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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

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

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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

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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

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

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

...follows. as —— 3 o A 2 < A of Recommendations S 2 Y & 2 . hie government needs to distribute land to 1 farmers and help them with credit for the ch = inputs i.e. fertilizer) and advice. ol E ing erosicn is a first step in improving soil 3 3 stablish small ertility trials for various crops all over the two islands at various elevations. 4 3 introduce crop residue management for fertil...

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

Policy Document

USAID RDO-C Agricultural Sector Strategy OECS 1990-1994 AnnexIV

...exchange hes been proportionately greater. In 1986, agriculture accounted for 75.6% of the value of all domestic exports of goods (that is, excluding re-exports) and 32.9% of all foreign exchange earnings. Excluding Antigua, which is exceedingly oriented toward tourism, the latter figure rises to 47.5% (Table 2) During the period 1965 to 1983, OECS agricultural exports increased from $22.5 mil...

USAID_RDO-C_Agricultural_Sector_Strategy_OECS_1990-1994_AnnexIV.pdf 112 pages Imported Files 7,382.0 KB Jul 30, 2025

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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

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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

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

Research Study

Wing Aboriginal Fishing Windward Islands Barbados Grenada StLucia vertebrate remains analysis

...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 other two habitats were of importance principally to the fisher- men of St. Lucia. In the sites on Grenada and...

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

Academic Paper

Wilson 1989 Prehistoric Settlement Pattern Nevis West Indies

...Oryzomine rodents are common in later prehistoric deposits. The agouti (Dasy- proca aquti) was introduced from South America by ab- original colonists (Wing in press). Iguanas (Cyclura and lguana) were other important terrestrial species, along wit Gecarcinus and Cardisoma land crabs. A variery of birds was exploited, although never in grear numbers, including the tamilies Columbidac, Laridac,...

Wilson_1989_Prehistoric_Settlement_Pattern_Nevis_West_Indies.pdf 337 pages Imported Files 10,654.8 KB Jul 30, 2025

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SeaGrant70s Vol8No3 Mar1978 NauticalArchaeology Bass TAMU

...the key ideas from 10 ‘ PERET Marine Recreation The purpose of this paper is to quantify the energetic basis of the six counties along the Florida portion of the Apalachicola HOW TO BUILD A FRESHWATER ARTIFICIAL REEF. Eric D. Prince, River. From this type of analysis, suggestions can be made as O. Eugene Maughn and Paul Brovha, 19 pp. VPI-SG-77-02. Sea to the advisability of add...

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

Conference Proceeding

FuessEtAl 1991 ThinSectionPetrography Antigua Ceramics MethodTheory IACA14

...was measured and weighed to ascertain basic metric attributes. In addition, all rim sherds were measured to' determine orifice diameter to the nearest centimeter (see Figures 3 & 4). After completion of preliminary metric information, each sherd was analyzed as to surface treatment and decorative characteristics. Munsell colors of sherd exteriors, interiors, and cores were also recorded. The ut...

FuessEtAl_1991_ThinSectionPetrography_Antigua_Ceramics_MethodTheory_IACA14.pdf 221 pages Imported Files 6,769.2 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

Academic Paper

Emery Kaye Loring Nota 1968 European Cretaceous Flints Atlantic North America Science

...native flints (13) but never from European flints from ballast (/2). Many Indian burials after 1640 contain pouches of 15 to 20 gun- flints of English manufacture, and some burials after 1675 have ones of French manufacture. Evidently, European flint, from either ships ballast or firearms, was widely distributed, even beyond the Mississippi River, by Indians and colonists. Even in the earliest...

Emery_Kaye_Loring_Nota_1968_European_Cretaceous_Flints_Atlantic_North_America_Science.pdf 4 pages Imported Files 2,802.8 KB Jul 30, 2025

Conference Proceeding

Cardona 1986 Archival Research Shipwreck Identification CCA20

...pubtished materials dealing with shipwrecks, directly or indirectly, for example, books on nautical history, pirates, or sea batties in the Caribbean. The vast array of sources generally provide specific details on the vessels in question, like a list of important passengers, the nature of disaster and approximate locates. MAPS AND CHARTS AS CLUES Once we have established a decent wreck file, a...

Cardona_1986_Archival_Research_Shipwreck_Identification_CCA20.pdf 26 pages Imported Files 2,715.6 KB Jul 30, 2025

Conference Proceeding

Watters Rouse 1989 Environmental Diversity Maritime Adaptations Caribbean BAR S506

...Veloz Maggiolo (1980; Veloz Maggiolo and Vega 1982) regards exploitation of mangal resources as a key indicator of the Ortoiroid migration into the Caribbean from Trinidad. Their Saladoid successors and the Casimiroid peoples who came from Middle America also relied on these resources, though less heavily (Rouse and Alegria 1989; Moore 1982). Although data are equivocal, mangal formations, beca...

Watters_Rouse_1989_Environmental_Diversity_Maritime_Adaptations_Caribbean_BAR_S506.pdf 202 pages Imported Files 7,016.1 KB Jul 30, 2025

Academic Paper

Dirks 1972 Networks Groups Adaptation RumBay BVI Man v7n4

...effect, such a mixture of behaviours and structures can be viewed as a double adaptation’, a kind of generalised com- munity response to a complex of distinctive environmental resources.? The com- munity of Rum Bay has developed such a response. * * * * * Tortola is located in the British section of the Virgin Island archipelago, a cluster of islands immediately east of Puerto Rico. The Virgin...

Dirks_1972_Networks_Groups_Adaptation_RumBay_BVI_Man_v7n4.pdf 42 pages Imported Files 13,085.3 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

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Patton 1987 Alan Albright Underwater Archaeology South Carolina State Magazine

...< v S Paf hile with the Smithsonian, Al- D = . ™ t ‘ N y ~ bright and Peterson developed a D - N relationship that lasts to this day. L W NG g, & Y - They became actively involved in a num- N\ Al AN ber of projects centering on underwater L 2 archaeology. Together they learned un- derwater mapping and photography, ex- Y wi AN ( S g 9 cavation techniques, curation and conser- - S N 3 vation of a...

Patton_1987_Alan_Albright_Underwater_Archaeology_South_Carolina_State_Magazine.pdf 4 pages Imported Files 3,203.3 KB Jul 30, 2025

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Barada 1975 Treasure Salvage Archaeology Florida Controversy

...pressure. ANSI (American National Stan- dards Institute), an independent agency which makes recom- R mendations to the federal government, permits gauges to read a maximum of 25 percent beyond the rated surface working ) photography by Author SKIN DIVER/JULY 1975 S5 e o gr— 15 q = o | # . e S - OR VANDALIS? able to finance legitimate treasure salvage deals. Political and gold and silver col...

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

Research Study

Potter Caribbean Environmental Perception Cognitive Perspective Barbados 1990s

...the community is witnessed in the importance that has always been ttached to family lands, a point noted by Lowenthal. But on the other hand, Lowenthal wrote of the ‘Readiness of individuals and overnments to sell and lease lands to foreign companies, ...(in) the easy faith that the ighest income per acre is the greatest nationa od.The accusing finger surely has to ¢ pointed at the lure of the...

Potter_Caribbean_Environmental_Perception_Cognitive_Perspective_Barbados_1990s.pdf 89 pages Imported Files 2,386.7 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

VIBIB Bibliographic Holdings VINP USVI Danish West Indies Prelim List 1985

...John. SJ: NPS, 1958. 225 p. Compiled from publications, containing 1058 different species of plants. representing 132 families. including introductions of d ornamentals and various l which grow on the islanc Adams, J., et al. Potential National Natural Landmarks. SX: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ., WIL, 1975. [p.n.a.]. Maps. Report for NPS, containing descriptive environmental data on 14 sites on...

VIBIB_Bibliographic_Holdings_VINP_USVI_Danish_West_Indies_Prelim_List_1985.pdf 2728 pages Imported Files 26,029.7 KB Jul 30, 2025

Academic Paper

Adams 1985 Fisheries FishMarkets StVincent SingaporeJTG v6n1

...OF TROPICAL GEOGRAPHY (Epinephelus guttatus) and snappers. The least Vendors, intercepting seine-caught fish on the west popular fish, which are considered trash fish, in grade coast, keep the city well-supplied with jacks, robin, 4,5 and 6, include small jacks (Caranx spp.) croaker dodgers and sprat in the summer, and resident fisher- (Scianidae spp.), porpoise, balyhoo (Hemiramphus men, about...

Adams_1985_Fisheries_FishMarkets_StVincent_SingaporeJTG_v6n1.pdf 111 pages Imported Files 5,300.2 KB Jul 30, 2025

Technical Report

Tyson 1983 Register of Virgin Islands Shipwrecks 1523-1917 IRF

...when the sugar industry began to decline. Neither St. John, nor the British Virgin sas, with their However, limited agricultural outputs, attracted much shipping. as they stood athwart the sea lanes linking St. Thomas and St. Croix with Europe and North America, most of the ships trading with the archipelago passed through their waters, and they engaged in a considerable inter-island commerce...

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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Frank 1976 Grenadines From Columbus to Today

...who assisted me by typing the CLIVE A. FRANK To my friend and mentor, Fr. Charles A. Adams and to Patrick E. McIntosh To all those who have served the Grenadines faithfully in the past and those who do so today. PUBLISHED BY: Consultant Sales & Marketing, Christ Church. PRINTED BY: Cole’s Printery Ltd, Bridgetown. 6 ST. VINCENT GRENADINES | STVINCENT GRENADINES EUA Elizabeth ADMIRALTY B...

Frank_1976_Grenadines_From_Columbus_to_Today.pdf 354 pages Imported Files 12,738.7 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

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

Conference Proceeding

1993 IISD EarthNegotiationsBulletin Vol8 GlobalConference SustainableDevelopment SIDS PrepCom Report

...reefs are the marine equivalent of tropical rainforests and of equal importance. SIDS, having contributed very little to the phenomenon of global warming, are the most vulnerable to its adverse consequences. Project funding is often denied to SIDS on account of their small size and perceive d lack of global benefit. However, in the case of SIDS, local benefits have a obal impact. T...

1993_IISD_EarthNegotiationsBulletin_Vol8_GlobalConference_SustainableDevelopment_SIDS_PrepCom_Report.pdf 267 pages Imported Files 10,341.1 KB Jul 30, 2025

Academic Paper

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

...within developing countries that share many of these characteris- tics. Their infrastructures are largely or entirely self-contained, with energy and raw materials imported into the regions. Unlike the industrialized nations, where regions are closely interconnected through complex infra- structures for transport of materials, goods, energy, water, and information, these “island” regions in man...

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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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

EARTHMAP Design Study Implementation Plan Global Environment Technology Foundation 1995

...and deterioration of coastal zones. Global land cover change, The world's forests hold an estimated 58 per- cent of the total carbon stored in vegetative biomass, and hence are an important factor in climate change. Most rapid forest loss in the past 20 to 30 years has occurred in tropical realms, where an immeasurable wealth of biodiversity has been destroyed. While a number of studies are un...

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1991 CaribbeanConservationAssociation GreenhouseEffect CaribbeanImpacts MahonHowell

...The organisms that would be most likely to be affected are those their the POTENTIAL OUTCOMES OF of THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT be or the than Temperature Rise il i ) could of Sea Level Rise stress as able could Extreme Weather of the that live at the edge of their ecological ranges, for example; the seagrasses that live in shallow, lagoons. The numbers of some species of aquatic and terrestrial a...

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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...

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