St. Vincent and the Grenadines : country environmental profile

Vincent and the Grenadines is organized into ten sections. Section 1 describes the general environmental setting and briefly reviews historical, economic, and demographic features. Sections 2-5 review key resource areas, covering, respectively, forests and wildlife, agriculture and watershed management, freshwater resources, and coastal and marine resources. Section 6 examines energy, transportation, and industry issues, while Section 7 focuses on tourism. Pollution and environmental health are the subjects of Section 8. Section 9 examines growth management issues, covering land use planning, development control, parks and other protected areas, and environmental and family planning education. Section 10 surveys the institutional framework for environmental management, including overviews of key agencies and organizations with resource management and development responsibilities. An executive summary summarizes the country"s critical environmental problems -- pesticide use, illegal activities in forest reserves and in water catchment and marine conservation areas, sand mining and coastal erosion, inadequate solid waste disposal, and hazardous materials spills and presents short-, medium-, and long-term recommendations to address them. Appended is a comprehensive bibliography on natural resource development and environmental management in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.