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Reports on interviews conducted for the pilot year of the research project `Managing the Environment for Health and Safety', the objective of which was to facilitate an understanding of the types of environmental degradation facing the Caribbean, and their effects on health, and the linkages between economic development and health-related environmental degradation. Attempts to give an up-to-date picture of environmental degradation and its actual and potential effects in Jamaica and St. Lucia, to identify issues which were priorities for research and intervention. (AU)
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Monitoramento Ambiental , Política Ambiental , JamaicaRESUMO
States that the methodology adopted for undertaking this analysis is to consider the status of environmental health problems by analysing the performance of the various institutions responsible for administering environmental health problems (AU)
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Planejamento em Saúde , Política Ambiental , Saúde Ambiental , Desenvolvimento Econômico , Santa LúciaRESUMO
Provides background information on the general environmental setting of the country and also briefly reviews the historical and cultural data. This is followed by a demographic overview and a discussion of the economy. Other sections reviews the country's natural resource base, including a discussion of primary environmental issues; industry and energy, environmental pollution; land use planning; institutional framework for environmental management. The final chapter summarizes the key environmental issues and problems facing Grenada and makes recommendations to enhance the achievement of a sustainable balance between resource development on the one hand and resource conservation and resource management on the other
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Humanos , Monitoramento Ambiental/estatística & dados numéricos , Política Ambiental/tendências , Poluição Ambiental/prevenção & controle , Poluição Ambiental/estatística & dados numéricos , Planejamento Físico , Conservação dos Recursos Naturais/métodos , GranadaRESUMO
Summarizes issues raised during a number of pest control interviews in Grenada. These interviews discuss the use of pesticides on agricultural crops and the effect of pesticide residues on the environment. Concludes that pesticide monitoring is becoming increasingly important especially as recently the United States has implemented strict rules on the importation of agricultural products which have been chemically treated during post harvesting. Similar actions are foreseen in Europe with the formation of the single market in 1992. Points out that Grenadian farmers have a limited knowledge of appropriate pesticide use and that training is needed in this area. Attachments include texts of pesticide legislation and regulations since 1973
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Praguicidas/efeitos adversos , /efeitos adversos , Monitoramento Ambiental/métodos , Política Ambiental/legislação & jurisprudência , GranadaRESUMO
How are we to meet the housing needs demanded by an unchecked population growth rate? How are we to satisfy at least 50 percent of our food requirements, undertake industrial development, and still retain vital community spaces? How are we to accomplish all of this, given the limited land resources available to us? This was the challenge for the future presented by Dr. James for the consideration of participants. She stressed that solution must be based on environmentally sound principles. In addition, she recommended a multi-disciplinary approach in planning major housing and other developmental projects. She cautioned that extra funds spent up-front to safeguard the environment will save unquantifiable hidden costs later on when the consequences of poor environmental planning manifest themselves in numerous forms
