Land Resources
Beth
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29 Jul 2011
Barbados‘ Physical Development Plan (PDP), amended in 2003, is a comprehensive document that coordinates public and private development efforts with an emphasis on sustainability, including guidelines for land use and Environmental Impact Assessments. The Town and Country Planning Act provides for the orderly and progressive development of land, ensures water rights and legal security of tenure for individuals, and preserves the amenities of the land. The Land for Landless Farmers...
Beth
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28 Jul 2011
The Conservation and Protection of the Physical Landscape (CPPL) Act 1997 regulates certain land resource-related development activities in the Bahamas. The Bahamas also signed the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in June 1997. Additionally, in line with the UNCCD, a National Action Plan to Combat Land Degradation is being drafted.
It is estimated that only 5.4% of the total area of the Bahamas is land (the rest being the marine Exclusive Economic Zone, or EEZ). There are competing demands for...
Beth
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28 Jul 2011
An Inter-Ministerial Committee on Sustainable Development (IMCSD) was established in 2008 to set out Singapore’s sustainable development strategy, and came up with the Sustainable Singapore Blueprint (SSB) that outlines sustainable development for the next 20 years.
Singapore comprises the main island of Singapore and some 63 smaller offshore islets. It is located in the midst of one of the world’s busiest sea and air transit point. Singapore has a tropical rainforest climate with...
Beth
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27 Jul 2011
Sao Tomé & Principe has developed and is implementing its National Environment Plan for Sustainable Development (PNADD), which includes eight priority programmes on the environment and development; however, this plan is already ten years old. The National Poverty Reduction Strategy (NPRS) provides the necessary framework to address poverty reduction issues and contribute to sustainable development. An Agricultural Policy and Rural Development Charter has been prepared (although not...
Beth
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26 Jul 2011
In 2008, Cape Verde released its Second National Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. There is no urban development plan, but there is a Second National Environmental Action Plan 2004-2014 (PANA II) which takes into account both rural and urban development.
The archipelago of Cape Verde is made up of ten islands and nine islets, and is located off the west coast of Africa. Although all of Cape Verde’s islands are volcanic in origin, they vary widely in terrain, with only one active volcano...
