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Resource Planning
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FISHERIES The SOCIO-ECONOMIC SURVEV Of
VI RECREATIONAL BOATING AND
HSHING (80pp., 67 tables) was completed
for the National Marine Fisheries Service.
A parallel supporting effort to quantify
recreational catch efforts (species, fre
quency, method) is currently being car
ried out.
CARIBBEAN A preliminary survey report,
ENVIRONMENTAL including program develop-
PROGRAMS ment options for the Carib
bean, was submitted to the
US National Commission for UNESCO/MAB 7B
Directorate. Recommendations included
a strategy 1) to define an oil spill con
tingency project for small Caribbean is
lands and2) to develop plans for a re
gional workshop on "Environmental Manage
ment and Economic Growth" in the smaller
Caribbean islands. Both options are now
being carried forward with IRF assistance.
OPEN SPACE
STEWARDSHIP
PLANNING
Under a contract with the
Nature Conservancy and fol
lowing appropriate site sur
veys, IRF developed an "open
space land use plan" for a 167 acre par
cel of land at Bugby Hole, St. Croix, a
critically important environmental re
source on a small island with a history
of intensive land use.
NATURAL The Foundation's president pre-
AREA sented two papers at a May workshop
PLANNING in Tobago on Natural Area Planning,
the first paper deal ing with CHAR
ACTERISTICS OF ISLAMP RESOURCES and the se
cond on the subject of CARIBBEAN MARINE RE
SOURCES. The regional workshop was spon
sored by the Caribbean Conservation Associ
ation, School of Natural Resources, U. of
Michigan and the Forestry Division of
Trinidad and Tobago.
SURVEY OF
CONSERVATION
PRIORITIES
Under a consultancy from
the Eastern Caribbean Na
tural Area Management Pro
gram, IRF is participating
in a survey/mapping effort to determine
priorities for an integrated natural areas
management system. The Foundation has as
sumed responsibility for Anguilla and is
assisting in the British Virgin Islands.
Education and
Technical Assistance
CAREER The 12-part television series
EDUCATION TR00LS-- "Tools and Rules for
Careers in the Virgin Islands"
— has been completed, covering such di
verse career areas as communications,
transportation, health, services, com
merce, and others. The video-tapes and
accompanying teacher's guide will be made
available to the VI Department of Education.
With funding support from the
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, IRF
has provided small scale tech
nical assistance, counsel,
and related project planning services to:
SMALL ISLAND
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
* ANTIGUA- development planning for a
"cultural park", historic sites,
and museums
* BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS - development of
management strategies and legislation
for marine parks and protected areas
* ANGUILLA - planning for marine resource
development, including marine parks
and fisheries
* DOMINICA- national park planning, in
cluding development of a major his
toric site within the park
* ST. KITTS - feasibility and development
planning for Brimstone Hill
* GRENADA - preparation of gui delines for
a national museum system and cultural
development program.
NUTRITION A continuing program of community
EDUCATION outreach efforts in the area of
nutrition education will culmi
nate with a projected Community Conference
on Food and Nutrition, to be held in the fall
and to include West Indian regional and
U.S. mainland participants.
COMMUNITY Current efforts under this
ENVIRONMENTAL federally funded project
EDUCATION (VI) focus on direct assistance
to community organizations
to help these groups develop action pro
grams in areas of environmental concern,
implementation of the Environmental Hotline
alert system for the VI, and planning for
community workshops and forums on coastal
zone management and comprehensive plan
ning.
ISLAND RESOURCES FOUNDATION