FORESTRY PUBLICATIONS 
T he Forestry Division is very actively 
protecting and promoting the natu¬ 
ral environment in Dominica and have 
produced many excellent brocnures, book¬ 
lets, maps, posters and pictures on various 
aspects of flora and fauna. 
Most are illustrated either by colour or 
black and white pictures or very attractive 
and accurate drawings. All are well worth 
purchasing. You can buy some in book 
shops and other outlets in town and at the 
Forestry Division Offices in the Botanic 
Gardens, Roseau. Vwa Diablotin is a 
monthly tabloid published by the Forestry 
Division. It covers different aspects of 
Dominica and the environment. The fol¬ 
lowing are the list of publications pro¬ 
duced by the Forestry Division, Botanical 
Gardens, Roseau. 
Tel: (809) 448-2401 • Fax: (809) 448-7999 
BROCHURES 
$ 
Basic Facts about Dominica 
1.00 
Boeri Lake Trail 
0.50 
Botanical Gardens Guide 
1.00 
Cabrits National Park 
1.00 
Dominica’s National Flower 
1.00 
Other National Park Brochures 
0.25 
BOOKLETS 
A to Z of Dominican Birds 
3.00 
New Forester (V/VI) 
5.00 
Lake District of Dominica 
11.00 
Flora and Fauna of the 
Cabrits Peninsula 
5.00 
Freshwater Swamps & 
Mangrove Species 
5.00 
Forests of Dominica 
4.00 
MAPS 
Trail Maps of Dominica 
1.00 
POSTERS 
Jaco Poster 
10.00 
Jaco & Sisserou 
15.00 
Cabrits National Park 
2.50 
National Flower 
5.00 
Forest Birds of Dominica 
5.00 
SLIDE SETS per set 
10.00 
• Freshwater Lake Scenes • General Scenes 
• Flora & Fauna • Wild Flowers 
the two species for nest sites, the more 
abundant, and apparently more adaptable 
Red-necked seemed to have made better of 
the situation. 
The growing Red-necked parrot popula¬ 
tion has recently introduced a new problem 
to the farmers and the Forestry & Wildlife 
Division: predation of the crop of harvestable 
Valencia oranges during the earlier part of 
the year. Ironically, this problem cropped 
up in an area at Syndicate, near the forest 
and parrot preserve. Investigations are also 
being carried out into allegations of pos¬ 
sible predation by the parrots of mangoes 
and grapefruit. Someone put it this way: “it 
is as if the parrots suddenly found out that 
they can obtain breakfast, lunch, dinner 
and dessert from the orchards, so why 
bother with the usual Gommier and Coco 
poul fruits.” 
Efforts at breeding the Red-necked 
parrots in captivity are currently underway, 
with the opening of an aviary at the Botanic 
Gardens in Roseau in 1992, with the assis¬ 
tance of the Jersey Wildlife Preservation 
Trust. If this effort proves successful, the 
techniques and experience gathered in 
breeding this species will be applied in 
breeding the Sisserou at a later date. 
It must be recognised that it will indeed 
be a very long time before either of 
Dominica’s Parrot species are removed 
from the Endangered Species List of the 
IUCN’s Red Data Book, if at all. But there 
is hope that the populations will not be¬ 
come as critically low as that of the Puerto 
Rican parrot. With the provision, protec¬ 
tion and maintenance of adequate habitat 
for both species, enforcement of legisla¬ 
tion, as well as a more enlightened and 
concerned public, the recovery of 
Dominica’s Sisserou and Jaco populations 
may be slow but positive. 
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