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IN recognition of International Day for Biodiversity, celebrated on May 22, Environment Watch provides you this month with insight into some of Jamaica's endemic species -- dubbed 'Born Jamaicans' by the Jamaica Environment Trust, which has launched a campaign to promote local pride in them.
Thanks in part to Jamaica's Wildlife Treasures -- a little book produced by the National Environment and Planning Agency -- Environment Watch joins them in this effort, and at a time when...
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05 Apr 2011
Introduction
The unprecedented change in economic and social development, technology, international policies and the global environment over the last 30 years has posed great challenges for Commonwealth small states. These states1 – made up of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and small and vulnerable economies (SVEs) – represent a group of countries facing special economic and environmental difficulties in achieving sustainable development.
The major characteristics of small...
