BIODIVERSITY COUNTRY STUDY REPORT OF

ST. LUCIA

The Biodiversity Country Study Report, comprises six (6) sectors namely Socio-economic Issues, Agricultural Biodiversity, Forest, Marine/Coastal, Freshwater Ecosystems and Tourism:

  provides information which assisted in the development of the NBSAP, (by highlighting the causes
     of biodiversity loss, the existing policy/regulatory framework and institutional and human capacity,
     current and proposed strategies, technologies and programmes for conservation and sustainable use,
     cross sectoral issues, existing gaps and needs, etc.);

  contains existing information on the status of the nation’s biodiversity in a form which is readily
     available to students, researchers and management authorities;

  assembles existing information on the status of St. Lucia’s biodiversity which was previously widely
     dispersed;

  provides baseline data for future studies;

  includes a list of available documentation on biodiversity issues in St. Lucia;

  documents information on traditional ecological knowledge which was previously unrecorded. 

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EXCERPTS FROM THE COUNTRY STUDY REPORT

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Executive Summaries on

Biodiversity - Country Study Report

A copy of the “Biodiversity Country Study Report of St. Lucia” can be purchased by contacting the Biodiversity Project Coordinator at coord@slubiodiv.org

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