 pages Imported Files 7,016.1 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Archeoecology Virgin Islands Ecofactual Investigations and Shellfishing Patterns

...will concentrate on the matter of shellfishing, since that is the subject we know most about at this point. in The earliest known cultures of the Virgin Iands,hoe of what I call the Niskian pattern(and of which the KumB complex of St Thomas is the type unit),® are character- ized by a fairly distinctive mode of shellfishing. There wa ed emphasis on the harvesting of epifaunal mol...
Archeoecology_Virgin_Islands_Ecofactual_Investigations_and_Shellfishing_Patterns.pdf 36 pages Imported Files 5,211.8 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Richardson 1973 Spatial Determinants Rural Livelihood Coastal Guyana ProfGeographer

...in these rectangular coastal villages (see Figure 2). The long axis of a typical vil- lage lies perpendicular to the water’s edge. Within a village unit, the settlement is al- most always located near the ocean, and the agricultural lands, rarely over four hundred yards wide, stretch inland to dis- The com- tances of up to seven miles. munity settlements, taken together, re- semble...
Richardson_1973_Spatial_Determinants_Rural_Livelihood_Coastal_Guyana_ProfGeographer.pdf 6 pages Imported Files 2,346.9 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Pregill Steadman Watters 1994 Late Quaternary Vertebrate Faunas Lesser Antilles Carnegie Mus Nat Hist Bull 30

...the limestone islands, however, late Quaternary sites have been located in caves, sinkholes, and rockshelters. In Lesser Antillean archaeological sites the sys- tematic recovery and recording of faunal remains began relatively recently. Prior to 20 years ago, ar- chaeologists emphasized the recovery of ceramics and other artifacts for typological and chronological pur...
Pregill_Steadman_Watters_1994_Late_Quaternary_Vertebrate_Faunas_Lesser_Antilles_Carnegie_Mus_Nat_Hist_Bull_30.pdf 699 pages Imported Files 22,765.3 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Bond 1963 Derivation Antillean Avifauna ProcAcadNatSciPhila115 79-98

...Zenaida, the mourning dove (Z. macroura) is the most widespread on the islands, occurring in the Bahamas and Greater Antilles, though absent from the Lesser Antilles. This is an old North American species, known on the continent from fossil remains dating back to Upper Pliocene (Wetmore: 1956). Its South American representative is Z. auricu- lata, a very recent invader from that co...
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EnvironmentalPlanningIssues 08 1995 SmallIslandStates SustainableDevelopment Bass DalalClayton

...water and sediment to protect the clarity, and buffer the salinity, of marine lagoons and coral reefs. Hence good management of one (agro)ecosystem, such as upland forests, can improve the management of other (agro)ecosystems, such as agriculture, tourism and pelagic fisheries. There are also certain natural energy "buffers” to reduce the inherent ecological vulnerability of island...
EnvironmentalPlanningIssues_08_1995_SmallIslandStates_SustainableDevelopment_Bass_DalalClayton.pdf 671 pages Imported Files 24,999.7 KB Jul 30, 2025
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UN A CONF 167 PC 10 1993 Sustainable Development SIDS Report of SG

...bodies, groundwater and seawater. A/CONF.167/PC/10 English Page 16 agriculture has also resulted in the marginalization of certain groups of people who have been driven into marginal lands where out of sheer necessity and without the benefits of modern inputs they eke out a subsistence living by overusing and thus further degrading those lands. 43. A logical accompaniment of p...
UN_A_CONF_167_PC_10_1993_Sustainable_Development_SIDS_Report_of_SG.pdf 398 pages Imported Files 18,622.7 KB Jul 30, 2025
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CDB Caribbean Regional Workshop Sustainable Development Indicators Report 1998

...Set of Indicators’, p.4 of 12 HEALTH YO life expectancy at birth and at 20 YO infant and peri-natal mortality rate O maternal mortality rate A7) prevalence of major diseases per capita, e.g. dengue, malaria, AIDS, cancer, heart disease access to sanitation facilities vO access to safe drinking water population per medical professional nutritional status of children percentage immu...
CDB_Caribbean_Regional_Workshop_Sustainable_Development_Indicators_Report_1998.pdf 451 pages Imported Files 13,104.2 KB Jul 30, 2025
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UN GA A CONF167 PC6 1993 SIDS Sustainable Development UN System Activities

...System (GOOS) (see para. 33 below) aimed at monitoring the coastal zone environment and its changes. Emphasis is given to changes of sea-level and coastal circulation and their associated impacts, including coral reef and mangrove communities. 12. As a contribution to ongoing work of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on a Framework Convention on Climate Change (INC/FCCC)...
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Government Expert Review Chapter9 Small Island States Regional Impacts Climate Change

...The major coastal impacts will result from accelerated sea level rise and will include coastal erosion, saline intrusion and sea flooding, among others. Impact studies have confirmed that low-lying deltaic and barrier coasts, low reef islands and coral atolls are especially vulnerable to the potential impacts of sea level rise. Many small islands could lose significant portions of...
Government_Expert_Review_Chapter9_Small_Island_States_Regional_Impacts_Climate_Change.pdf 1042 pages Imported Files 9,591.4 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Bass 1993 Ecology and Economics in Small Islands Framework for Sustainable Development

...islands to external influences. For example, coral reefs and mangroves which fringe islands protect their shores from storm surges. Yet, by virtue of these same links, an ecological event in one part of an island can have consequences in another (Office of Technology Assess- ment, 1987). The Caroni Swamp in Trinidad...
Bass_1993_Ecology_and_Economics_in_Small_Islands_Framework_for_Sustainable_Development.pdf 288 pages Imported Files 7,852.9 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Bass 1993 Ecology Economics Small Islands Sustainable Development Framework

...and mangroves which fringe islands protect their shores from storm surges. Yet, by virtue of these same links, an ecological event in one part of an island can have consequences in another (Office of Technology Assess- ment, 1987). The Caroni Swamp in Trinidad provides many examples of ecosystemic interlinkages — and...
Bass_1993_Ecology_Economics_Small_Islands_Sustainable_Development_Framework.pdf 244 pages Imported Files 9,816.3 KB Jul 30, 2025
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Pelling Uitto 2001 EnvironmentalHazards SIDS NaturalDisasterVulnerability GlobalChange

...Trinidad and Tobago (1990). Political rivalry, although less intense than political instability can nevertheless distort decision- making and development policy. In the Dominican Republic, following Hurricane Georges in 1998, political rivalry delayed the release of a US$200 million fast- track disaster rehabilitation loan from the World Bank for 7 months....
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Nurse McLean Suarez 1998 IPCC Small Island States Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment

...1994). Generally, fisheries in the small island states are not expected to be adversely affected by sea-level rise per se. A higher sea level would be a critical factor for fisheries only if the rate of rise were far more rapid than current projections suggest. In such circumstances, the natural succession of coastal ecosys- tems on which some species depend (e.g.,
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Gable Gentile Aubrey 1989 Global Environmental Change Sea Level Rise Coastal Caribbean CCA Workshop

...the period for which written records are destructive hurricanes and tropical 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 extensi...
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
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