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Caribbean Development Bank 1981 Biogas for the Caribbean Annotated Bibliography

...highly productive integrated farm system in China. The components include sugar cane, bananas, pigs, fish ponds, water hyacinths and biogas digesters for cooking fuel and production of electricity. SLL, Richard K. "A Study of Methane Digesters in the South Pacific Region'. Appropriate Technology. Volume 3, No. 4. February 1977. pp. 23-25. 6(05). Sumy of biogas digesters in the South Pacific u...

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McElroy deAlbuquerque 1990 Sustainable SmallScale Agriculture Caribbean Islands MALAS

...in This still relatively these countries and roughly one fourth of all employment. large contribution is mainly due to the strong role of commercial agricultural exports in these microstates. According to Table 3, bananas account for one half to 90 percent plus of all agricultural exports for Dominica, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent. Between the mid-1960s and the early 1980s banana production fell...

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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Demas 1987 Agricultural Diversification Caribbean Community CDB Statement

...in ' my view, nothing shoit of scandalous; but at the same time 'they do give some idea of the potential for import substitu- tion and replacement, both nationally and regionally, and the resultant savings in foreign ‘exchange that could occur. !The situation 'is put into ‘even sharper focus when it is recognised that food imports tend to be in a highly processed form' with the result that tran...

Demas_1987_Agricultural_Diversification_Caribbean_Community_CDB_Statement.pdf 424 pages Imported Files 15,301.7 KB Jul 30, 2025

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

...Fe, La Hebana, Cuba. Tel.: 22-7586. Telex: 051-1309, 051-1345; 051-139%. Tnternational Conference and Exhibition on Shrimp Culture. The conference is being organised by INFFISH, in collaboration with the Fishery Development Authority of Malaysia, fram 11-14 June 1990. Over the four-day period, experts will address to technical and econamic aspects of brackish water shrimp farming. For more i...

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

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IRF Programme1 Increased Food Production Caribbean Fisheries Projects RegionalStatusReport

...individual fi sh poads are involved. App roxima tely 300 farmers have already established fish farming om their farms, Facilities for of f-shore fishing are available but the doucking facilities need to be ex and upgraded. ' A fishing survey 1is presently being conducted by thke Data Bank of MOA of fishermen (cff- shore) . The ob jective 1is to determine the total .2roduction Montserrat of fish...

IRF_Programme1_Increased_Food_Production_Caribbean_Fisheries_Projects_RegionalStatusReport.pdf 36 pages Imported Files 5,915.1 KB Jul 30, 2025

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1969 Caribbean Agricultural Marketing Conference Fish Products Marketing Situation Anderson UNDP FAO

...This particu- larly applies in many of the Windward and Leeward Islands where the fishing grounds are restricted to relatively narrow belts of shallow G B T = & Gl Zi - - o] - et 2. 2 water which are already heavily fished. In these cases, a general shortage of fish prevails for most of the year which, to some extent is relieved by short lived periods when there is a relative seasonal...

1969_Caribbean_Agricultural_Marketing_Conference_Fish_Products_Marketing_Situation_Anderson_UNDP_FAO.pdf 46 pages Imported Files 2,371.7 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Wider Caribbean Environmental Agricultural Constraints and Resource Management AMBIO 1981

...produce export crops. The region is in- environmental problem associated with creasingly dependent on imported edible the pasture lands. For example, in the in- Migratory or shifting agriculture is prac- oils, cereals. and dairy products. For ex- terior plains of Colombia overgrazing and ticed mainly by indigenous groups in Cen- tral America, Panama, Colombia, Vene- ample, imports of cereals in...

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

...1978. 35 ha of ponds with a (Macrobrachium production of 50 mt in 1991. Market in Martinique is saturated. rosenbergii) i | = A B Queen Conch Hatcheries. Stock enhancement of overfished areas. (Strombus gigas) Dolphin fish Marine species. Experimental culture in floating cages. (Coryphaena sp.) GRENADA & THE GRENADINES 16 G5 Introduced in 1960s without success due to consumer Tilapia (Ti...

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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Lathwell 1974 Report Caribbean Tropical America Soils Conference UWI Trinidad 1973

...0-15 - 9 ay . . 5-30 83 . 0-60 : 0 ; ) 83 ve . . . 0-90 20 . 0-150 PO W W WOo Sl =0 W 7. @ @Ww A0 Fowo= O OO O won AV = o & V @ w R T VT N t 2 SR R A0 0 I T 1 3 3 A N A M 36 b TABLE 17. Clay mineralogy of surface horizons Soil Association Kaolinite Amorphous nlln Al203 , W G S ( Black Soil 15 5.8 29 L8 2,26 St. George's Valley 4.2 2.8 L2 L8 3.25 Yellow 9.9 5.8 3 30 1..09 St. Joh...

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198X African Locusts Caribbean Threat and Agricultural Impacts DailyNews

...problem here we'd have to call in a specialist to Locusts, he sd are a type of deal with them, he said. *‘But so grasshopper- .that .-should not be confused with the cicada, which of- far they are not in concentration to tenis called by the same name. denude the landscape or cause Their population can increase significant damage. rapidly, mr in large The insect caught in Red Hook will be sent 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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Rojas Meganck 1987 Land Distribution Development Eastern Caribbean

...management of pack- ing and marketing of produce Setting up a core farm (240 ha) for public sector management core farm to manage agroindustries and to provide services to settle- ments Creation of three small farming settlements (800 ha, 450 farmers) Setting up a set of parks, wildlife reserve and protected forest (160 ha) Develop tourism attractions in the area Subdivision of lands into 70 fa...

Rojas_Meganck_1987_Land_Distribution_Development_Eastern_Caribbean.pdf 166 pages Imported Files 6,104.1 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Paterson Philip Maynard 1986 Guide Improved Pastures Drier Eastern Caribbean CARDI

...come fibrous and are easier to manage under grazing. They also usually respond better to showers during the dry season by producing fresh, new growth. All Guinea grasses are erect plants and are very compatible with legumes. They can be used successfully for either grazing or cutting and will grow well under light shade from trees or bushes,, but are very susceptible to short-term flooding or...

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Sankat 1982 Technical Economic Solar Drying Small Farms Caribbean CFCSv20

...into 1 m cubes, and treated with a portassium metabisulphite solution. The green mangoes were cut into 0.5 - 1.5 cm thick slices. and blanched in boiling water before drying. Hot peppers were cut into two sections before drying. All crops were spread in a thin layer on the drying trays, averaging 1.07 kg, 1.70 kg.. 1.35 kg and 1.3 kg in weight per tray of sorrel, hot pepper. mango slices and s...

Sankat_1982_Technical_Economic_Solar_Drying_Small_Farms_Caribbean_CFCSv20.pdf 147 pages Imported Files 1,461.4 KB Jul 30, 2025

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IRF Alphabetical Listing Agricultural Research Development Organizations Individuals Eastern Caribbean College Virgin Islands 1980s

...BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, W.I. ORGANIZATION ST. LUCIA AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS UNION TEL ADDRESS: P. 0. BOX 253 VIEUXFORT, ST. LUCIA, W.I. ORGANIZATION SUBAR INDUSTRY RES. INSTITUTE TEL ADDRESS: KENDAL ROAD MANDEVILLE, JAMAICA ORGANIZATION: SUGARCANE FEEDS CENTRE TEL: (809)623-8029 ADDRESS: POKHOR ROAD LONGDENVILLE, TRINIDAD, W.I. ORGANIZATION SYNECTICS INC. c/o US PEACE CORPS TEL 809-426-7850 ADDRE...

IRF_Alphabetical_Listing_Agricultural_Research_Development_Organizations_Individuals_Eastern_Caribbean_College_Virgin_Islands_1980s.pdf 2808 pages Imported Files 23,480.0 KB Jul 30, 2025

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1980 CICP USAID Pest Pesticide Management Caribbean Seminar Summary

...pesticide public awareness programmes, and research on ecologically based systems of pest control. In the less developed countries the problem is much more perplexing. These countries often lack the resources and the personnel for developing effective regulatory, educational, and research programmes. Yet the incentives for using pesticides in the LDCs may be quite high, especially where large...

1980_CICP_USAID_Pest_Pesticide_Management_Caribbean_Seminar_Summary.pdf 758 pages Imported Files 13,671.1 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Richardson 1972 Guyana Green Revolution Social Ecological Problems CaribbeanQuarterly

...Reprinted from: The Caribbean Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 1, March 1972 LATIN AMERICAN INSTITUTE R TR V Rutgers University The State University of New Jersey New Brunswick, New Jersey 14 GUYANA’S “GREEN REVOLUTION”: SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN AN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME Government planning agencies and private concerns worldwide involved n agricultural development h...

Richardson_1972_Guyana_Green_Revolution_Social_Ecological_Problems_CaribbeanQuarterly.pdf 70 pages Imported Files 3,610.0 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Rojas Meganck 1987 Land Distribution and Development Eastern Caribbean

...mic circumstances in which the deve lopment process of changing econo the Eastern Cari bbean takes place. The scope of land redistribution under analysis objective! s pursued by the projects The scope -of the e dimensional conditiona | - leasing of ranges - from the fairly on the complex integrate d rural lands in Antigua — 0 1 ile difficulties vm ects of Dominica (s ee Table 3). Whi direct rel...

Rojas_Meganck_1987_Land_Distribution_and_Development_Eastern_Caribbean.pdf 141 pages Imported Files 6,207.1 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Durrant 1987 Root Crops and High Energy Staples CARICOM Caribbean

...the promotion of indigenous However, the enterprise encoun- production of instant yam flakes and foods. In this respect, therefore, root lin- ed tered serious problems with the avai- sweet potato flour for use in bread crops are receiving more official atten- lability of raw materials and caused a making and breakfast foods. tion than previously was the case. n ave cessation of production. CARD...

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1986 CESRM Cardi UWI UNESCO RiskAssessment Agrochemicals Tropical Island Ecosystems Proposal StLucia Barbados

...kg 370 2,220 Dalapon/Graasevin kg 47714 518 L Gesapax 114,865} 151,693 92,0691 Gramoxone 421 115 525 Malaron kg Reglone ] nc kg 725 110,275 Furadan 57 44 Heptachlor kg 5001 - -1 1 Mocap kg 2,128} Prisicid 1,917 3,915 1,2791 = 300 V Fr 1,037,150 604,950 nu Sulphate kg 7 Coapound - NPK 16:8:24 kg 2,502,250 3,357,400 92,600} NPK 16:8:24+42 kg NA 1,676,600 NPK 15:8:23:42 kg 1,284,450 2,060,150 bags...

1986_CESRM_Cardi_UWI_UNESCO_RiskAssessment_Agrochemicals_Tropical_Island_Ecosystems_Proposal_StLucia_Barbados.pdf 264 pages Imported Files 7,609.2 KB Jul 30, 2025

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

...Define work programme for network 3. I SYSTEMS RESEARCH/EXTENSION REVIEWS Mr, B Clarke, CARDI, activities which were c gave an overview of CARDI’s FSR/D onducted largely under the aegis of the FSR/D pro ject which was financed by USAID, the Host Coun tries. e project was , Economic and Social The o th of Small and Medium Commercial Farms in the Eastern Caribbean were: and the obj...

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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Nettleford Caribbean Perspectives Creative Potential Quality of Life ConsloQuak Vol17 Nos3-4

...of the raw experience that we ourselves have had. It is therefore for us to make the changes. And all this will have to be done in the face of an increasingly powerful communications network controlled by the United States of America, itself an extension of and the prime carrier of the notion of European white superiority. The myth of an inescapable correlation between blackness and poverty wil...

Nettleford_Caribbean_Perspectives_Creative_Potential_Quality_of_Life_ConsloQuak_Vol17_Nos3-4.pdf 106 pages Imported Files 5,186.3 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Caribbean Wild Plants and Their Uses Penelope lr

...Savane’, ‘Balai Onze Heures’, ‘Balai Midi’ (Dominica, Fr. West Indies). Found at most elevations on roadsides and pastures. A low, straggling shrub with alternate leaves. These are slightly toothed and noticeably veined. The five-petalled flowers are pale yellow and 1-2 cm across. They open only in the morning. The carpels have several sections. Flowers occur at the axils of the leaf petioles...

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UNESCO Courier 1981-12 Caribbean Encounter and Cultural Fusion

...who arrived in America in fet- ters and chains, crammed into the bowels of pest-ridden vessels, were to be sold like merchandise and to be subjected to the most degrading conditions to which it is possible to reduce human beings. Yet with them they brought the germ of the idea of independence. With the passage of time it was to be these pariahs, these outcasts of the human race, who were to giv...

UNESCO_Courier_1981-12_Caribbean_Encounter_and_Cultural_Fusion.pdf 668 pages Imported Files 35,376.0 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Walcott 1974 Caribbean Culture or Mimicry JISWA v16n1

...image? And was contains an astonishing truth. The only thing is that it is not, to it ut that moment of the self-naming grunt, a grunt delivered my mind, only the West Indies which is being insulted by cither in terror or in amusement, that the ape became man? Naipaul, but all endeavor in this half of the world, in broader And was that the beginning of the human ego and our history? definition:...

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Price 1966 Caribbean Fishing Historical Sketch American Anthropologist v68n6 pp1363-1383

...the sharp barbs of diverse hard and heavy woods, from strong fishbones, or simply from small sharp pieces of wood which they nicked and notched” (Anon. 1776:8). Heavy lines and large hooks covered with a white wooden lure or a piece of white cloth were used by Island Caribs in trolling for sharks (Breton 1665:3 s.v. abdlica, 154 s.v. chiénchicaba, 396 s.v. oibdyaoiia), for trolling as well as b...

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1995 CaribbeanWeek Chatoyer PatriotOrDespot KarlWatson

Caribbean Week. November 11-24, 1995. Page 31 Caribbean Week St incent ependence Chatoyer: patriot or cruel despot? By KARL WATSON For Caribbt eek St n the n cel bn its 1 anniversary of The story of Chatoyer starts long be- re his birth and takes us to the small m Britain in 97, ad exquisite island of Bequia which lies me nine miles to the south of the main This year als...

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Segal 1991 The Caribbean Small Is Scary Current History

...Europe, especially from Great Britain, and on a further upswing in CARICOM trade. A 1987 visit from Queen Elizabeth II of England for the 350th anniversary of the Barbados Parliament was a source of pride for a society that takes democracy seriously as part of its heritage. Trinidad and Tobago has run into massive prob- lems. Its oil-based economy has been declining since the early 1980’s beca...

Segal_1991_The_Caribbean_Small_Is_Scary_Current_History.pdf 99 pages Imported Files 3,357.2 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Indigenous Peoples Caribbean Prehistory Curriculum Vol2 JuniorHigh VIHC 1997

...D T PN =l 1. Pre-ceramic Age Peoples (also Archaic, or Lithic + Archaic), Approximately 1000/2000 BC - AD 200 in the V.I. These diverse peoples began to enter the Antilles about 5000 BC. In the Virgin Islands the earliest dates for their sites are 1000-2000 BC, with the latest dates approximately AD 200. Archaeologists are still debating about their origins, which may have been in South Am...

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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1970 Demas New Caribbean Man Graduation Address and Miller Self Identity Jamaica IRF

...dedica- tion? Persons such as these may have been building badly designed structures; but they built well. Today many young people are rejecting what now appears to them to be ill -designed structures but they have not designed a new structure even in outline nor do some of them se m interested in building anything. ) G 13 e et ——————— ——— | The third factor I would like to identify as a...

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Sahr 1997 Semiotic Cultural Changes Caribbean

...the denotative and connotative functions of architectural signs. Denotative is a function when the utilitarian aspect of the architectural element is in the foreground, Eco also speaks of its primary function. Connotative are all those dimen- sions which refer to the symbolic character, they are called secondary functions. Both are - 1 0 Figure 2: Some Semiotic Models of the Sign C.S. Peirc...

Sahr_1997_Semiotic_Cultural_Changes_Caribbean.pdf 191 pages Imported Files 8,544.5 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Price 1966 Caribbean Fishing and Fishermen American Anthropologist

...of fishing is particularly exchange occurred. The contact situ 1776:3). Labat describes turtle harpooning with a special square-headed interesting because of the absence of 4 one-sided oppressor-oppressed imposi- . and Africans borrowed mutually and as social point, used only to pierce carapace: tion of u Amerindians al fishing the French borrowed fully as much One goes at night in a canoe to p...

Price_1966_Caribbean_Fishing_and_Fishermen_American_Anthropologist.pdf 189 pages Imported Files 7,524.2 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Wilson 1991 SaintGeorge JohnCanoe Caribbean Christmas Masquerade

...tell stories of the ways they interacted. Because of the holiday season, Decem- ber is the time of year when stories of the past seem to have special importance. In North America, as elsewhere, to celebrate Christmas, trees are forced through living room doors and loaded down with an an- thropologist’s dream of symbolic orna- ments—birds, donkeys, candles, stars, and sleighs with fat, bearded...

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

...Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe. 1979 Apuntes para el Estudio de los Caciques de Puerto Rico. Revista del Instituto de Cultura Puertorique-a 85:25-41. 1981 El uso de la terminologia etno-historica para designar las culturas aborigenes de las Antillas. Seminario Historia de America, University de Valladolid. 1983 La incrustacion en la escultura aborigen antillana. Ninth IACA, pp. 325-347. Montreal...

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

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Caribbean Perspectives 1996 Multidisciplinary Challenges and Approaches

...anticipated return home. In the Diaspora communities, these persons em- bellish and romanticize their home locations. Type I: The Ethno-National Universal Identity This category may seem to be contra- dictory in including both ends of a continuum ranging from the local to the universal. When an ethno-national identity becomes linked to similar communities in other parts of the world, it can b...

Caribbean_Perspectives_1996_Multidisciplinary_Challenges_and_Approaches.pdf 478 pages Imported Files 18,194.8 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Sahr 1996 Semiotic Cultural Changes Caribbean Symbolic Functional Approach

...differ- ence from Barthes is in the denotative and connotative functions of architectural signs. Denotative is a function when the utilitarian aspect of the architectural element is in the foreground, Eco also speaks of its primary function. Connotative are all those dimen- sions which refer to the symbolic character, they are called secondary functions. Both are if 110 Sahr (t Figure 2: S...

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Polster GaryE 1968 Bibliography of Caribbean Culture and Society IRF

...Psychological Monographs 1953 A. "A Rada Community in Trinidad," Caribbean Quarterly, V. 3, pp. 35-5. Carr, Clarke, E. 1953 "Lend Tenure and the Family in Four Communities in Jamaica," Social and Economic Studies, V.I., N. L, pp. 81-118. My Mother Who Fathered Me. Cohen, Y. 1954 " The Social Orgenization of a Selected Community in Jemaica," Social and Economic Studies, V.2, N...

Polster_GaryE_1968_Bibliography_of_Caribbean_Culture_and_Society_IRF.pdf 111 pages Imported Files 5,658.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

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CaribbeanJournalScience 1998 v34 n3-4 BookReviews Brussell PietschAnderson

nbia, asay en la Pesq. incon. recifes regis- . An. A Sargas- ubl. 22, los lito- J. Sci, b BOOK REVIEW Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 34, No. 3-4, 337-338, 1998 Copyright 1998 College of Arts and Sciences University of Puerto Rico, Mayagiicz Potions, poisons, and panac n ethnobotanical study of Montserrat. David Eric Brussell; foreword by Richard Evans Schultes; preface by...

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CaribbeanWeek 1995-11-11 Chatoyer PatriotOrDespot KarlWatson

...ion sent the French priest Valladares into Carib territory with the difficult task of con- vincing them to move in accordance with the King's wishes, he was met by an irate crowd of Caribs headed by Chatoyer who asked “Quel roi — What king was this of Greal Britain? They would listen 1o the Governor of Martinique and no other.” Valladares was advised to retreat before an unstable condition beca...

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1968 CaribbeanResearchInstitute MarineArchaeologyEasternCaribbean ConferenceProceedings

...possible by matching artifacts found with contemporary documents such as property deeds. There is a great deal cf historical documentation available on Port Royal which has aided the identification process; this is not true of two other Caribbean "sunken cities" -- Jamestown, Nevis and another city on the island of St. Eustatius -- where, although the cities arc older than Port Roy...

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

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1974 Caribbean Cruise Conservation Preservation Clinics Report IRF NTHP CCA

...colonial conflicts of the 18th century. During the Seven Years War (1756-63), the island was captured by the British and ceded permanently to them by the Treaty of Paris in 1763. In 1779, the French recaptured the island after Count d'Estaing's fleet scored a major victory over the numerically superior British naval force in the Battle of Grenada. The French occupied Grenada until 1783 when the...

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

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UN Regional Technical Meeting Report SIDS Atlantic Caribbean Mediterranean Port of Spain 1993

...Fax.: (809) 465-1106 =11 SAINT LUCIA Mr. Charles Flemming Mr. Peter Norville Ms. Jacquiline Albertinie ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Mr. Theophilus Shallow SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Ms. Ana Maria da Conceicao Silveira TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Hon. Camille Robinson-Regis H.E. Ambassador Louis A. Wiltshire Mr. Andrew Lawrence Lt. Commander Curtis Roach Permanent Representative, Saint Lucia...

UN_Regional_Technical_Meeting_Report_SIDS_Atlantic_Caribbean_Mediterranean_Port_of_Spain_1993.pdf 1100 pages Imported Files 18,220.7 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Caribbean Regional Planning Adaptation Global Climate Change GEF OAS WorldBank 1996

...workshops, capacity building, and establishment of data bases and networks, which will be ‘open to all beneficiary countries. = Important instruments to be used in Project execution are: (a) technical cooperation agreements with country governments to set the conditions and responsibilities governing country participation in the project; (b) performance contracts with consultants and non-govern...

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

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Vermeiren Watson New Technology Storm Risk Assessment Caribbean CDMP TAOS IRF 1995

...wind speed over crests in the terrain, an effect that can increase the gradient wind speed by up to 20 per cent. he las, but not necessarily least, factor is that a substantial part of wind damage in an urban cavironment can be caused by flying debris, i those materials resulting from already failed structures which may become wind-borne and can in turn inflict damage on surrounding properties...

Vermeiren_Watson_New_Technology_Storm_Risk_Assessment_Caribbean_CDMP_TAOS_IRF_1995.pdf 137 pages Imported Files 3,964.0 KB Jul 30, 2025

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OAS Caribbean Planning Adaptation Global Climate Change CPACC ProjectStatus 1996

...the National Focal Points and regional agencies to discuss and reach agreement on key aspects of the project. The OAS also prepared and disseminated informational brochures on the project. The Project Objectives The project's overall objective is to support Caribbean countries in preparing to cope with the adverse effects of global climate change (GCC), particularly sea-level ri...

OAS_Caribbean_Planning_Adaptation_Global_Climate_Change_CPACC_ProjectStatus_1996.pdf 101 pages Imported Files 3,766.2 KB Jul 30, 2025

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1999-02-22 Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Project and CERMES Climate Change Enabling Activities IRF

...working closely with Governments, Regional Institutions, the Private Sector and NG Os. [t is intended to be a regional home for all activities concerned with environment nd development. The Center is also paying special regard to the implementation of Agenda 21 of UNCED and to the programme of action of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States. In...

1999-02-22_Caribbean_Renewable_Energy_Development_Project_and_CERMES_Climate_Change_Enabling_Activities_IRF.pdf 424 pages Imported Files 9,106.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Possekel 1996 Complex Resource Management Scenarios Small Caribbean Islands Montserrat

...assists in expanding the horizon of possible futures and in discussing the neces- sary planning strategies. Within the research project, four differ- ent scenarios for Montserrat were generated. The scenario construction was carried out with a team of 10 individuals - scientists, stu- dents and representatives of the private sec- tor. This is due to the fact that groups, in con- trast to indiv...

Possekel_1996_Complex_Resource_Management_Scenarios_Small_Caribbean_Islands_Montserrat.pdf 156 pages Imported Files 6,328.0 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Crowards 1998 Proposed Sustainable Development Indicators Caribbean CDB Workshop

...energy consumption Export-import ratio Electricity generation/consumption Current account balance Energy capacity/production: hydraulic, solar, Overall budget surplus/deficit geothermal, wind, alcohol fuels Tourism acitivity (number/$) Energy supply per unit GNP Energy requirement per unit GDP UN Statistics Division (1998) ‘Social Indicators’, UN-SD internet site GDP p.c. Adult economic activit...

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ECO-LINK Newsletter No1 Caribbean Sustainable Development Climate Change May1995

...or we can be pro-active and get involved in the search for alternatives. Its not as though the region is starting from square one, there have already been several initiatives, prompted by the huge rise in energy prices in the 1970s: manufacture of solar hot water heaters in Barbados and tax breaks by the government as an incentive for adoption search for suitable sites for wind turbines to ge...

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

...heat related health stress and mortality will increase. Human health changes are related to a id variety of considerations including: mortality and morbidity related to weather and cli- mate; extreme weather events; airborne materials; seasonal diseases caused by microorgan- isms; parasitic diseases; nutrition; water quality and abundance; and changes in the marine en- vironment including popul...

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CPACC Caribbean Adaptation Climate Change Project Overview 1997

... and; v) technology transfer among the participating countries for dpaio planning Objectives Participating Responsible Component Countries Institutions B LR 6/12/97 4:15 Fivi M‘mn Information Tracking System Web -- Home n ~ html h//www.pcc.or/hom.m The Sea level/climate M l)sn R egional Establishment observation network (18 orf Sea gauges) Proposed for ational installation in each of th...

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