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

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

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

Conference Proceeding

1981 IMA Aquaculture Industry Trinidad Tobago Proceedings

...Much emphasis has been placed on the use suited to extensive fish culture and to intensive of the sea for culture purposes. To be realistic, fish, prawn and shellfish culture. A problem, however, the only real prospects in terms of however, is the extremely variable water quality. satisfactory sea conditions would exist in the For example, the northern part of the Caroni Gulf of Paria, in some...

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

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McElroy deAlbuquerque 1990 Sustainable SmallScale Agriculture Caribbean Islands MALAS

...and by minimizing adverse spillovers downstream. In these ways this system retains the tropical species diversity and scenic amenities valued by vacationers from temperate climates. In addition, agro-forestry supports the natural buffering systems by reducing erosion on steep slopes in long-disturbed islands where soil fertility and environmental restoration are primary concerns. Some related r...

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

Government Report

1996-09 MonthlyBulletin Bermuda PlantProtectionLab Refurbishment CoralReefs WeatherSummary

...The tiny plants, on the other hand, need carbon dioxide and fertiliser (the coral’s wastes) but produce oxygen and extra sugar which are taken up by the coral. Either partner uses the wastes and surplus of the other. The result is perfect recycling; and this is the secret why coral reefs, the largest structures built by animals, are so successful. Coral reefs are amaz...

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

Academic Paper

Powell 1977 Voyage HMS Providence Breadfruit Introduction West Indies

...Captain Bligh, the western group of Fiji Islands. Matthew Flinders—the: se three explorers played a large part in forming the history of the South Se: 2s, as a study of its map will show. There are the Cooks Islands, C ooks Straits, etc., Flinders Island (more than one), Flinders Strait, Bligh's Chann, el, Bligh's E ntrance, etc. Then there are Pitcairn Island, Banks Islands, Banks § traits, Bo...

Powell_1977_Voyage_HMS_Providence_Breadfruit_Introduction_West_Indies.pdf 926 pages Imported Files 11,947.2 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

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

Conference Proceeding

Lathwell 1974 Report Caribbean Tropical America Soils Conference UWI Trinidad 1973

...the Sevilla clay while yields reported for the other soils were usually lees than 30 tons per acre. By most criterja one may wish to use, these vields are marginal. The larger operations appeared be remaining fairly stable but the smaller operations seemed to n trouble. What the future of the sugar industry may be in a situation such as this was not apparent to one on such a tour as ours. There...

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

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Wider Caribbean Environmental Agricultural Constraints and Resource Management AMBIO 1981

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

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

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198X African Locusts Caribbean Threat and Agricultural Impacts DailyNews

...a purely local banned in the B.V.I,, while a project phenomenon, a meeting of fisheries to demarcate the Horseshoe Reef off To replenish fish stocks, certain officials concluded recently. countries have taken even more ‘Anegada is under way with the as- drastic measures such as banning The meeting was organized by sistance of the OECS Fisheries Unit. the use of fishpots, as has bee...

198X_African_Locusts_Caribbean_Threat_and_Agricultural_Impacts_DailyNews.pdf 215 pages Imported Files 12,270.2 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

UPR-Mayaguez Aquaculture Program History Research Grants 1970-1984

...market prices than smaller fish, 4) channel catfish are not an appropriate species for stocking in extensive culture systems including tilapia, 5) ponds should be consructed with knowledge of their orientation to prevailing winds in order to maximize production and reduce aeration costs, 6) developing more attractively colored tilapia should increase market appeal and bring a higher price to th...

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

Academic Paper

Keith et al 1984 Molasses Reef Wreck Turks Caicos Preliminary Report IJNA 13-1 45-63

...the law of superposition dictates that ballast will be stratified with the 48 most-recently loaded stones on top, we rea- soned it might be possible to trace the course of the ship’s last voyage by comparing the different types of stones in each lens in the ballast with stones characteristic of different ports in the Old World and in the Caribbean. Additionally, the total weight of ballast an...

Keith_et_al_1984_Molasses_Reef_Wreck_Turks_Caicos_Preliminary_Report_IJNA_13-1_45-63.pdf 19 pages Imported Files 7,148.5 KB Jul 30, 2025

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

...historians of the period study, but how accurate is the information? How much of it comes from people who actually were there? How much credence can be given to their words? George Orwell once said, “The first duty of responsible people is to restate the obvious.” It has become obvious to us that not only must we perform the standard task of examining the published information, but we also mus...

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

Research Study

Keith DonaldH 1980s Ships of Discovery Nautical Archaeology Research Strategy

...unravel their story through had seen, and rediscover the earliest instruments seeking the elusive Co- analysis. European beachheads in the New We realized that our respective World. lumbus caravels, which all were cer- We were to find, however, that ¢ tain were there. One thousand miles approaches were complementary; there is a world of difference be- away on Molassees Reef, my cre...

Keith_DonaldH_1980s_Ships_of_Discovery_Nautical_Archaeology_Research_Strategy.pdf 20 pages Imported Files 1,471.3 KB Jul 30, 2025

Academic Paper

deBooy 1917 Petroglyphs StJohn CongoCay DanishWestIndies

T s y iy A % e e o y y i = 2 371 o NC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT No 2189 Decebey 1), . L5 o T o | % 7 = & Ty ¥ - B N s . i 3 = = i y P2 1« = , i et (3 & ‘. v ey 5 p | T A R d e Fig. 2. Carvings on a large rock above the second pool of the waterfall Fig. 3. Petroglyphs on the lower part of the large rock at Reef Bay at Reel Bay shown in Fig. Archeological Notes on the Danish West Indies T...

deBooy_1917_Petroglyphs_StJohn_CongoCay_DanishWestIndies.pdf 51 pages Imported Files 3,102.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Trupp AncientShipwrecks TreasureHunters vs Archaeologists US Florida HMSFowey Atocha 1979

By Philip Trupp Ancient shipwrecks yield both prizes and bitter conflict In pursuit of undersea riches,an armada of treasure hunters infuriates scholars who want wrecks preserved for history’s sake The wind was freshening and thunderheads lifted over the horizon when I accompanied a crew of underwater archaeologists last June on a special mission into the past. We were churning through the chop...

Trupp_AncientShipwrecks_TreasureHunters_vs_Archaeologists_US_Florida_HMSFowey_Atocha_1979.pdf 63 pages Imported Files 3,635.4 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Maruca 1982 Submerged Cultural Resources Unit Protects NPS Shipwrecks Isle Royale

£ 3 Mary Maruca I The Submerged Cultural Resources Unif protects Park Service shipwredks and other. . . - Treasures of the e en the mighty bulk of the Wt freighter, Emperor, failed to =5 N dock on schedule, the townspeople X of northern Michigan panicked. Had the ship been late leaving port? Had it been delayed by the weather? Or had the worst happened—had it broken up on a reef, taki...

Maruca_1982_Submerged_Cultural_Resources_Unit_Protects_NPS_Shipwrecks_Isle_Royale.pdf 14 pages Imported Files 4,837.7 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

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

Shipwrecks of the Virgin Islands: An Inventory 1523 — 1825 Edward L. Towle Robert F. Marx Alan B. Albright Second Edition Island Resources Foundation December 1976 © Edward Towle, 1976 Marine Archaeology and Shipwreck Files are maintained by Island Resources Foundation at its offices in Tortola, British Virgin Islands [Island Systems Environmental Information Centre at 123 Main Street in Roa...

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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Checklist Archaeological Sites Virgin Islands

...Carden 2 218 Cotton Grove 2 219 Solitude 3 220 Cotton Valley 2 221 Kirkegaard 222 Bulowsminde Grange River 3 Allandale Knight Sewer Point Windsor Mill Windsor 7 Prosperity 5 Bugby Hole 1 Bugby Hole 2 Cotton Grove 3 Anna's Hope 1 Mount Saint Mary's Montpellier 3 Montpellier 4 Saint John 3 12VAm2 St John = HOWONNUTA el el LONOUITHWN Bay (Carolina 1) Francis Bay 1 Cinnamon Bay 1 Turtle Poi...

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

Academic Paper

Figueredo 1974 History of Virgin Islands Archaeology IRF

...collections, and excavations of which notice has been taken. No distinction other than critical will be made between the work of scientists and that of amateurs, so that this is not a history only of the activities of competent field workers, but will include also the work done by untrained persons whose contributions, though below the standards of their day, were nonetheless significant. The...

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

Conference Proceeding

Towle Management of Marine Archaeological Sites Eastern Caribbean IRF Workshop 1983

...humans to work underwater with relative ease and nology which safety and with only a modicum of technical training, cost and risk. is not only new but also confronts a somewhat Marine archaeology differs from the more unique set of problems. How this discipline traditional terrestrial archaeology, despite the apparent similarities of excavation, analysis and interpretation techniques, was discu...

Towle_Management_of_Marine_Archaeological_Sites_Eastern_Caribbean_IRF_Workshop_1983.pdf 35 pages Imported Files 2,459.2 KB Jul 30, 2025

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

...Donor $500; Sustaining Patron $250; Patron $100; Contributor $50; Family $35; Regular $25; Student or Retired $12.50. All members outside the USA please add $5 for postage. 6 IN MEMORIAM: A. TIMOTHY POUCH, JR. 7 NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY: THE REAL TREASURE, Peter Stanford 8 MEDITERRANEAN ORIGINS, Lincoln P. Paine 11 ARCHAEOLOGY—ALL AT SEA? Martin Dean 12 THE MARY ROSE: THE FINAL TRIUMPH OF A...

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

Academic Paper

Berleant-Schiller 1981 Small-Scale Fishing Caribbean Barbuda HumanOrganization

...Indies. as an example of an artisanal fishery that satisfies local (Poole 1951:205-6). The other investigator had already needs, and whose present functioning strongly exemplifies the worked in the southern Caribbean and understood the need damage that could result from attempts at commercial devel for research (Brown 1942a, b, ¢). The itwo investigators tried to opment. No such development has...

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

Technical Report

Singleton 1978 Museums in the Caribbean Immediate Needs and Objectives CARICOM Report

...1978, kindly for ln by the Caribbean Community Secretariat and the Caribbean Conservation Association, and financed by the mnwe Fund for Technical Cooperation, = ITINERARY Although limited both in geographical coverage and in time, the tour comprised visits to. some of the larger, long-established museums of the area (the Guyana Musum and Zoo in Georgetown, the Trinidad National Museum and A...

Singleton_1978_Museums_in_the_Caribbean_Immediate_Needs_and_Objectives_CARICOM_Report.pdf 234 pages Imported Files 10,271.8 KB Jul 30, 2025

Research Study

Figueredo 1974 Current Archaeological Research Virgin Islands

...site., Both clusters i common characteristics that allow them to be subsumed under ' a Krum Bay C omplex . KRUM BAY COLPLEX within this Cofiplex, three phases have ei The m Bay Complex is characterized by a hecavy reliance on shell— fish for subsistence and a stone industry based upon fine-grained ba- salt flakes struck from unprepared cores with oval hammerstones, Sites are not found isolated,...

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

Technical Report

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

...and appeared in mimeograph form in February, 1969. 'That edition has been out of print for several years. Recent efforts by the Government of the Virgin Islands to prepare a full scale comprehensive management plan for the coastal zone resources of the Virgin Islands prompt this re-issue of the original inventory with minor corrections and additions. A com- pletely revised edition extending th...

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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Dominica Shipwrecks LloydsList 1565-1813 Exhibit nn

...Captain Juan Lopez de Captain Juan de Rosales; Sosa; nao El Espiritu Santo, 120 tons, Due to the storm, and two unidentified naos of 120 tons each. none of the other ships in the flota could stop to pick up the treasure or the survivors, most of whom reached shore, where they were all cruelly massacred by the Carib Indians. 1605. As the New Spai n Flota approached Guadeloupe to stop for water,...

Dominica_Shipwrecks_LloydsList_1565-1813_Exhibit_nn.pdf 20 pages Imported Files 1,306.7 KB Jul 30, 2025

Academic Paper

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

...already needs, and whose present functioning strongly exemplifies the worked in the southern Caribbean and understood the need damage that could result from attempts at commercial devel- for research (Brown 1942a, b, ¢). The two investigators tried to opment. No such development has ever been attempted in Bar- buda, but I shall show that a shifting political situation in the devise sensible and...

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

Academic Paper

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

...University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602. 3 Address: Department of Herpetology, San Diego Natural History Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, California 92112. Submitted 12 September ANNALS OF CARNEGIE MUSEUM southwest of Antigua, 64 km northwest of Guadeloupe, and 24 km southeast of Redonda, and is one of the islands comprising the inner volcanic arc of the northern Lesser Antilles (Fig. 1...

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

Technical Report

Cultural Resources Surveys USVI 1984-1990 MultiSite MultiAuthor

...Q) 5 S Lle rte Bay V o , = a9 = \ | W W T & 8 ( & € X = i 7 A Hater A Sor i Fi. a Cruy, 2 7 AL Bay V. N o 11, @ b 5 5 437 Hacbaly) =7 S alrnans A% 2 ( ay B — ) Randez oue Bay \ Y y B N \ e I Ay == . , ynt SUBMITTED TO: PREPARED BY: deJongh Associates/URS MAAR Associates, Inc Number 2 Estate Staabi 9 Liberty Plaza Post Office Box 6155 Post Office Box 676 St. Thomas, USVI 00801 Newark, Delaware 1...

Cultural_Resources_Surveys_USVI_1984-1990_MultiSite_MultiAuthor.pdf 161 pages Imported Files 9,518.1 KB Jul 30, 2025

Government Report

1988 Historic Resources US Virgin Islands Review Assessment NPS

...funding require- ments. 21, ELEMENT 9. ASSESSMENT OF ST. JOHN'S HISTORIC STRUCTURES AND SITES =S B NS D A 2L ISSUE: To facilitate management of the many valuable historic structures and sites within Virgin Islands National Park, and on St. John generally, there is a need to develop and apply a comprehen- evaluation criteria that would establish the relative sive, uniform, significance of eac...

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

Conference Proceeding

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

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

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

Conference Proceeding

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

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

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

Conference Proceeding

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

Pacific Science Association Information Bulletin ISLAND RESOURCES FOUNDATION RED HOOK BOX 33, ST. THOMAS U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 00802 (809) 775-6225 Vol. 43, No. 12 ARTICLES Economic Development and the Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Coasts, Islands, and Coral Reefs Robert W. Buddemeier Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas 66...

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

Conference Proceeding

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

Pacific Science Association Information Bulletin ISLAND RESOURCES FOUNDATION RED HOOK BOX 33, ST. THOMAS U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 00802 (809) 775-6225 Vol. 43, No. 1-2 ARTICLES Economic Development and the Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Coasts, Islands, and Coral Reefs Robert W. Buddemeier Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas 6...

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

Government Report

Government Expert Review Chapter9 Small Island States Regional Impacts Climate Change

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

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

Technical Report

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

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

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

Technical Report

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

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

Nurse_McLean_Suarez_1998_IPCC_Small_Island_States_Climate_Change_Vulnerability_Assessment.pdf Imported Files 12,823.8 KB Jul 30, 2025

Policy Document

Caribbean Regional Planning Adaptation Global Climate Change GEF OAS WorldBank 1996

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

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

Policy Document

1994 UN Global Conference SIDS Barbados Declaration Programme of Action

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

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

Conference Proceeding

Ragster CSA PresidentialAddress SustainableDevelopment Caribbean 1996

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

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

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CDB Caribbean Regional Workshop Sustainable Development Indicators Report 1998

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

CDB_Caribbean_Regional_Workshop_Sustainable_Development_Indicators_Report_1998.pdf 451 pages Imported Files 13,104.2 KB Jul 30, 2025

Conference Proceeding

Obasi 1994 Natural Disasters and Sustainable Development SIDS Global Conference CaseStudy3

...on the priority list of studies determining the impact of climate, its variation and change, and otential sea level rise which are central to this issue; Organize and promote specific regional technical co-operation programmes designed to assist Small Island Developing States to reduce the impact of tropical cyclones, floods, volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis and climate change including sea le...

Obasi_1994_Natural_Disasters_and_Sustainable_Development_SIDS_Global_Conference_CaseStudy3.pdf 127 pages Imported Files 8,842.2 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

EnvironmentalPlanningIssues 08 1995 SmallIslandStates SustainableDevelopment Bass DalalClayton

...such an approach, and environmental degradation and social transformation has been evident from soon after the earliest colonial conquests (Wood 1968, Watts 1987). Some circumstances, however, have enabled some islands to still maintain frontier myths. Recently, 200-mile exclusive economic zones (EEZs) have been declared around many islands. EEZs have pushed back the resource "frontier" consid...

EnvironmentalPlanningIssues_08_1995_SmallIslandStates_SustainableDevelopment_Bass_DalalClayton.pdf 671 pages Imported Files 24,999.7 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

Virgin Islands Hazard Mitigation Plan IRF VITEMA 1995

...of the Virgin Islands. 4.13 Tax Incentives A study will be conducted of new real estate tax schedules and other non-regulatory incentives which might be used to promote hazard mitigation. 4.14 Hazards Mapping Cumulative hazards mapping is a concern. VITEMA will build a system for cumulative mapping of the various natural hazards present on the islands. based on the mapping resources of the...

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

Academic Paper

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

...populations in low deltaic plains. but the most extreme situation could be faced by small oceanic states occupying low coral islands on atolls. Here high land does not exist and, if sea level continues to rise ‘such states may cease to contain habitable land’ (PERNETTA, 1988, p. 9) and whole populations will be threatened. This paper addresses social, economic and political factors, as well as...

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

Technical Report

Vulnerability Assessment Accelerated Sea Level Rise Majuro Atoll Marshall Islands NOAA IPCC SPREP 1992

...* lslands Marlana . lslands . . . [} [} . . . Marshall . lslands Caroline Il —Equator — — — — — 0° — — — — — — — — — — — S ) Figure II-1. - 180° E 160° W 120° 120° This case study focuses on Majuro Atoll, the capital island of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, which is at latitude 7°N and longitude 171°E, near the southern end of the Ratak (eastern) chain of the Marshall Islands (Figure 11...

Vulnerability_Assessment_Accelerated_Sea_Level_Rise_Majuro_Atoll_Marshall_Islands_NOAA_IPCC_SPREP_1992.pdf 726 pages Imported Files 21,085.4 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

OAS Caribbean Planning Adaptation Global Climate Change CPACC ProjectStatus 1996

...analyze, store, and disseminate data on climate change and its impact on natural and manmade systems. 3) Inventory of To further develop Regional Environment and Coastal Resources each participating Planning and Use (Regional) country's Ministries inventory of coastal resources S as to provide the necessary baseline data for the execution of other project activities. 4) Formulation of a To supp...

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

Conference Proceeding

1993 UNEP CCS-UNECLAC-ACM-RTM1-7 ClimateChange SeaLevelRise WiderCaribbean

...regional climate models nested and coupled with ocean-atmosphere global circulation models are needed. In situ monitoring programmes, coupled with an active multi-disciplinary research effort wiich sh ould include examination of the historical, geological and 2 cchaeolcgical records in order to supplement direct measurements are critical to this process. Understanding future shoreline migration...

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Research Study

Kosrae Pacific Islands Sustainable Development Study Colby 1993

...Municipalities, Villages, Points of Interest (Source: Kosrae State Second Five-Year Development Plan, 1992 to 1996) SANDY BEACH HOTEL WIYA BIRD CAVE HOTEL HORIZON CAT CAMP S HOTEL SRAE , / 8D\ < TAFUNSAK VILLAGE ; F MUTUNENEAH AIRPQ OKA T MANGROVE CHANNEL DOCH wr -' T : L BOAT / MARINA CAUSEWAY OKAT MANGROVE N CHANNEL LELU q TRADEWINDS LELU COCONUT PALM RUINS HOT! S & LELU S VILLAGE TAFUNSAK...

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Other

Tiempo Issue9 1993 Desertification Climate Mangroves Training INCD

...resources in developing countries of the Asia-Pacific region, using the expertise and resources that exist within that region. The Network has retained a thematic approach in order to give a focus to its activities. The number of themes is currently limited to three, but this is likely to expand after a further regional advisory meeting later this ear. The Thematic Network Coordinator for Coa...

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