BACKGROUND INFORMATION: 
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Dominica (The Commonwealth of r, 0 m■<’ n i r*^ +-l i 
northerly situated English speabina ' vr h • u largest and most 
It has been called the ing? ofl?, r island. 
its tropical rain forests, 5 great ver~i*v L n % rx ^ bean b ecause of 
perennial streams, rivers and waterfalliT ° f tlora Gnd fauna, 
be comparable to the Alps of Switzerland!* ^ Pressure^fK^' f° 
dormant volcanoes is released ■? n rb~ f r-r-r ^ from lfcs 
warm streams, boiling qe^er- %nd 'th-^ bu . Db . lln 9 beaches", 
n P cni a Hnv y qfcezero ana tus awe inspiring "Valiev of 
Ocean sprays oV the.presence of the Atlantic 
Sea on iti. b -" 
ecosystem or this small island State. ~ ^ of the 
PROBLEM 
EaSe.“f Ca5Tbeli C . a it% "rf.'e^v « n*4 J h * " Graen ««* of the 
>vhich is arable 4 °i 
ecosystem of the whole iiandt: to its t,-ab = C *?£&,* «" 
also teen called the "Food Basket of the Eastern bbia"i 
continues to be so because its natural fort ill tv ! s -Ml’i ' ;o It 
oUtr^^r^: agtc.ufti.ta! ^0^2 
erosion can be‘seen on"'hiUsidei a «n t a-o-’ 1 t S t^ e i - Bu 5 patches of 
more changes can be seen in"^ qu^^ 
Which begs the question as to what is' going wrong.' p ° duCe 
Every acre of land that is made sterile robs the cour^rv n* - 
“Son “Tit*ic an ? ?“«*•». sustained productivity'o/tte " 
knowledgeable of 4V y ?H ,,ic<u « , to be ful W 
having on the long . aCticna «“ 
natural extension - to the Caribbean and to the World " by 
birds but also many of the is la rd- ' JLil migratory shore 
n.auj u one islands’ protein resources. 
rapid n tr^sttir fUt i rS ° f the Banana industry presents a case for 
although the b-. P % 5n fconomy principally based on tourism, and 
people 9 ar ? rootl^YrtU n 6 ' °^ eRtatio ^ and ^Iture of the 
K 7 d - e J - 0 i 0ted aa tne natural resource of Dominica nM 
when°the S prospect d ^ t «®^ S r ! WI,iebinies disre 9 ard this dependency 
p Spec ' L " 0j - an important" project presents itself. 
