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TECHNICAL ADVISERS : 
The Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DFW) t 
DFW is responsible for implementing legislation for the management 
o£ environmental functions in Dois.mica» The overall oujeot-ive of 
this Division is to guide the development of forest resources for 
maximum social and economic bensfic wmle ai. the same uime manage 
the resource base so as to protect it from adverse environmental 
impacts. 
The Division is staffed wxtn a group Oi. ciedxcai_ocl professionals who 
have encouraged the EIDB project and sees it as a urmely supplement 
r.o their own snvj.ronrnenfca.1 programme ♦ oiven the irripw-x. ’-di!ce of the 
Forestry Division in coordinating environmental management 
functions of Government, it is imperative for it to be represented 
in any programme established for environmental protection in 
Dominica. 
biodiversity m me uariDDean. wiu 
Dominica has began to derine conservation objeoi.i'vws, -,hey ..ave 
many complex demands on their Iimiceo. buo.gots Wiiich must receive 
higher priority than the issue of conserving biodiversity. 
Island Resources Foundation (IEF); 
IRF is an AIB-registered private voluntary organi 2 a c i o n that, since 
1972, has carried out development planning and natural resource 
management programmes in small tropical islands, primarily in the 
Eastern Caribbean. IRF has had a leading role in promoting and 
assisting Caribbean-wide and other international_ networks to 
address the uniquely demanding development constraints faced by 
small tropical islands. 
The Foundation’s principal office and reference library, which 
houses the most comprehensive collection of material on 
environmental and developmental issues affecting the Ea ®*:f rn 
Caribbean, is based in the U.S. Virgin Islands? and a branch office 
and library are maintained in Washington, D.C.. 
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IRF brinos to this proposed programme nearly _ 
continuous residence in the region dss-icjni.ng' and tec nxca 
assistance programmes adaressir.g environmental issues. •, , os 
recently, IRF supplied technical coordination - to the Caribbean 
Conservation Association for the USAID funded Country Environmental 
Profile Project , which produced state-of-the-environment profiles 
for six Eastern Caribbean countries including Dominica. 
