The effects of environmental degradation in the Cane River and Rio Minho Watersheds, Jamaica : A commentary

The Cane River and Rio Minho watersheds are currently undergoing intense environmental degradation, mainly due to uncontrolled burning and deforestation. The classic, diagnostically recognizable effects upon land surface climatology, hydrological regime, and channel geomorphology are increasingly evident. Comparison with some watersheds of similar macroclimate and geomorphology in Haiti and India suggest that those in Jamaica, while fairly advanced, are not yet so seriously degraded as in those countries, but will soon be irreversibly modofied unless urgent remedial action is taken.(AU)