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Academic Paper

Shaw Mark 1980 Chironomid Farming Manure Recycling HongKong Aquaculture21p155-163

S Aquaculture, 21 (1980) 155—163 155 Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam — Printed in The Netherlands CHIRONOMID FARMING — A MEANS OF RECYCLING FARM MANURE AND POTENTIALLY REDUCING WATER POLLUTION IN HONG KONG PANG-CHUI SHAW and KAI'KEUNG MARK Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T. (Hong Kong) (Accepted 3 m 1979) ABSTRACT Shaw, P.-c. and...
Conference Proceeding

1973 NSRC NAS Workshop Aquatic Weed Management Guyana Report

...Agriculture Government of Guyana Georgetown, Guyana U.P. Gibson Guyana Water Authority Georgetown, Guyana H. Harricharan Livestock Project Division Bank of Guyana Georgetown, Guyana Allied Mills Inc. W. Hernandez Trinidad, West Indies N. Holder Ministry of National Development & Agriculture Government of Guyana Georgetown, Guyana (continued overleaf) NATIONAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUN...
Technical Report

1987 GeotechAssociates StVincent OrangeHill CoreFarm RoadSystemDesign ReportGA87-02

...may be required. The above costs includes labour, consultancy and equipment rentals. 1l ol Equipment Capital Cost This cost has already been included as part of the cost for the overall Orange Hill development. A breakdown of the equipment, manpower and some aspects cost is provided below. ¢ —— —— — Page 0, . DET. D6 Bulldozer $361,050.00 D4 Bulldozer 161,737.00 Overloader 220,987.00 8 ton...
Technical Report

VanSant Tode 1988 Management Information System Hillside Agriculture Project Jamaica IRF

...overall HAP objectives. Arrange for the collection of standardized baseline data in each subproject area. Link subproject monitoring to baseline data categories. Defer automation of most financial and monitoring information management until the HAP staff can perform the necessary computer operations. Postpone any data link with the data bank computer of the Ministry of Agriculture for the f...
Technical Report

VanSant Toder 1988 Management Information System Hillside Agriculture Project Jamaica

...overall HAP objectives. Arrange for the collection of standardized baseline data in each subproject area. Link subproject monitoring to baseline data categories. Defer automation of most financial and monitoring information management until the HAP staff can perform the necessary computer operations. Postpone any data link with the data bank computer of the Ministry of Agriculture for the f...
Research Study

Gulston Eustace StVincentGrenadines Agricultural Sector Study Vol2 Agricultural Programmes OAS

...of the rural communities which comprise the human settlements. Because such services are highly developmental in outlook, and are most often very expensive, the private sector is very reluctant to engage in such non- profit activities. It is therefore, mainly the responsibility of the Government, with the help of international technical assistance to establish and maintain ee agencies to up far...
Conference Proceeding

1981 IMA Aquaculture Industry Trinidad Tobago Proceedings

...Office, St. James. THESE PROCEEDINGS WERE PUBLISHED BY THE ADVISORY SERVICES DIVISION — AS/81-1 OFTHE INSTITUTE OF MARINE AFFAIRS e k. v CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION TE T S A B & e giii 8 RII E VI Opening Remarks Dr. Doon Ramsaroop Welcoming Address Professor Max Richards Keynote Address Dr. E. Patrick Alleyne Aquaculture 1981: A Brief Overview Ronald B. Linsky CARIBBEAN PERSPECTIVES S § 8 6...
Technical Report

1986 StVincent OAS OrangeHillEstate FarmingDevelopmentPlan IanPJohn

G/VC 8 : V e S S GOVERNMENT OF ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES /ORGANISATION OF AMERICAN STATES (DEPARTMENT OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT) FARMING DEVELOPMENT PLAN IDENTIFYING LAND SETTLEMENT SCHEME, CORE FARM, AND PRIVATE SECTOR FARM —_—— Prepared by Ian P. John: _ R DATE: n 1986 The views expressed herein are entirely those of the Consultant and should not be attributed to the OAS. ISLAND RES...
Technical Report

Pesticide Safety Manual St Lucia IICA MinistryOfAgriculture Ambrose

...3 > . \ — == A\ ) N \ | \ = © T 1d h h &) STORE 1 1) 6 STORE all pesticides in original labelled containers. i ) = 2 i S ot (¢ ST ) Page 10 7 STORE all pesticides away from foodstuff and drinking water. ( A T / D) m [N FLIR = == = == el | —= | il | Page. 11 READ THE LABEL FIRST. Save the abel for emergencies. = [ N AN 7 22 z = Page 12 9 FOLLOW RECOMMENDATIONS. LO — ( / v 7 A i...
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StKitts Nevis Land Use Plan Pragmacorp RLA-82-004 Aug1984

...windb reaks. iones i 3 PThis zo0ne reced ves 2 5 50 or more inch kS [ed; are £ 25 of S mixegd much lower and the rov dad o a nd rain’ orest th adequa 3 (2) wing br ol This zone jg ched pon, a ection where + DCT as tha he forest has n o L ] howeve W have be tation
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1987 IRF StVincent RabaccaFarms CoreFarm Subdivision LandUsePlan IanPJohn

GOVERNMENT OF ST VINCENT AND THE GREMADIKES/ORGANISATION OF AMERICAN STATES (DEPARTMENT OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT) SUB-DIVISION & LAND USE PLAN OF THE CORE FARM FOR RABACCA FARMS LIMITED BY IAN P. JOHN JUNE 1987 CONTENTS Page Terms of Reference (1) Introduction and Background (ii) 1.0 Collaboration with Lands Survey Department, and Manager, Rabacca Farms Limited Location of the Core Farm 20 Collabo...
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Document 64145716

...itg attendant le sugest certain security over this country's supplies of f ish Protein isg necessary, The Fisheries Division has identified the reduction of imports as one of its main objectives in the ten- year development plan, Thus, the relevance of aquaculture within the economy in naking a significant contribution towards i fish produc- tion and to satisfy the protein requirements of the...
Technical Report

IDRC AFNS Crop Animal Production Systems Program Overview

Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Sciences Crop and Animal Production Systems Program 11! A B || i ||| . PS4 3 International Development Research Centre Crop and Animal Production Systems Program Program Foreword 3 The International Development Research Centre 4 The Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Sciences Division 5 The Crop and Animal Production Systems Program T Introduction 7 Program Objective...
Academic Paper

Wilken 1985 Role of Traditional Agriculture in Preserving Biological Diversity

T st E X ° X 2 T18 198 ROLE OF TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE IN PRESERVING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY by " Gene C. Wilken Department of Economics Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 e T — ROLE OF TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE IN FRESERVING RIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY e BeT 161 < 85 ARSTRACT n agriculture is characterized by small field size and reliance upon human or animal power o manage agricul- tu...
Technical Report

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

...faced ith the d to . regulate about 150 different agrocheaicals currently - being used (involving over 90 active ingredients) without an adequate data base. Hany of the countries have Pesticide Control Acts but do not yet have Regulations under those Acts. This project will provide data for basing hose = Regulations on risk assessaents appropriate to the Eastern Caribbean. 19 G i L ¢ g B 14...
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ICLARM Integrated Aquaculture Agriculture Poverty Alleviation Asia Africa

& = ONAL FOOD FOR THE RURAL POOR THROUGH INTEGRATED AQUACULTURE-AGRICULTURE DIRECT FOCUS ON POVERTY WHAT IS IAA Small-scale integrated aquaculture-agriculture (IAA) is a prime example of focus on techniques that are appropriate for poor people. IAA benefits them in terms of improved food, nutrition and higher incomes, while at the same time being ecologically sound. Integrated farming is a s...
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Rojas Meganck 1987 Land Distribution and Development Eastern Caribbean

...tached 10 ease agresments, 5 10 = 50 acre tarms GRS Three types of leases: short term or horticulture, mid ter for mixed i R tarming, fong term for vestoc i s 7 [ S L — + 19 000 6000 development integrated Rural for 760 of Grand Bay Castle o Construction of 12 kms of feeder Bruce and Soufnere o Provision of agricultural services . . entrepreneurs . D 1200 Grenada Land Divestment Land redsstribu...
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Document 65fcf6a4

...Eastern vr are with the ne to . regulate about (involving over 90 130 different agrocheaicals currently being used Many of the countrie active ingredients) without an adequate data base. Regulations under s have Pesticide Control Acts but do not yet have those Acts. This project will provide data for basing ' those Regulations on risk assessaents appropriate to the s. 19 ———— e ~ - Gl — A...
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Wider Caribbean Environmental Agricultural Constraints and Resource Management AMBIO 1981

...levels. The most successful countries Faculty of Agriculture at the Universi- amounts of Irish potatoes are imported ty of the West Indies. His address: because of their generally lower cost com- have been Colombia, Costa Rica, and— Department of Soil Science, Universi- pared with the cost of locally grown pota- except in 1979—Guatemala. The Domi- ty of the West Indies, St Augustine, toes. nica...
Technical Report

Neil 1987 Mechanical Engineering Aspects Orange Hill Estate FinalReport OAS IRF StVincent

...Thomas S. .. odas Y6802 - . Final Report Frepared by: William Neil, 0AS Ceormsultant Mecharical Erpirneering Aspects of the Orarge Hill Estate. MANANEMENT = During my assigrment at Oranpge Hill I was able tao t the Board of Directors to obtain tols for the worksh p and parts for two of the tractors, tyres for the trucks, supply. and & gerneratr for the power A water tark was b...
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WATER LOG 17-3 1997 Mississippi Alabama Coastal Legal Issues

...see Shipwreck pg. 14 Shipwreck cont. from pg. 13 then determined that the Brother Jonathan did not meet the "abandoned" requirement of the ASA. Thus, California had no claim of owners| under its historic preservation statutes. The outcome of this case is important to Mississippi and Alabama because each has asserted ownership over shipwrecks in a manner similar to California. In fact, Missis...
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IRF Water Island Case History Virgin Islands Development 1980

...Andersen deeds to East Asiatic Co., Ltd. March 1911 U.S. Government (Dept. of Defense) acquires June 1944 from East Asiatic Co. through condemnation SOURCE: st. Thomas Matriculs (tax lists) 1787-1900; "Water Island" file Recorder of Deeds Office, St. Thomas. - 8- who owned Carolina's Lyst~ had, at the time of his death in 1806, twenty-nine slaves and an undisclosed number of cat...
Academic Paper

Back 1981 Hydromythology Ethnohydrology New World WRR IRF

...peoples’ prayers for rain. As he threw, the crack of the sling was the thunder, the rock from his slingshot was a thunderbolt, and the lightning was a reflection from his shin- ing clothes. The rainwater came from the heavenly river, the Milky Way. Pachamama, the earth goddess, was especially important to the agricultural people; Mamacocha, a sea god- dess, was of primary concern to the fishing...
Academic Paper

Adams JohnE 1980 Fish Markets Belize Problems Consumption JournalCulturalGeography

2o oo blems ". / | Lons & owrl & / , Crprephy Ve 3 ] St- L - Dowli s / Ceen Fish Markets of Belize: Problems of Fish Consumption John E. Adams ABSTRACT. The coastal waters of Belize, in Central America, are well stocked with fish, but since early colonial times the commercial development of marine resources, beginning with the exploitation of turtles in the 17th century, has depen...
Academic Paper

Nicholson Precumbian Seafaring Lesser Antilles

PRECOLUMBIAN SEAFARING CAPABILITIES THE LESSER ANTILLES. ) 97 & gl vy = = - — S= e = == = 32 = =i & —= A — & = _— — N/ ww.
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Dominica Shipwrecks LloydsList 1565-1813 Exhibit nn

...available sources of ship- wreck information and is indicative of the number of shipwrecks located in the waters of the Commonwealth of Dominica. This list in no way comprises a total of the Dominica shipwrecks and lists less than half of the number of actual wrecks. 15 1565, Unidentified Spanish ship wrecked on the island ané the When Carib Indians captured and ate most of the sur...
Technical Report

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

...8 September, 1801. Year 1801. Ship, nationality unknown, named Lavinia, Captain Elles, from Tortola to Quebec, lost near Tortola; a great part of her cargo was saved. 47. Source: Lloyds . . ° , #4186, 15 September, 1801. 48. Year 1803. British ship, General Abercrombie, Captain Booth, rom Africa to West Indies, lost at St. Croix, but most of her cargo saved. Source: Lloyds . . . , #4344, 2...
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1995 Broad Azores Shipwrecks Portugal Maritime Heritage NYT

...a case study in whether an ocean state can foster both private gain and public knowledge; a delicate balancing act that has failed in some countries and invariably upsets partisans. - ! “The question is whether these “riches go to the antiquities markets and private collections or to mu- seums and scholars for scientific study,” said Dr. Alves of the Nation- al Museum of Archeology, who has ac...
Other

Historic and Scientific Displays in Naval Ships and Stations US Navy 1970

...F. Kent Loowmis, Captain, USN (Ret.), Director of Naval History (Op-09B9) and Curator for the Navy Department. Naval Academy Museum. Quartermaster Frederick Boyer, USN; oil by H. C. Flagg. R CONTENTS FOREWORD THE USES OF HISTORIC AND SCIENTIFIC DISPLAYS TYPES OF DISPLAYS (1) Technical or Technical-Historical Museum (2) Historical-Art Museum (3) Historical Museum (4) Shipboard Display (5) Nav...
Academic Paper

1984 InternationalJournalNauticalArchaeology 13-2 Apparatus Underwater Excavations

L (o The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration (1984), 13.2: 145-178 Notes and News ders ! the ), 66, Vool. 983: a, A wal of es on nser- n the 6 (in rt the ter to ums 11. El Dec), ports chors d the o the Yam, ph (in tified 12.4: 1entos Sub- 1983: Apparatus for use in underwater holo excavations The present article, based on one published in Vida Sub...
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Maruca 1982 Submerged Cultural Resources Unit Protects NPS Shipwrecks Isle Royale

...or the rainbow ar- ray of fish visible in southern L waters. Rather, there’s something darker about its appeal as well as its treasures. Lake Superior is not a } place for casual divers or divers used to warmer climates. But the rewards 7, for divers skilled enough to take the plunge are outstanding. 2 W “You're dropping down through the darkness . . . and you see it—the enjoyment...
Research Study

Armstrong Archaic Subsistence Settlement StKitts Shellfish 1976-1979

...model is baged on factors on St. previous studies of Archaic sit es and environmental Kitts and from throughout the Les ser Antilles. It was field tested on the Peninsula of St. Kitts with f avorable results. .- The model assumes the principal of least cost and was fo rmulated to fit the specific socio- envir onmental setting of the St. Kitts Ap The definition of Archaic, o chaic. as used here...
Academic Paper

Richardson 1973 Spatial Determinants Rural Livelihood Coastal Guyana ProfGeographer

...to provide ease of access inland from the coastal high- way by means other than canals or dirt trails. A recently announced highway proj- ect may provide a partial solution. Work was scheduled to begin in late 1972 on a highway south of Georgetown inland from the coastal highway. (9) It is hoped that this project will begin to reorient Guyana’s traditional settlement imbalance which still finds...
Other

DeBooy Investigations Virgin Islands Aborigines Magens Bay ScientificAmericanSupplement2180 1917

...o understand the methods by which ab- original vill 20 sit are enerally located in the West well to prefuce this article by stating Indies, it may b tat afier arriving on whatever islad he wishes to vstiate, the ich ogist bepins by asking the native aifrisrs h he have evel noiiced B i There can be no doub that Magen Bay was an ide location for the Indian villug In the tirst place, with the ex...
Other

INA Newsletter Voyagers in the New World Prehistoric Maritime Traditions Maya Seafaring Quintana Roo 1984-1985

lNANewsE%fig*fiQéR VOYAGEKS VOYAGEKS IN THE NEW WORLD Across Seas, Along Shores Prehistoric mariners plyed New World waters to explore, o populate and to prompt change In response to our last Newsletter on the New World ships of discovery, we received a letter from a reader that ultimately prompted the focus of this succeeding issue. Admonishing Institute researchers to be aware of...
Government Report

South Carolina Underwater Antiquities Act 1982 Stephenson

...Revocation and Appeal Section 13. (a) The Institute or board may suspend or revoke a license issued by them for just cause after the licensee has been given at least twenty days’ notice in writing of the charges against him and is granted a hearing by the issuing authority. Upon the hearing of any such proceedings the issuing authority may administer oaths and subpoena the attendance of witness...
Other

1984-08-23 BVI-Beacon MAVL Saba-Rock Shipwreck-Mapping-Expedition BVI

BVI Beacon ... Vol. 1, No. 12 Road Town Tortola BVI 35 Cents August 23,1984 MAVL Resumes Aned Dive prons A dive “boat, the Saba Rock, owned b Ocean Re- covery Inc., and contracted by Marine Archeological Ventures Ltd (MAVL) arrived in the BVI last week to begin work on phase 1y of a 1980 Agreement be- ween MAVL and the govern- ment of the BVI The Agreement grants the W company the exclusive right...
Technical Report

1991-04-15 Cummins DamageControlForMuseumCollections IRF

...off-site. C. Priority Conservation - Priority collections should be examined and treated as quickly as possible. - In our warm and humid climate salvage/treat- ment efforts should begin immediately to prevent mould growth. Maps, prints, paintings, documents and books (paper) should all be examined as quickly as possible.Mould starts growing on wet paper within 48 hours. Biological ,textile as...
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Trupp AncientShipwrecks TreasureHunters vs Archaeologists US Florida HMSFowey Atocha 1979

...Angel, and diver Rick Gage were drowned at the Atocha site when their tugboat sank. The Fisher's became same year, career bizarrely complicated. In an action unrelated to the Atocha operation, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified Florida's seaward boundaries. That change put the Atocha and the Santa Margarita, lying far offshore in the treacher- ous quicksands of the Gulf of Mexico, under feder...
Policy Document

AdvisoryCouncil TreatmentOfArcheologicalProperties Handbook 1980

Advisory Council On Treatment of Historic Archeological Properties Preservation November 1980 A Handbook 3 o , a g/ / 2 ( i & e L 3! - - - 'y ~F 5 (i) L %o & = 6% y “w qe g (77 £ & - - 2 1 o £ A 22 y 2 L7 .0 R o5, 0%, 203 90 o, X3 5 ) 5 S R ( 000 SU IS o, 7% 0 Ao S o0 25 i 0 ) water main, 5005% K 30, 8. 5 002, o 3 £ 28 00 % 3 RO 2% i 0 - . '5So 79D o 0 002, 0800, 25 e drain o R 636 =...
Government Report

USGS CaribbeanDistrict Bulletin Vol10 No1 Jan1991 ClimateChange SedimentSampling WaterResources

...used extensively to collect sediment samples but have always been plagued with problems. The Caribbean District has recently made several modifications to improve the operation of auto- matic sediment samplers. These improvements in- clude making the sensor more reliable and protecting the sampler from contamination by flood waters. Sediment samples are collected at each station w...
Other

USGS CaribbeanDistrict WaterResourcesReview Vol10No1 Jan1991

...samplers have been used extensively to collect sediment samples but have always been plagued with problems. The Caribbean District has recently made several modifications to improve the operation of auto- matic sediment samplers. These improvements in- clude making the sensor more reliable and protecting the sampler from contamination by flood waters. Sediment samples are collecte...
Academic Paper

Merriam 1972 Decentralized Power Sources for Developing Countries IDR

2 Water, wnd sun, and oher local energy sources should be used to enlarge the energy supply of lages . developing countries. Decentralized Power Sources for Developing Countries Marshal F. Merriam University of California, Berkeley [ By ‘“‘decentralized power sources,’ ' | mean sources the bullock becomes a liability. Certainly the power of electrical, mechanical, and thermal power fo...
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Tiempo Issue22 1996-12 RenewableEnergy GHG Poland AlJ RegionalClimate Biodiversity Desertification

...wind energy. geothermal encrgy sources. liquid bio-fucls as well as rape and cereals such as triticalc, and biogas—except for biomass, it is nccessary to usc direct financial incentives. It is suggested that, as an cconomic instrument, non-returnable subsidis (reaching up to 50 per cent of outlays in the first implementation of a given technology then gradually reduced) be used. 8. In the muni...
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1991 CaribbeanConservationAssociation GreenhouseEffect CaribbeanImpacts MahonHowell

—AmmIwn Mar. 1991 R Association Caribbean Conservation The Greenhouse Efect may be explained as the worldwide About 30% of the incoming sunlight is reflected by the clouds, snow, water and land and is lost to outer space atmospheric warming which results when atmospheric gases without heating the atmosphere or the earth’s surface (see absorb heat from the sun and the earth. This atmos...
Conference Proceeding

Gow 1988 Development of Fragile Lands Theory and Practice DESFIL ConferencePaper

...1988. by David Gow May 1988 Prepared for the U.S. Agency for International Development under contract number 527-0000-C-00-7841-00 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 3 G A E W R e s s e B KEY TERMS B % W e w s e e e o e @ @ B RI R E E R Sustainable Development % T U L A l ( e W5 @ _®. 5 w oW & 4 e EE W e W R e R e Fragile Lands WHY FRAGILE LANDS ARE AT RISK & e dax y ey ee ow THE DEVELOPMEN...
Technical Report

Hodgkins 1980 Solar Salt Pond Generating Systems Pine Cay Caribbean PRIDE

...70 acre farm into a productive unit. PRIDE will provide technical A PRIDE project, this study should be expertise and the hardware to erect available to interested parties in public- a wind powered farm house/ light ation form by the summer of 1981. industry complex on the Antigua farm- site. A Bergey 1 KW 12 volt wind If the proposal indicates economic electric generator will be used to and pr...
Technical Report

IRF SeaLevelRise CoastalSubsidence Haq WorldBank 1994

...in the sea level. For example, since the last glacial period ended about 17,000 years ago, the sea level has risen nearly 110 meters as the continental ice sheets (covering much of the north- ern latitudes during the ice age) melted. The rate of sea level rise during this transition exceeded 20 millimeters per year at times. How- ever, the global sea level reached a stable high some 4,000 years...
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Document d386151d

- | Garbage sought to help island The Associated Press — . SEATTLE Dan Fleming wants to ship West Coast garbage to the Marshall Islands, which he _says would keep the dots of dry and in the South Pacific from be- ing submerged by rising water from the greenhouse effect. But environmentalists say the plan is just a way to make a profit by unloading garbage on a poor coun! le admi...
Conference Proceeding

Jensen Thomas 2000 Renewable Energy on Small Islands Executive Summary IRF

...Dominica and St. Lucia have an explicit target of becoming 100% self- sufficient from renewable energy sources. Around the world a few islands already hav some of the characteristics of a Renewable Energy Island (REI) La Desirade (France), Fiji, Samsoe (Denmark), Pellworm (Germany) and Reunion (France) are currently producing more than 50% of their electricity from renewable energy sources 2...
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