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ISLAND RESOURCES FOUNDATION 1981 YEAR END NEWS BRIEF PROJECTS COMPLETED IN 1981 Area of Focus A year-long economic assessment of the significance and impact of the'V.I. National Park on St. John and St. Thomas (under contract with the Department of Interior, National Park Service). First phase assessment of the Virgin Islands summer school pro gram which reaches over 1,000 students (under contract with the VI Government, Department of Education). Production of a 30-minute television documentary ("West Indian Wooden Cottage"), highlighting the unique design qualities of Vir gin Islands folk architecture (with grant support from the U. S. National Endowment for the Arts). Video tape cassette available on loan. U. S. Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands Virgin Islands/ Caribbean An assessment of "Caribbean Energy Policy and Technology Transfer Options", with Dr. Juan Bonnet of the Center for Environmental En ergy Research, Puerto Rico, to be published in the Caribbean Educa tion Bulletin by the Association of Caribbean Universities and Research Institutes. Caribbean A three-month survey and program planning study on inshore marine resource development and training needs for Fiji, Western Samoa, Kiribati (Gilberts), Solomons, Vanuatu (Now Hebrides), Papua New Guinea, Tonga and the Cook Islands, on behalf of the United Nations Development Programme, CCOP/SOPAC Project Office in Suva, Fiji. A second-year survey/assessment of recreational fisheries catch in the U. S. Virgin Islands for NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, as a sub-contract effort with Clapp and Mayne, Inc. of Puerto Rico. A planning study for the rehabilitation of the Dominica Botanical Gardens (demolished by a recent hurricane), carried out in coopera tion with Kew Gardens, England, and with the financial support of Mr. John Archbold. A conservation and technical assistance effort focussing on whales in the Eastern Caribbean and on the participation of St. Lucia, Dominica, St. Vincent in the July, 1981, meeting of the Interna tional Whaling Commission in London. A technical assistance and health services/equipment supply effort for the new Peebles Hospital in the British Virgin Islands (with primary financial support from Mr. Henry Jarecki). Seminars on island resource development and management at Cornell University and the East West Center in Hawaii. South Pacific U.S. Virgin Islands Dominica Caribbean British Virgin Islands Insular Systems over . . . RED HOOK CENTER . BOX 33 • ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 00801 • (809) 775-3225 CONTINUING, NEW, AND DEVELOPING PROJECTS FOR 198. Area of Focus Workshop planning on solid waste management in smaller Carib bean islands, a planning study for the MAB 7 Directorate, US National Commission for UNESCO. Workshop planning on island resources management, a carrying capacity project for the U.S. Man and the Biosphere Program, funded through the U. S. National Commission for UNESCO. V. I. Mass Transit Development Plan update (funded by US/DOT) as sub-contractor to Gannet, Fleming, Corddry and Carpenter. Environmental impact assessment of a highway and access road de velopment for the new St. Thomas, U. S. V. I. hospital (funded by US/DOT), sub-contractor to A. Adams and Associates. Caribbean CnribbOfin U. S. Virgin Islands U. S. Virgin Islands Eastern Caribbean cultural and historical resource planning, tech nical assistance and model eco-development project (funded by Rockefeller Brothers Fund). V. I. Department of Education summer school program assessment (Phase Two analysis). Marine skills youth training and employment program planning ef f o r t . Caribbean U. S. Virgin Islands U. S. Virgin Islands Marine park planning (technical assistance to the Caribbean Con servation Association/ECNAMP) . British Virgin Islands Brine shrimp (Artemia) and salt pond mariculture project. Artificial reef systems development (joint project with Environ mental Research Projects of Grenada). Coastal and marine sand resource assessment and policy study for the Government of Puerto Rico. Caribbean Caribbean Puerto Rico Eastern Caribbean coastal water pollution control strategies (uti lizing simplified modeling techniques) for US/AID. Assessment of Eastern Caribbean - Virgin Islands migration pat terns: guidelines for future immigration policies and legisla tion. Caribbean U. S. Virgin Islands and Eastern Caribbean Forest products small business development (with emphasis on small-scale sawyers, wood processors and a central marketing depot) . Dominica Historic site restoration project for the Cabrits in Dominica. Dominica