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McElroy deAlbuquerque 1990 Sustainable SmallScale Agriculture Caribbean Islands MALAS

...for small and only 10 percent for large islands. This indirectly suggests the vulnerability of the former and the relative diversification and stability characteristic of the latter. Table 2 presents the percentage contribution of agriculture to the gross domestic product for seven Eastern Caribbean countries (OECS). Though these countries are small, they vary considerably in size...

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

Conference Proceeding

Cronshaw 1984 Monitoring Sigatoka Tolerance Fungicides Windward Islands TropPestManag 30-3 225-229

...spr The benzimidazole fungicides, benomyl, thiaben this time the av erage number of ndwar d Islands since 1975. During used continuously for Sigatoka control in the Wi h a maximum of ten being given 10 any area. For the last three fungicide applications per year has be en eight wit d and subjected 10 the f high infestation in the isla nds have been collecte years spotted leaf ample...

Cronshaw_1984_Monitoring_Sigatoka_Tolerance_Fungicides_Windward_Islands_TropPestManag_30-3_225-229.pdf 5 pages Imported Files 1,419.0 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Cronshaw The Cause and Control of Banana Leafspot Disease Windward Islands

...Plant Vigour. o0 Field sanitation and husbandry. 10 THE EFFECT OF LEAFSPOT DISEASE ON FRUIT QUALITY 11 12 LEAFSPOT ASSESSMENT L] Stover and Dickson assessment method. 13 L A new assessment method. 13 CLIMATIC DATA 17 e o Temperature. 17 L] Evaporation. 17 CHEMICAL CONTROL OF LEAFSPOT* 19 L] 19 Mineral oil. Fungicides. 20 Aerial spraying. 21 22 Ground spraying. BLACK SIGATOKA. 25 SELECTED REFERE...

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

...safety and Health --Adaministration (FDA), the Occupational (0SHA) ,and the Consuaer product safety Comaission Adsinistration bilities and procedures. (cpsc) have forsmal ris k assessaent responsi and in However, the risk assessments unde rtaken in the U.S.A. and other developed countries are based on the socioeconoRric e countries, an d neither the risk nor environental conditions in thos lat...

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

...OF ENTOMOLOGY & NEMATOLOGY, 3103 MCCARTY HALL, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA 3261, U.5.A. ORGANIZATION: UNIVERSITY OF GUYANA TEL 02-54841 ADDRESS: P. 0. BOX 841 GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, S.A. ORGANIZATION: UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES TEL (8091663-1369 ADDRESS: ST. AUGUSTINE, TRINIDAD, W.I. ORGANIZATION: UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES TEL (8091 42-51310 ADDRESS: P. 0. BOX 64 CAVE HILL, BARBADOS, W.I. ORGANIZA...

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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VanSant Tode 1988 Management Information System Hillside Agriculture Project Jamaica IRF

ISLAND RESOURCES FOUNDATION LIBR A Management Information System for the Hillside Agriculture Project in Jamaica DESFIL Development Strategies for Fragile Lands 624 9th Street, N.W., 6th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 Tropical Research and Development, Inc. Development Alternatives, Inc. association with: Earth Satellite Corporation Social Consultants International y ¥ ISLAND

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Document 68f0dc22

...environment, the culture of inhabiting man, and the psychologic motivations of man, create profound spatial and temporal variations in the nature of the man resource relationship, which along with the need for emphasis on sustained production potential, rather than short term,_make measurement of agricultural productivity a difficult problem. Perhaps much can be gained initially by putting asid...

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Document 693c2ee8

MANUAL FOR Field Packing Windward Islands Bananas PRODUCED BY WINDWARD ISLANDS BANANA GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION & GEEST INDUSTRIES LTD. JULY 1984 CONTENTS Page No Introduction SECTION I -— Code of Practice Guidance. SECTION II — Regulations for Field Pack Operation 16 INTRODUCTION This booklet is intended to inform the banana grower in the applica- tion of the technique and...

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ECA 1993 Appraisal Monitoring Evaluation Biotechnology Agricultural Development Africa

G/ M \ W ISLAND RESOURCES FOUNDATION LIBRARY UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL —— Distr.: GENERAL E/ECA/CM.19/CRP.4 15 March 1993 Original: ENGLISH e e ————————— ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA Fourteenth meeting of the Technical Preparatory Committee of the Whole ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA Twenty-eighth session of the Commission/ nineteenth meeting of the Conf...

ECA_1993_Appraisal_Monitoring_Evaluation_Biotechnology_Agricultural_Development_Africa.pdf 269 pages Imported Files 10,477.5 KB Jul 30, 2025

Conference Proceeding

McElroy DeAlbuquerque 1983 SmallScale Agriculture USVI 1930-1983 CFCSv20

...farm income tax refund. These measures were implemented to retain land in agriculture but do not prevent realty speculation since on small farms with limited farm effort and income “the capital gain that can be realized is so much larger than the value of the tax break. . . .” (D. Padda, et al. 1978). Finally, it is noteworthy that the smallest holdings of under 3 acres over the entire period...

McElroy_DeAlbuquerque_1983_SmallScale_Agriculture_USVI_1930-1983_CFCSv20.pdf 112 pages Imported Files 3,153.7 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Haydock 1987 Report on Orange Hill Development Project StVincent OAS

s o R t i R ISLAND EOUCS FOUNDATION LIBRARY & ° EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES DEPARTMENT OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT OF SAINT V 15 ENT AND THE GRENADINES MINISTRY O % AGRICULTURE ~ ot NATURAL RESOURCE NT FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT v L "REPORT ON ASSIGNMENT TO ORANGE HILL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ON SAINT VINCENT" R...

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Ramcharan George Morris 1983 Avocado Production Marketing CVI Extension Bulletin4

...than 3 feet. Rock layers within 3 feet of the soil surface also impede the growth of the avocado tree and limestone deposits reduce growth and induce leaf chlorosis. Since many of the soils in St. Croix are shallow with an underlying layer of limestone, special care should be taken in choosing a planting site for avocado. Also with the high pH of some local soils, most trees should be treated...

Ramcharan_George_Morris_1983_Avocado_Production_Marketing_CVI_Extension_Bulletin4.pdf 308 pages Imported Files 10,792.0 KB Jul 30, 2025

Conference Proceeding

Lathwell 1974 Report Caribbean Tropical America Soils Conference UWI Trinidad 1973

... structure; fewer roots.than above; gradual smooth boundary. 33 90 120 Yellowish red (SYR 4/6) clay; moderite meum sub-angular blocky structure; very few roots; clear smooth boundary. 120 150 Yellowish red (SYR L/6) clay with very few very fine white rock fragments; less friable than abecve; moderate medium sub-angular blocky structure; very few roots; clear smooth boundary. 5 5 240 15 Yellowis...

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Thomson 1987 GreenGold BananasDependency EasternCaribbean LAB

...also helped the companies overcome market limitations. Disease control, in particular, has been a major objective of investment as bananas are particularly vulnerable to a number of pests and plant diseases (see chapter 3). The power of the big companies which dominate the industry contrasts with the vulnerability of the exporting nations. From Honduras to Dominica, small, impoverished countri...

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StKitts Nevis Land Use Plan Pragmacorp RLA-82-004 Aug1984

il G/KN 12 — T f LT y ~ AND USE PLAN TTS/ NEVIS | OR an¥ CONTRACT # RLA/82/004 _. 1 -3 -3 AUGUST 16864 1 — — —4 - ISLAND RESOURCES Red Ho ATION Red Ho 8 u.s. L2 THE PRAGMA ON -1 B A LAD US pLAN I 3T 14 Bar # RLA/B2/004 A E 1884 & 3 & s A a i & -~ ¢ . i Py [] . 3 e Pragma Corporation & Broad Chureh, L nia 2z¢ G¢ eel F &1 Agroncmist S0il Scient...

StKitts_Nevis_Land_Use_Plan_Pragmacorp_RLA-82-004_Aug1984.pdf 941 pages Imported Files 18,793.3 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Document 65fcf6a4

...the Food and rug the Occupational safety - and Health --Administration (FDA), : Product Safety Cosmmission _Adsinistration (OSHA),and the Consuaer n and procedures. have formal risk assessasent res and in the risk assesssents undertaken in the U.S.A. and other developed countries are based on the socioeconoic environental conditions .in those countries, an d neither the risk nor lculation is n...

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1996-03-29 DailyNews StCroix Senepol Cowboys AnnalyFarms RobinSterns

v INSIDE Forget hurricanes; what Island Life FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1996 ¥ PAGE 17 about those quakes? page 18 Crucian Cb 5 ) % " < S e S A l = e e g ot e = p . 0. V. 10 & s v e S %3 3k s i« o g 14 \% o 37 \ > v X -\ ‘X Y i 1Y N & ! b ~ A l y ¥ 7 o 32 l t 2 2 t eA L £ e 3 & ~ @ = & # 9 2 R P b3 y 2% 3 5 3 % , S 4 347 £3 2.7 30 i % f A & & ) Daily News Photo by I CLARK Crucian cowboys Ricar...

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198X African Locusts Caribbean Threat and Agricultural Impacts DailyNews

...which re- last o o Sanchez:. Scz Santa z was sen- is sad- presented 40 percent of the coun- anr Sanid Cruz an n to ‘two y s Nunez. " and Cobas Nunez fo 18 mdnths. dled with high debts. Although try’s foreign exchange earnings. Caribbean The Daily News, Friday, April 20, 1990 St. Vincent agrees to send 200 cane cutters to 1 St. Kitts KINGSTOWN, s; t. Vincent KINGSTOWN, s; t. Vincent (AP) — 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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Browne 1985 Agricultural Land Development StVincentGrenadines MA Dissertation Chapter4

...029 65391 Ginger 1800 1,915 2,635 1,200 2,000 2,120 angoes 3,810 3,809 g 3 P 510 1,269 3,810 4,039 Peanuts 50 151 LOL 100 400 424 Plantains 9 1,830 2,411 3,231 11,200 11,872 Sugar cane (metric tons) & 8,500 30,035 38,61 Sweet Potatoes ) 1,080 . ° 200 4,052 3,016 3:197 = Tannias 1,494 1,800 1,0 L, 500 1, 5 10 = Tobacco O O 160 i 29 Yams iy 1,000 1y, uy L, t u i iy Source: Hinistry of Finance,...

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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Paterson Philip Maynard 1986 Guide Improved Pastures Drier Eastern Caribbean CARDI

...it is a small, part-time activity for the owner, should be treated as a business, based on good business principles. 2. RECOMMENDED PASTURE SPECIES Plants which are useful to the grazing animal in the tropics fall mainly into two groups, the grasses and the legumes. Those species which have been shown to be best adapted to the drier regions of the Eastern Caribbean are briefly described below...

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

Conference Proceeding

Caron 1996 Post-Columbian Interactions Island Caribs French Legacy Lesser Antilles

...Preservation of the Departement of Planning & Natural Resources, and the Virgin Islands Humanities Council. 16-18 August 1996 & E .. Early Franco-Amerindian Contacts B G G B B l G G B B The French Normands were the first to defy the Spanish monopoly in the New World to trade with the Brazilian Indians, mostly Tupis, as early as 1503. They were looking for red dye woo...

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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IRF Water Island Case History Virgin Islands Development 1980

...improvements on Water Island which were built by the -15- United States Army during World War II . There are 33 single s tori ed buildings with concrete foundations, concrete floors and concrete block Halls, most of which are 22'8" in width and of varying lengths ranging up to 16 8 ' 8" . Th ere is a w ate r s up - ply system, consisting of a water catchment area of 90,000 square...

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Figueredo 1974 History of Virgin Islands Archaeology IRF

...discovered pottery fragments made of the clay of that island’ wherein he landed. This has been dubbed ‘the last ethnographic and the first archaeological account of St. Croix’ (Vescelius 1952: frontispiece). Pere Labat (1722) observed the great conch shell heaps in eastern Anegada, and is so credited by Schomburgk (1832: 153), who adds some commentary. There are no more reports of...

Figueredo_1974_History_of_Virgin_Islands_Archaeology_IRF.pdf 119 pages Imported Files 2,239.8 KB Jul 30, 2025

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DeBooy Investigations Virgin Islands Aborigines Magens Bay ScientificAmericanSupplement2180 1917

...feet, and from the third line to the fourth about the same distance. The two dark .Jayers be- tween these lines were formed during the aboriginal occupancy. These deposits consist of a mixture of huinus, ashes. charcoal, artifacts, shells and the bones of such ani- mals as were eaten by the Indians. A occasional burial was found in the lower of the two dark layers. but fully eighty per cent. o...

DeBooy_Investigations_Virgin_Islands_Aborigines_Magens_Bay_ScientificAmericanSupplement2180_1917.pdf 137 pages Imported Files 5,000.3 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Checklist Archaeological Sites Virgin Islands

A CHECKLIST OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS = OLCONOOBWNFOWONOUTD WN NN NN MNP WM £ LWL WL WL WWMN NN CLOWONOURWNE=ECOCWON SIS S DSOS DS YOS [SaNNSA S N—OoOwo 12VAn1 St Croix Montpellier 1 Turner's Hole Manchenil Bay Windsor 1 - Cotton Valley Coakley Bay 1 Beauregard Bay Richmond 1 Judith's Fancy 1 Salt River Point Cane Bay (Ratta) 1 Fareham 1 Longford 1 F...

Checklist_Archaeological_Sites_Virgin_Islands.pdf 285 pages Imported Files 1,627.7 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

Albright 1972 Proton Magnetometer Marine Archaeology Virgin Islands CRI

...Contemporary newspapers, admiralty records and even oral tradition are full of ship losses near the Virgin Islands. These accounts are not suffi- ciently detailed, except in nunusual instances, to pinpoint the e xact location of a wrecksite. Hurricanes took an unbelievable toll of shipping, especial- 1v in harbors, bavs, and other normally safe anchorages. Several times ir the past...

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

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Tyson 1983 Register of Virgin Islands Shipwrecks 1523-1917 IRF

...S Crodx: 377 Christiansted Harbor 10 21 3 4 Buck Island 18 34 16 68 Other —_ 31 59 24 114 Total S.Croix St. -John: 7 8 23 - TOTAL: 99 402 717 57.6 These shipwreck statistics contribute to our knowledge about the maritime history of the Virgin Islands in several ways. In the first place they underscore the dramatic increase in maritime activity that took place in the a...

Tyson_1983_Register_of_Virgin_Islands_Shipwrecks_1523-1917_IRF.pdf 88 pages Imported Files 5,331.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Towle Marx Albright 1976 Shipwrecks of the Virgin Islands Inventory 1523-1825 IRF 2ndEd

...Source: Lloyds . . . , #5795, 18 April, 1823. cited 93. Year 1823. British ship, Union, Captain Purrington, from Barbados to Bath, lost on the 12th of December on Anegada. Source: Lloyds . . . , #5888, 9 March, 1824. 94. Year 1824. American ship, James Barron, Captain Fisher, from Charlestown, South Carolina, to Barbados, totally lost on 7 January on the Anegada Reef. Source: Lloyds . . ....

Towle_Marx_Albright_1976_Shipwrecks_of_the_Virgin_Islands_Inventory_1523-1825_IRF_2ndEd.pdf 276 pages Imported Files 9,121.7 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Folklore St Christophers Island StKitts Masquerade Customs

...their routine dances. The "braves" carried tomahawks or bows and arrows and wore short capes = also well decorated with mirrors etc. There was an Indian Queen, who never seemed to take much part in the proceedings and there was a Devil in the troupe. The first dance of the Indians was the round dance. The rhythm of the drum then changed and the dancers then performed the Quadrille and part of...

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Towle Marx Albright Shipwrecks Virgin Islands Inventory 1523-1825 IRF 2ndEd 1976

...Captain Venham, of and for Trinidad from Piuerto Rico, lost on the Anegada Shoals on 4th of March; only about 48 head of cattle saved. Source: Lloyds . . . ’ 5795, 18 April, 1823. 93. Year 1823. British ship, Union, Captain Purrington, from Barbados to Bath, lost the 12th of December on Anegada. Source: Lloyds . . . , #5888, 9 March, 1824. 94. Year 1824. American ship, James Barron, Captain...

Towle_Marx_Albright_Shipwrecks_Virgin_Islands_Inventory_1523-1825_IRF_2ndEd_1976.pdf 235 pages Imported Files 9,647.8 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Towle Marx Albright 1976 Shipwrecks Virgin Islands Inventory 1523-1825 2nd Edition IRF

...Trinidad from Puerto Rico, lost on the Anegada Shoals on 4th of Uarch; only about 48 head of cattle saved. Source: Lloyds ••• , #5795, 18 April, 1823. 93. Year 1823. British ship, Union, Captain Purrington, from Barbados to Bath, lost on the 12th of December on Anegada. Source: Lloyds ~ •• , #5888,9 March, 1824. 94. Year 1824. American ship, James Barron, Captain Fisher, from Charle~town, S...

Towle_Marx_Albright_1976_Shipwrecks_Virgin_Islands_Inventory_1523-1825_2nd_Edition_IRF.pdf 2026 imported file 1,009.8 KB Jan 21, 2026

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Archeoecology Virgin Islands Ecofactual Investigations and Shellfishing Patterns

...have to deal are likely to be ecofactual rather than artifactual. There is good reason to suppose that certain kinds of ecofacts may be just as useful, as indicators of cultural affinity, as .many . kinds of artifacts. We can classify and seriate assemblages with respect to their ecofactual characteristics in the same manner in whh classify and seriate them with reference to their artifactual...

Archeoecology_Virgin_Islands_Ecofactual_Investigations_and_Shellfishing_Patterns.pdf 36 pages Imported Files 5,211.8 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Wing Aboriginal Fishing Windward Islands Barbados Grenada StLucia vertebrate remains analysis

...extent on the other two islands. Today reefs are fished with traps as they may have been in the past. Table 2 RELATIVE PERCENTAGES OE FOOD REMAINS Habitats St Lucia Barbados Grenada . Land 24 18 40 Beaches 23 19 25 Pelagic (open water) 20 8 ) Off shore banks 12 8 In shore banks and reefs 21 56 18 _—m§m——“€€$§$€“$§“S“S$§$§™—m—m—™—S—$*S—_—_—_—_—_— 100 Total percentage 100 100 The...

Wing_Aboriginal_Fishing_Windward_Islands_Barbados_Grenada_StLucia_vertebrate_remains_analysis.pdf 32 pages Imported Files 1,482.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Schwartz 1964 Review Sphaerodactylus vincenti Southern Windward Islands

...stippling present on the belly. The diamesus can be thus differentiated from the spotted with dark brown, and the suprapostorbital which prove to be S. vincenti, thus confirming King's race to the south. lines are outlined on both sides with black. The single juvenile shows the collar much more throat was dull yellow in life with a dark brown assumption. These specimens are not referable to S....

Schwartz_1964_Review_Sphaerodactylus_vincenti_Southern_Windward_Islands.pdf 41 pages Imported Files 2,755.4 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Arnold1978 1977 Underwater Site Test Excavations Padre Island TAC Pub5

...lengths propeller erodes away the overburden leaving ar- tifacts exposed in place. The prevalent geological of pipe and other discarded items. conditions of the area are ideal for this method. The rather complex instrumentation package The overburden consists of a layer of sand and and methods of relocating the sites are explained shell varying in depth from a few centimeters to at length in a...

Arnold1978_1977_Underwater_Site_Test_Excavations_Padre_Island_TAC_Pub5.pdf 95 pages Imported Files 10,075.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Figueredo 1974 Current Archaeological Research Virgin Islands

...presently being ocavated by the Virgin Islands iluscum at Hull Bay, St. Thomas. These exvavations have cased the definition of an Ensomhed Stylc to account for “lenoid pottery in the northern Virgin Islands. Within that style, a tlanchioncel Substylc has been isolated in Virgen Gorda by a liuscum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, field party. The site at Hull B...

Figueredo_1974_Current_Archaeological_Research_Virgin_Islands.pdf 22 pages Imported Files 2,808.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Allaire Archaeological Reconnaissance StKitts Leeward Islands

...wet. About one third of the collection consists of sherds dec- orated with the thick red paint which seems typical of the island. Only one sherd is modeled and none incised. Small bowls with inside thickened lips are not present either. BLOODY POINT: Also known as Stoen Fort, this site occupies a point which rises on the east bank of Pelhams River at its mouth. It is just below th...

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Tyson 1983 Register of Virgin Islands Shipwrecks 1523-1917

...eighteenth century the volume of shipping steadily so that by 1800 the Virgin Islands had become a leading expanded, They maintained regional center of seaborne trade and commerce. that status until the last decades of th e nineteenth century, when shipping began a progressive decline which lasted until 1917 and beyond. At the hub of the archipelago's vigorous maritime life during...

Tyson_1983_Register_of_Virgin_Islands_Shipwrecks_1523-1917.pdf 129 pages Imported Files 5,472.0 KB Jul 30, 2025

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DeBooy 1912 Lucayan Remains Caicos Islands American Anthropologist

...of our. Northwest, the Aymara of Lake Titicaca, was artificially flattened ininfancy, giving the and some other tribes, forehead a very broad appearance. Columbus notes this peculiarity in his diary, and I have observed that this sloping forehead is depic ted on the small heads belonging to the rims of earthenware bowls which I have found. Columbus also makes s pecial mention of the handsome ap...

DeBooy_1912_Lucayan_Remains_Caicos_Islands_American_Anthropologist.pdf 202 pages Imported Files 8,222.9 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Adams 1994 Survival of Traditional Whaling Windward Islands

...B G — . | Ay N b SR W y i o y N, AN )’ ) y f ! oy N 3 o g 1 oY 3 A k W 8 3 A A S v i | S 7 A t &4 A i i a 2 i o A o A N A e 4 & l A ) ( k BR - =1 =3 % ’y i 1V ‘l ) s 3 % i d @ P -, i WA N ‘ R i i~ 2 k (o it o , EL = Jgly ] S 2 d 230 i £ 35 & ) N Al V¥ L 8o et N A A M / P b 1 i 4 i Vo ] /4. 1 \ 4 ) X o i a k M Y i Y, 'y ey l S Wy their crews, numbering seventy-two men. This figure did not...

Adams_1994_Survival_of_Traditional_Whaling_Windward_Islands.pdf 93 pages Imported Files 5,809.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Shupe Weingart 1980 Emerging Energy Technologies Island Environment Hawaii AnnRevEnergy v5 p293-333 HNEI

...while 25,000 bbl/day were outshipped to the mainland and the Pacific region. This near-total dependence on seaborne petroleum makes Hawaii partic- ularly vulnerable to any dislocation in the global oil market. The energy shortfall of 1974 had a more severe impact on Hawaii than on the mainland United States. Essentially every sector of the economy experienced some hardship or inconvenience. As...

Shupe_Weingart_1980_Emerging_Energy_Technologies_Island_Environment_Hawaii_AnnRevEnergy_v5_p293-333_HNEI.pdf 375 pages Imported Files 12,550.3 KB Jul 30, 2025

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1990 MAB Vol5 Sustainable Development Environmental Management Small Islands Beller dAyala Hein

...best management practices. The participants in the Puerto Rico workshop agreed on the need for a Protocol for the Wider Caribbean Region for controlling pollution from land- based sources. They saw four essential elements in such a protocol: (1) In standard format, gather baseline pollution data, which are needed to determine the extent of pollution of the Caribbean Sea, and for determining c...

1990_MAB_Vol5_Sustainable_Development_Environmental_Management_Small_Islands_Beller_dAyala_Hein.pdf 50 pages Imported Files 1,156.9 KB Jul 30, 2025

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tiempo issue2 1991 small island states climate change aosis youth perspectives global warming

...page A listing of newsletters on climate Haramata, in the design of TIEMPO. bulletin is that a large amount of valuable change and the Third World (ref. 1/1). Second, Tony Hall's cartoons were information accumulates that just can’t be A listing of key references on the originally commissioned by the Climatic used. As a service to our readers, the global temperature record (ref. 1/2). Research...

tiempo_issue2_1991_small_island_states_climate_change_aosis_youth_perspectives_global_warming.pdf 136 pages Imported Files 9,327.3 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Virgin Islands Hazard Mitigation Plan IRF VITEMA 1995

...Virgin Islands OMB Proj # = =] [ Hazard Mitigation Projects (FEMA §404) immediately after Hurricane Hugo STJ Alternate 34.5 KV submarine cable WAPA Comnlete 1282 STT 34.5V Substation WAPA Comple ‘e 1285 STX Fuel P - WAPA Comple 12182 STX Fuel Storage at Richmond Generating Plant WAPA Complete 6195 STX .55 MGPD Desalinization Plant WAPA 99% na WAPA Canceled na STX Alternate South S...

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

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IRF NGO News No19 1993-11 Small Islands Big Issues UN SIDS NGO Role

...dimension of life in our islands. We further noted, but did not state, that the presentation of the people of our islands as men- dicants seeking a position into the ever reducing funding of the least developed countries was not an acceptable posture for those of us who speak on behalf of Caribbean NGOs. Some may argue that we do not have to deal with the "real” world....

IRF_NGO_News_No19_1993-11_Small_Islands_Big_Issues_UN_SIDS_NGO_Role.pdf 113 pages Imported Files 2,015.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

Government Report

Government Expert Review Chapter9 Small Island States Regional Impacts Climate Change

...Nomea, 6-10 pl 1992, South Pacific Regional Environment Hendry, M.D. and G. Digerfeldt, 1989: Hendry, M.D. and G. Digerfeldt, 1989: Palacogeography and palacoenvironments of a tropical coastal wetland and adjacent shelf during Holocene submergence, Jamaica. Palaeogeography, 1-10. Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 73, Hendry, M.D., 1993: Sea-Level Hendry, M.D., 1993: Sea-Level Movements and Sh...

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Academic Paper

Bass 1993 Ecology Economics Small Islands Sustainable Development Framework

...human purposes, such long-term ecological resilience is inadequate, and natural disasters can be highly damaging for human enterprise in the short term. They erode the productive resource base, and natural regeneration is not speedy enough to restore essential ecosystem processes. Hurricanes are the most significant natural calamities in the island Caribbean. In 1955, Grenada’s th...

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Conference Proceeding

1998-10-03 Sustainable Energy Symposium Small Island States Rockefeller NY

...whole hotel sector; carbon dioxide savings of 340,000 tons during the project's life are anticipated; and water savings, because of new shower heads, of 98 million gallons have already been achieved. Suresh Raj, South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, detailed the potential markets in the area for renewables. These embody: 1) the institutional market including schools, health centers, re...

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Academic Paper

Possekel 1996 Complex Resource Management Scenarios Small Caribbean Islands Montserrat

...major theme is the total resettlement of all displaced residents, businesses, services and facilities to the safe area. As many conflicting issues will evolve and the pressure on the resources will in- crease, the local planners try to identify some essential aspects to find an appropriate plan- ning approach. Participatory, result-oriented and holistic planning approaches are viewed as very i...

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Bass 1993 Ecology and Economics in Small Islands Framework for Sustainable Development

...influences: their type, degree, frequency/hazard, and likely costs/benefits; assess the island’s interactions with external influences: changes to capability, carrying capacity and values; and identify ways of maximiz- ing positive interactions and minimizing hazardous ones so as to maximize resilience; understand current resource uses, and the economic and policy sig- nals encou...

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