Land Resources
courtney
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17 Jun 2011
A National Land Use Plan (NLUP) has been undertaken in Dominica. 25% of Dominica’s forest lands are legally protected either as forest reserves or National Parks. Dominica has two declared Government Forest Reserves namely the Central Forest Reserve (410 hectares) established in 1951 and the Northern Forest Reserve (5,475 hectares) established in 1977. Three National Parks have been designated: the Morne Trois Pitons National Park (6,872 hectares) was established in 1975, the Cabrits National...
courtney
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17 Jun 2011
Antigua and Barbuda has established land-use plans. Decision making tools such as Land Information Systems and Geographic Information Systems have been developed. A housing strategy has been formulated to address issues of shelter.White sandy beaches, wetlands and sea grasses are also key components of Antigua and Barbuda’s land resources. In the 1980s, it was estimated that wetland systems constituted approximately 11% of Antigua and Barbuda’s total land area. Over the past 30 years, Antigua’...
elena
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02 May 2011
In 2010, the Seychelles presented their Third National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Additionally, the Seychelles Government is preparing a Land Use Plan. Sustainable development is pursued through a 10-year National Environmental Management Plan, with a new one covering 2011-2020 currently being formulated.
Development pressure is a significant threat to biodiversity in the Seychelles, with tension between agricultural, conservation and development use of land. In view of...
admin
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26 Apr 2011
The GEF Council functions as the main governing body of the GEF. Its 32 members meet twice a year, with each representing a group of countries (‘constituency’) including both donors and recipients of GEF funding. GEF funding is channeled to several focal areas, namely: biological diversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, ozone layer depletion and persistent organic pollutants.
elena
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15 Apr 2011
The small size of most small island developing States, coupled with land tenure systems, soil types, relief and climatic variation, limit the area available for urban settlement, agriculture, mining, commercial forestry, tourism and other infrastructure, and create intense competition between land use options. Most aspects of environmental management in small island developing States are directly dependent on, or influenced by, the planning and utilisation of land resources, which in turn are...
