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Island Resources Foundation 1990 REPORT AN ANNUAL SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES, AND PUBLICATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1990 Red Hook Center Box 33, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands 00802 Telephone: (809) 775-6225 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS OF SIX CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES COMPLETED COMPREHENSIVE GUIDES TO CRITICAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ISSUES In early 1987 when staff at Island Resources Foundation, in partnership with the Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA), took on the task of assisting in the preparation of Country Environ mental Profiles for six Eastern Caribbean countries, they knew they were taking on a formidable assign ment. What they did not fully real ize was the magnitude of that effort, which would not be completed until four years later. Before the Profile project ended, an unprecedented as semblage of institutions, government agencies, non-governmental organi zations, and individuals would be come involved in a first-of-its-kind effort to comprehensively examine and assess priority environmental is sues in the countries of: Antigua- Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vin cent and the Grenadines. Over the course of the four year project, eight IRF staff persons and 14 IRF associates were to be in volved in Profile research and writ ing assignments. Additionally, CEP National Committees were formed Dr. Edward Towle (I), President of IRF, presents a $500 check to Mr. Ronald Charles, a Forestry Officer in Dominica, who, with fellow Forestry Officer Arlington James (not pictured), was a recipient of the 1990 Euan P. McFarlane Environmental Leader ship Award, which is presented annually by Island Resources Foundation (see page 2). in each target country to assist with technical review and provide guid ance to IRF research teams. A total of 149 Antiguans, Dominicans, Grenadians, Kittians, Nevisians, St. Lucians, and Vincentians were to serve on these CEP committees. In each Profile country, one government agency took the lead in providing coordination and liaison for the project. In most cases, this was the Ministry of Agriculture, al though in St. Lucia the Central Planning Unit assumed the role, and in St. Vincent it was the new Min istry of Health and the Envi ronment. A governmental commis sion in Antigua — the Historical, Conservation and Environmental Commission — provided leadership in coordinating the Profile project for Government in that country. (continued on page 2) IN THIS REPORT ... • N G O P R O G R A M U P D A T E • N E W P U B L I C A T I O N S • ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP AWARD • TRIBUTE TO NATE SCHURER • VIRGIN ISLANDS TERRITORIAL PARK PLANNING • RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DILEMMA IN BERMUDA SPECIAL INSERT: SUMMARY OF EASTERN CARIBBEAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE PROJECT IRF 1990 ANNUAL REPORT, Page 2 (CEP PROJECT, continued from page 1) Additionally, at the pro ject's commencement, the hinder (the U.S. Agency for International Development) as well as the two key implementing organizations (CCA and IRF) agreed to identify a meaningful role for non-govern mental organizations (NGOs) in implementing CEPs in the Eastern Caribbean. Consequentially, NGOs in the six target countries were se lected to provide local support ser vices and assistance for the CEP National Committees and IRF re search teams. Each NGO received a subvention from the Caribbean Conservation Association to assist it in carrying out its responsibilities. More information on NGO participation in the CEP project can be found in Issue No. 11 (January 1991) of IRF's "NGO NEWS for the Eastern Caribbean." Suffice it to re iterate two points here. First, the CEP project enabled many partici pating NGOs to obtain the services of paid staff and to upgrade or ex pand essential office services or fa cilities. At the same time, in volvement of the non-government sector in the project will help ensure that the CEP reports and their in ternal findings are perceived as an important agenda for change by local environmental leaders — both within and external to government. As completed, the CEP se ries provides almost 1,500 pages of descriptive analysis, sector-specific assessment, and literally hundreds of policy recommendations, all dealing with the state of the environment in each of six Eastern Caribbean countries. Each Profile establishes a new resource management agenda for the 1990's for governments, NGOs, donor groups and resource managers working in the region. There is nothing else available at the present time - within a single, coun try-specific format — to equal the scope, detail, and multi-sector ap proach of the CEP reports. AID, CCA, and IRF were told at the beginning of this process by our in-country working partners that there would be considerable value in taking a retrospective look at and reporting on environmental change as it has taken place in se lected Eastern Caribbean islands in the last several decades. It was long overdue, and - as we were told by one CEP Committee member - "We need to look back and see where we country been." But in addition to looking back, the CEP reports look to the future. To implement even a por tion of the policy recommendations presented will require both co operation and coordination, for these recommendations and guide lines are seldom as neat and orderly as their presentation in written form in the Profiles would suggest. Fur thermore, as the Profiles often make clear, a complex problem will ap pear, and in fact will prove, in tractable until it is attacked cre atively, aggressively and simultane ously by both government and pri vate sector entities, working to gether more or less as partners. One of the purposes of the Country Environmental Profile Project was to improve these avenues of dia logue in the search for workable solutions. A "fact sheet" on the Profile Project is included with this annual report, along with information on how to obtain pre-print copies of each Profile report. 1990 McFARLANE LEADERSHIP AWARD PRESENTED JOINTLY TO TWO DOMINICAN FORESTERS Unable to make a selection between two outstanding candidates, IRF's Award Committee for the an nual Euan P. McFarlane Award de cided to present the 1990 honor to each finalist — Mr. Ronald Charles and Mr. Arlington James, both Forestry Officers in Dominica. Recipient Arlington James heads the Environmental Education Unit of Dominica's Forestry and Wildlife Division and has played a leadership role in implementing conservation education activities in his country. The letter nominating James reported that he had been re sponsible for production of a steady stream of environmental literature for many years, including monthly publication of "Vwa Diablotin", a popular tabloid produced by the Forestry Division. Recipient Ronald Charles also works as a Forestry Officer with a primary interest in environmental education. As a participant in Pro ject Sisserou, a wildlife conservation project sponsored by Forestry, Charles visited every school in the country and addressed over 12,000 children on the subject of endan gered Dominican wildlife. The McFarlane Award for Outstanding Environmental Leader ship was first established by IRF in 1987 to provide recognition for young West Indians (under 35 years of age) who have demonstrated en vironmental leadership in the East ern Caribbean. The award is named in memory of an IRF trustee and was endowed by Laurance S. Rockefeller. It includes an unre stricted $1,000 cash gift. EASTERN CARIBBEAN PARKS BIBLIOGRAPHY Early in 1990 IRF, in cooperation with the U.S. National Park Service and the Virgin Islands National Park and Bio sphere Reserve, released a new publica tion which represents an up-to-date working bibliography on parks and pro tected areas in the Eastern Caribbean. Released under the title of "Eastern Caribbean Parks and Protected Areas Bibliography", this annotated and cross- referenced Dibliography contains 460 en tries, which tell the story of parks and protected area development and man agement in the sub-region. Through the offices of IRF, the Virgin Islands National Park, and the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute in St. Croix, hundreds of copies of the bibliography have already been distributed. IRF still has a few copies available, and inter ested institutions or individuals should contact its Publications Office in Wash ington, D.C. to request a copy. Priority wiN be given to requests from the East ern Caribbean region. IRF 1990 ANNUAL REPORT, Page 3 PHASE TWO OF NGO PROGRAM OFF TO A GOOD START IN 1990 Since 1986, Island Resources Foundation has supported a pro gram of assistance for Eastern Caribbean non-governmental orga nizations (NGOs) that have envi ronmental program interests. Ini tially funded as a "pilot project" by World Wildlife Fund-US and Rock efeller Brothers Fund, the NGO Program entered Phase Two in September of 1989 with the award ing of a major five-year matching grant by the U.S. Agency for Inter national Development (AID). From its commencement, now more than four years ago, IRF's NGO Program has been built on one basic premise, namely, that the private, non-government sector in the Eastern Caribbean has an important role to play as an agent for sustain able development and planned growth strategies, as a "quality con trol" mechanism for monitoring de velopment impacts, and as an insti tutional forum for consensus-building about national development goals. In short, opportunities for environ mental leadership exist in the re gion, as do opportunities for pro moting joint government/NGO ini tiatives and partnerships. PROGRAM DIRECTOR APPOINTED In January 1990, Dr. Bruce J. Horwith joined IRF's staff as the full-time director of the NGO Pro gram. Bruce came to IRF from AID's Washington office, where he had worked as a natural resources and agricultural specialist in AID's Women in Development Program. In June, Bruce and his family moved to Antigua, the country selected by IRF as the base for its NGO pro gram activities in the Eastern Caribbean. The NGO project office is presently located at the National Museum in Antigua's capital city of St. John's. NGO FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE During 1990, both financial and technical assistance was provided by IRF to the 11 primary organizations directly participating in the NGO Program. Grants for institution- building activities were awarded to three NGOs: the Antigua Environ mental Awareness Group (EAG), the St. Christopher Heritage Soci ety, and the Nevis Environmental Education Committee. This was EAG's second grant from IRF under the NGO Program, but the first for the Heritage Society and the Nevis group. Additionally, IRF as sisted one NGO -- the Nevis His torical and Conservation Society — in successfully obtaining third-party funding (in this case, from the World Wildlife Fund-US) for a new resource management program. This grant will be administered by IRF in cooperation with WWF. Direct on-site training and technical assistance in board and staff development and in the prepa ration of "institutional development plans" were provided to seven NGOs during the year. IRF plans to con tinue these initiatives in 1991 and also expand the range of services available by adding at least two new program elements to focus on: (1) NGO financial management and (2) NGO program planning, particularly in the areas of biodiversity, museum development, ecological restoration, and agroforestry. INTERNSHIP PROGRAM LAUNCHED IN SUMMER 1990 Under IRF's Internship Pro gram, the services of three interns were made available to Caribbean NGOs during the summer of 1990. Anne Hughes, a Master's Degree candidate at Michigan State Univer sity, and her husband, Terry, a doc toral candidate from Cornell Uni versity, spent two months in Antigua, working with the Environ mental Awareness Group and the Cooperative Farmers Association. These internships were co-spon sored by IRF and the Pan American Development Foundation. Ms. Erin Kellogg, who is fin ishing a Master's Degree at Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, spent the summer working with the Nevis Historical and Conservation Society. Her internship was co-funded by IRF and the MUKTI Fund. IRF plans to substantially ex pand the internship component of its NGO Program in the coming years, as this has proven to be an effective means of providing short- term technical support to our NGO partners. Activities or projects for assigned interns are selected by the sponsoring NGO but must be com patible with the overall objectives of IRF's NGO Program. IN MEMORY - NATESCHURER tt was with a heavy sense of personal and institutional loss that IRF learned of the death of Foundation trustee, Nathaniel Schurer - or Nate, as he was known by all. IRF president Ed Towle first met Nate 20 years ago when, as director of the College of the Virgin Islands' research institute, he did business with the New Jersey scientific equipment supply company of which Nate was then Vice President. Business brought Nate often to the Caribbean - and he just couldn't stay away, finally moving family and business to the island of Puerto Rico more than a decade ago. Nate was first elected to the Foundation's Board of Trustees in 1979 and remained an active member until his death in 1990. His interest in the Foundation, however, long preceded his membership on the Board. His wise coun sel, never-failing optimism, and steadfast support were important to IRF's founders, particularly during the Foundation's first halting years. A decent and gentle man has left us much too soon, and we shall miss him very much. IRF 1990 ANNUAL REPORT, Page 4 POST-HURRICANE HUGO ENVIRONMENTAL RECOVERY STRATEGY FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS On September 17, 1989, Hurri cane Hugo, among the fiercest storms of this century, past directly over the Virgin Islands devastating much of this U.S. Territory and in flicting heavy damage on the coastal environment and its resources. In the months after the disaster, the V.I. Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) de veloped a broadly-conceived pro grammatic response to Hugo and its devastation which acquired the somewhat cumbersome administra tive title of "Territorial Post-Hurri cane Hugo Environmental Recovery Strategy." With the overall goal of en hancing the recovery of coastal envi ronmental systems damaged by Hugo, the recovery strategy calls for (1) a thorough assessment of the environmental systems and site-spe cific damages inflicted by Hugo, (2) the design of monitoring and dam age mitigation plans for sites identi fied as warranting parks and pro tected areas status, and (3) the development of a plan for reducing damage in future natural disasters by Government acquisition of haz ard-prone and environmentally sen sitive areas. The last objective in cludes preparation of a feasibility study for the immediate de velopment of a Virgin Islands Ter ritorial Park System. In order to achieve these am bitious goals, the Department sought and received the assistance of a broad base of experts, including ~ in addition to the Department's own resource management units - personnel from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Na tional Park Service/Southeast Re gional Office, The Nature Conser vancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser vice, Sea Grant Program/University of the Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands Extension Service, and the Virgin Islands National Park. Providing critical coordinating and management functions for this complex park systems planning project is Island Resources Founda tion, with President Ed Towle serv ing as project director, assisted by Adrian Schottroff, a geologist/bi ologist who joined IRF's St. Thomas staff in mid-1990, and Jean-Pierre Bade from IRF's Washington office, who handled air photo interpreta tion and mapping tasks. Addition ally, Roy Watlington, currently on leave from his faculty position at the University of the Virgin Islands, joined IRF's project team for sev eral months, as did several IRF Re search Associates. At the project's commence ment in June, 52 Hugo-impacted sites were identified for initial dam age assessment. Following prelimi nary analysis and reporting, 35 ac tive sites were identified, each of which required additional as sessment through a combination of site visits and air photo inter pretation. The volume of material assembled by IRF in this multi-lay ered assessment process has been staggering. Much of the damage as sessment information has been computerized in a flat data base. As 1990 drew to a close, the list of "priority sites" had been narrowed to approximately one dozen, in cluding both recreational areas and natural areas on all three Virgin Is lands ~ St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John. Work will continue on de veloping required intervention strategies for the priority sites and establishing land acquisition re quirements, including appraisals and costing scenarios, for each. The final product will constitute what is in effect a feasibility report outlining how Government is to turn the high priority, Hugo-damaged sites into a viable territorial park system. Final results will be available early in 1991. TOWLE HEADS COMMISSION OF INQUIRY IN BERMUDA In November IRF President Edward Towle was invited by the Gover nor of Bermuda to head a three-member Commission of Inquiry to exam ine the future of the fishing industry and long-term protection of the marine environment in Bermuda. The Commission came into being as a result of Government action earlier in the year to ban the use of fish pots, a measure designed to protect diminishing reef fish stocks. When opposition to the ban was expressed by local fishermen, the House of Assembly asked the Governor to set up the Commission of Inquiry. In three weeks of both public and closed-session hearings, the Com mission heard testimony from Government resource managers, local scien tific experts, and aggrieved fishermen, which resulted in thousands of pages of testimony to be shifted through by the panel in reaching its conclusions. The immediate issue was the right of fishermen to pursue their profession using traditional fishing methods versus the right of the state to impose re strictions in order to manage a threatened resource. Larger issues con cerned the future prospects of the fishing industry in Bermuda and the ade quacy of local efforts to protect the marine environment generally. When asked about the Commission's mandate, Towle commented in the Bermudian press that, "while it is not difficult to make decisions, it is ex tremely difficult to make the right decisions." The Commission's conclu sions (to be released early in 1991) will have a significant impact on Bermuda resource management policies for years to come and might even provide a few "lessons learned" analogies for the islands of the Caribbean. Upon his return to St. Thomas, Towle, who was making his first visit to Bermuda, remarked on the obvious effectiveness of Bermuda's planning and growth management strategies, which could be observed in everything from control of vehicular traffic to enforcement of building code standards to an almost total absence of litter and roadside debris. IRF 1990 ANNUAL REPORT, Page 5 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS Listed below are the individuals, organizations and corporations who have, since the Foundation's estab lishment in 1971, consistently and generously provided unrestricted institutional support to Island Re sources Foundation, primarily in the form of annual memberships. We are sincerely grateful to all these generous friends and donors and take this opportunity to acknowledge this important source of support. BENEFACTORS Individual: Dr. and Mrs. Lyman J. Spire (since 1974) Corporate: American Airlines (since 1972) LIFE MEMBERS ACS Chemical and Scientific, Inc. San Juan, PR Agricultural Mis- sions/Nat'l. Council of Churches New York, NY Helen L. Auble Winter Park, FL Robert A. Bernhard New York, NY Caribbean Marine St. Croix, VI Compass Point Development Corp. St. Thomas, VI Connark Co., Ltd. Delray Beach, FL Charles Consolvo St. Thomas, VI Mrs. H. J. Coolidge Beverly, MA John Earhart Laguna Beach, CA Christopher Haig St. Thomas, VI Myron Hokin Chicago, IL Homeland Found. Laguna Beach, CA George J. Jacobus Delray Beach, FL James LeFever Long Boat Key, FL Robert LeFever Enigma, GA Samuel Lumpkin Baltimore, MD Mad River Found. Gibson Island, MD Mocatta Corp. New York, NY Mr./Mrs. Bruce Potter Washington, DC Mrs. Mason Scudder Naples, FL Shell Seekers, Inc. St. Thomas, VI Robert W. Siddall Palm Beach, FL US Forest Service Caribbean National Forest Rio Piedras, PR L Arthur Watres St. Thomas, VI Sylvia Weaver and Kenneth Damon St. John, VI 15-YEAR MEMBERS The following have been members of the Foundation for at least 15 years (years of membership shown in parenthesis) Mr./Mrs. Wm. Claypool Stellacoom, WA(15) Miriam Gray Nevada, MO (15) Noel Peattie Winters, CA (15) Mr./Mrs. Charles Tilton St. Thomas, VI (18) MEMBERSHIP and DONATION INFORMATION Island Resources Foundation is a non-endowed, operating foundation, incorporated as a tax exempt, non-profit organi zation under the laws of the United States. Contributions, including membership, are tax deductible in the United States. Contact the Founda tion's headquarters in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, for more information. The Foundation reminds U.S. citizens that income and in heritance tax laws are de signed to encourage "planned gifts" to organizations such as IRF. Such contributions may be made: • as gifts from current income • as donations of property, • stocks, bonds, insurance or annuities • through bequests and wills. MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES * INDIVIDUAL: Associate Membership US$ 25. F a m i l y M e m b e r s h i p U S $ 5 0 . Sponsoring Membership US$ 100. L i f e M e m b e r s h i p U S $ 5 0 0 . INSTITUTIONAL/CORPORATE: C o n t r i b u t i n g U S $ 2 0 0 . D o n o r U S $ 5 0 0 . P a t r o n U S $ 2 , 0 0 0 . * 25% discount on publications for members IRF 1990 ANNUAL REPORT, Page 6 10-YEAR MEMBERS The following have been members of the Foundation for at least 10 years (years of membership shown in parenthesis) Mr./Mrs. John Blum New York, NY (13) Mr./Mrs. Robert Coffin Long Grove, IL (14) Helen S. Conant Watsonville, CA (13) Richard A. Dewey Portland, OR (10) Bonita L Fechner San Mateo, CA (13) S. Fechtmeyer-Bolar Sacramento, CA (12) Andrew Glass St. Thomas, VI (13) Mr./Mrs. R.B. Harkness St. Thomas, VI (10) Dr./Mrs. Sidney Hertz St. Thomas, VI (13) Samuel P. McChesney Plymouth, Montserrat (11) Virginia McConnell St. Thomas, VI (14) Betty McFarlane Bethel, CT (11) Louis Mills, Jr. Bloorningburg, NY (11) Dr. Jean K. Nielsen Arlington, VA (14) Mr. E.M. Risse Reston,VA(10) Mr./Mrs. E.L Robertson, Jr. St. Thomas, VI (12) Margaret M. Stewart Voorheesville, NY (12) Henry Wheatley St. Thomas, VI (14) 5-YEAR MEMBERS The following have been members of the Foundation for at least 5 years (years of membership shown in parenthesis) John D. Archbold Upperville, VA (8) Warren Brown Bethesda, MD (8) Caribbean Natural Resources Institute St. Croix, VI (8) Cardow, Inc. St. Thomas, VI (7) John C. Cooper III Baltimore, MD (6) Robert Devaux Castries, St. Lucia (9) Dobbin Associates Alexandria, VA (8) Franklin Foster Baltimore, MD (5) Rosemary Galiber St. Thomas, VI (6) Lawrence Hill Bowie, MD (5) Dr. Anne LaBastille Big Moose, NY (5) Arthur Leaman St. Kitts (5) Richard May New York, NY (6) Gloria F. McGowan St. Thomas, VI (7) Charles E. Morris Stanford, CT (7) Sarah Morrisette Yazoo City, MS (6) Dr. Maynard Nichols Gloucester, VA (6) Dr. Robert Norton British Virgin Islands (7) Dr. John Ogden St. Petersburg, FL (7) Esther G. Parker Sherborn, MA (9) Dorothea Peterson St. Thomas, VI (8) Yves Renard vleux Fort, St. Lucia (6) Dr. Caroline Rogers St. John, VI (5) Rodger Schlickeisen Alexandria, VA (5) Frances Spivy-Weber Washington, DC ((8) Mr./Mrs. Thornton Thomas Bellevue, WA (9) Mr./Mrs. R.H. Van Steelant Newtown, PA (9) ISLAND RESOURCES FOUNDATION ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING FOR DEVELOPMENT HEADQUARTERS Red Hook Center Box 33 #11 Estate Nazareth St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802 USA Tel.: 809/775-6225 BRANCH OFFICE 1718 P Street, Northwest Suite No. T4 Washington, D.C. 20036 USA Tel.: 202/265-9712 NGO PROGRAM OFFICE Bruce J. Horwith, Program Director c/o Antigua-Barbuda National Museum Long Street, Post Office Box 103 St. John's, ANTIGUA Tel.: 809/462-1469 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Edward L. Towle, President Paul Gibson, Jr. Henry Wheatley, Vice President Henry G. Jarccki Charles W. Consolvo, Secretary Bruce G. Potter Judith A. Towle, Treasurer Rodger Schlickeisen ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Edward L. Towle, President Judith A. Towle, Vice President Sandra R. Tate, VI Office Manager Jean-Pierre Bade, DC Staff Representative PRE-PRINT COPIES OF COUNTRY ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILES AVAILABLE FROM IRF Although it is expected that funding will be available to publish all of the Country Environmental Profiles in cluded in the CEP series for the Eastern Caribbean, in the interim, Island Resources Foundation will make available (at cost) photocopies of individual reports. ORDER INFORMATION. Send requests with pre-payment to: Publications Office, Island Resources Foundation 1718 P Street, Northwest, Suite T4 Washington, DC 20036 USA. A US$4.00 handling charge will be added to each order under $50; US$5.00 will be added for orders over $50. When ordering, specify whether order should be shipped priority mail OR fourth class book rate for U.S. addresses; air mail .OR printed matter (surface) rate for non-U.S. addresses. Please note that orders must be PRE-PAID, except for postage which will be added and billed separately. NON-U.S. ACCOUNTS: Please submit payment in a U.S. dollar draft drawn on an American bank or as an international money order; otherwise, there will be a US$10.00 service charge for cashing non-U.S. checks or other money instruments. Each Country Environmental Profile (or CEP) is designed as a guide for future development planning and resource man agement decision-making in target Eastern Caribbean countries. A broad spectrum of sector-specific environ ment/development topics are examined (e.g., marine and terrestrial systems, parks and protected areas, wildlife, land use planning, agriculture, industry, energy, institutional capabilities). Each such topic constitutes a chapter or sub-chapter of the Profile, which is further sub-divided into three segments. First, a broad OVERVIEW is provided which constitutes a mini "state of the environment" summary for each key resource sector. Secondly, an analysis of PRIORITY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OR PROBLEMS within each sector is presented, followed, lastly, by POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDE LINES, which are also sector-specific. The latter are found at the end of each chapter, or sub-chapter, and establish a new resource management agenda for governments, NGOs, donor groups, and resource managers working in the Eastern Caribbean. Each Profile includes an introductory chapter that gives background information on the general environmental setting for the country and reviews the historical, economic, and social context within which environmental decision-mak ing must take place. A comprehensive bibliography of source materials dealing with resource development and environ mental management is contained within each Profile. Most references deal specifically with the target country or the East ern Caribbean sub-region. Each bibliography represents the most thorough assemblage of such reference material to be published to date. Pre-Print Cost A N T I G U A - B A R B U D A C O U N T R Y E N V I R O N M E N TA L P R O F I L E U S $ 2 5 . 0 0 (draft CEP: August 1990; final CEP: December 1990) D O M I N I C A C O U N T R Y E N V I R O N M E N T A L P R O F I L E U S $ 2 7 . 0 0 (draft CEP: June 1990; final CEP: December 1990) G R E N A D A C O U N T R Y E N V I R O N M E N T A L P R O F I L E U S $ 3 2 . 0 0 (draft CEP: February 1990; final CEP: December 1990) S T K I T T S - N E V I S C O U N T R Y E N V I R O N M E N T A L P R O F I L E U S $ 3 2 . 0 0 (draft CEP: September 1990; final CEP: December 1990) S T . L U C I A C O U N T R Y E N V I R O N M E N T A L P R O F I L E U S $ 4 2 . 0 0 (draft CEP: June 1988; final CEP: November 1990) ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES COUNTRY ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE US$ 27.00 (draft CEP: June 1990; final CEP: December 1990) Discount price for entire six-volume CEP Series for the Eastern Caribbean US$ 175.00 (January 1991) EASTERN CARIBBEAN COUNTRY ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE (CEP) PROJECT, 1987 - 1990 A Cooperative Effort of Collaborating Institutions, Governments, NGOs, and Individuals PROJECT LEADERSHIP: PROJECT FUNDING: Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA), Project Management U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) Island Resources Foundation (IRF), Technical Coordination AID PROJECT OFFICER: Rebecca Niec PROJECT DIRECTOR: CEP PROJECT TEAM LEADER: Michael King, Executive Director, CCA (1987-1989) Edward L. Towle, President, IRF Calvin A. Howell, Executive Director (Ag.), CCA (1989-1990) EDITOR. CEP REPORT SERIES: Ronald A. Williams, Executive Director, CCA (1990) Judith A. Towle, Vice President, IRF GRAPHICS AND DESIGN. CEP REPORT SERIES: ANTIGUA-BARBUDA CEP Jean-Pierre Bade, IRF Staff Associate IRF Country Coordinator: Bruce J. Horwith 198 pp. + 43 tables, 35 figures and 20 page Government Liaison: Historical, Conservation and bibliography; 11 contributing researchers Environmental Commission (HCEC) and primary writers; in-country review and NGO Coordinator: Antigua Environmental Awareness Group project oversight provided by a 17-member CEP National Committee Chairman: DOMINICA CEP Oscar Bird, Chairman, HCEC CEP National Committee IRF Country Coordinator: Avrum J. Shriar 212 pp. + 45 tables, 40 figures and 27 page Dominica Country Coordinator: Roma Douglas bibliography; 8 contributing researchers Government Liaison: Division of Forestry and Wildlife and primary writers; in-country review and NGO Coordinator: Dominica YES Committee project oversight provided by a 16-member CEP National Committee Chairman: Felix Gregoire, Director Division of Forestry and Wildlife CEP National Committee GRENADA CEP IRF Country Coordinator: A. Robert Teytaud 252 pp. + 40 tables, 59 figures and 24 page Government Liaison: Ministry of Agriculture bibliography; 7 contributing researchers NGO Coordinator: Grenada National Trust and primary writers; in-country review and CEP National Committee Chairman: Charles H. Francis, Land Use Officer project oversight provided by a 41-member ST. KITTS-NEVIS CEP Ministry of Agriculture CEP National Technical Committee Government Liaison: Ministry of Agriculture 252 pp. ■(■ 60 tables, 55 figures and 25 page St. Kitts NGO Coordinator: St. Christopher Heritage Society bibliography; 21 contributing researchers Nevis NGO Coordinator: Nevis Historical and Conservation Society and primary writers; in-country review and CEP National Committee Chairman: Valdemar Warner, Permanent Secretaryr project oversight provided by a 14-member Agriculture, Lands, and Housing CEP National Committee and a 27-member ST. LUCIA CEP Nevis Sub-Committee IRF Country Coordinators: Edward Towle and Paul Hippolyte 331 pp. + 82 tables, 51 figures and 30 page Government Liaison: Central Planning Unit bibliography; 31 contributing researchers NGO Coordinator: National Research and Development and/or primary writers; in-country review Foundation of St. Lucia and project oversight provided by a ST. VINCENT-GRENADINES CEP 15-member CEP National Committee IRF Country Coordinator: A. Robert Teytaud 212 pp. + 36 tables, 55 figures and 20 page Government Liaison: Ministry of Health and the Environment bibliography; 6 contributing researchers NGO Coordinator: St. Vincent National Trust and primary writers; in-country review and CEP National Committee Chairman: Daniel Cummings, Manager project oversight provided by a 19-member Central Water and Sewerage Authority CEP National Committee