CEHI’s Documentation Centre is pleased to present its
Quarterly
Current Awareness Report
(September 2001)
The following is a list of selected publications now available at the Documentation Centre at CEHI. The list has been categorised into the following sections:
- General Documents
- Coastal Zone Management
- Desertification
- Development
- Environmental Education
- Environmental Impact Assessment/Environmental Health Impact Assessment
- Environmental Law
- Environmental Research
- Food Safety/Nutrition
- Waste Management
- Watershed Management
General
Id: 15000/UNEP/002703. (2397)
Ca: UNEP.
Ti: Caribbean Environment Outlook.
UNEP; 1999. 74 p. illus.
Ab: Provides an overview of the state of the environment in
the Caribbean followed by a review of the current
policy responses, including multilateral environmental
agreements, regional and national policy initiatives
already undertaken in the region. The concluding
chapter focuses on emerging environmental issues that
require further research. This chapter also proposes
some alternative policy responses which could be
considered in the future.
DE: ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT / CARIBBEAN AREA /
Coastal Zone Management
Id: 14370/KJE/002749. (2422)
Pa: Kjerve, Bjorn.
Ca: UNESCO.
Ti: CARICOMP: Caribbean Coral Reef, Seagrass and Mangrove
Sites.
So: Paris; UNESCO; 1998. 345 p. illus, tables, maps.
(Coastal region and Small Island papers, 3).
Ab: Describes CARICOMP, a Caribbean regional network which
has been successful in monitoring the state of coral
reefs, seagrass beds and mangroves. The principal
objective of the CARICOMP project is to determine the
productivity of the aforementioned ecosystems and to
assess the nature and influence of land-sea interactions.
DE: MARINE ECOSYSTEMS / CORAL REEFS / MANGROVE SWAMPS /
AQUATIC PLANTS / CARIBBEAN AREA /
Id: 30243/d'Auv/002750. (2423)
Pa: d'Auvergne.
Ti: Participatory Coastal Resource Management: The
Soufriere Marine Management Project (St. Lucia).
s.n. 12 p.
Pr: USAID. ENCORE. 538-0171.
Ab: Describes the results of public consultations on the
zoning of the Soufriere Marine Management Area (SMMA).
DE: MARINE CONSERVATION AREAS / ST. LUCIA /
Desertification
Id: 30243/LAM/002779. (2446)
Pa: Lambert, Deborah.
Ca: St. Lucia Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries, St. Lucia 2000.
Ti: St. Lucia National Report on the convention to combat
desertification.
St. Lucia Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries; April 2000. 20 p.
Ab: Highlights the programmes and activities related
to combating land degradation. Activities are supported by the
Government and people of St. Lucia.
DE: DESERTIFICATION / CARIBBEAN AREA /
Development
Id: 16448/NAR/002777. (2442)
Pa: Narayan, Deepa; Patel, Raj; Rademacher, Anne;
Kochh-Schulte, Sarah.
Ca: World Bank.
Ti: Voices of the Poor: Can anyone hear us?
So: Washington; World Bank; 2000. 343 p.
Ab: Presents the voices of over 40,000 women and men in 50
countries from the World Bank's participatory poverty
assessments.
DE: POVERTY / UNDER-PRIVELEGED PEOPLE /
Environmental Education
Id: 27130/HER/002798. (2463)
Pa: Hernandez, Lennox Julian.
Ca: CARICOM.
Ti: The harmonisation of environmental health education
programmes in CARICOM countries.
So: Georgetown; CARICOM; 1994 Nov. 70 p.
Ab: Analyses the results of questionnaires sent out by
CARICOM to the Ministries of Health, Tertiary Education
Institutions and Professional Associations in the field
of Environmental Health. Questionnaires cover topics
such as the duties and responsibilities of the
environmental health officers in the various countries
and the courses offered on environmental health in
education institutions.
DE: ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION / ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS /
CARIBBEAN AREA /
Environmental Impact Assessment/Environmental Health Impact Assessment
Id: 30243/TOW/002706. (2399)
Pa: Towle, Edward L.
Ti: St. Lucia-Rodney Bay/Gros Islet (EIA).
14 p. maps, illus.
Ab: Describes the environmental impacts of the Rodney Bay
Development Project.
DE: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT / ST. LUCIA /
Id: 30242/CEH/002708. (2400)
Ca: CEHI.
Ti: Report of a scoping exercise for Environmental Impact
Assessment: Proposed Development of 27-Hole Golf Course
at the Needmust Estate, Basseterre Valley, St. Kitts.
Jan. 2001. 13 p.
Ab: Presents findings of a scoping exercise carried out by
CEHI for a proposed golf course development in St. Kitts.
Findings suggested that the maintenance of the proposed golf
course may lead to groundwater contamination of an aquifer
in the area
DE: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT / ST. KITTS NEVIS /
Id: 15236/WHO/002717. (2404)
Ca: WHO/PAHO Collaborating Centre on Environmental and
Occupational Impact Assessment and Surveillance.
Ti: Institutional network for training in environmental and
health impact assessment (INET-EHIA) in the West
Indies.
WHO/PAHO; 2001 Jan. 31st. 46 p. tables.
Ab: Gives details of a project designed to equip CEHI and
their partners for: 1) distance education in
environmental health impact assessment (EHIA) for
private and public projects, programs, plans and
policies; 2) basic training in epidemiology and risk
assessment for public health personnel and 3)
integration of health factors in the environmental
assessment (EA) process used for planning of government
and private sector activities.
DE: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT / CARIBBEAN AREA /
Environmental law
Id: IND/26116/GER/002701. (2396)
Pa: Gerardu, Jo; Wasserman, Cheryl.
Ca: VROM; USEPA.
Ti: International Network for Environmental Compliance and
Enforcement. Index of Conference Proceedings:
Papers-Discussions-Studies.
VROM; 250 p.
Ab: The document provides a topical and source index to
individual papers, decision summaries from workshop and
regional meetings, keynote addresses, opening and
closing remarks, published in proceedings of
international conferences on environmental compliance
and enforcement sponsored by the INECE partnership, as
well as synopses of the documents, workshop and
training materials and internet resources.
DE: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW /
Id: 26116/UNE/002705. (2398)
Ca: UNEP; UNDP; Dutch Government Joint Project on
Environmental Law and Institutions in Africa.
Ti: Compendium of Judicial decision on matters related to
the Environment- National Decisions.
So: Nairobi; UNEP; Dec. 1998. 511 p. Vol. 1.
Pr: UNEP/UNDP/Dutch Government Joint Project on
Environmental Law and Institutions in Africa.
Ab: The compendium provides resource materials on specific
court decisions related to the environment.
DE: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW / AFRICA /
Id: 26116/NEP/002785. (2450)
Ca: NEPA (National Environment and Planning Agency of
Jamaica).
Ti: Proceedings of the Caribbean Judicial Awareness Symposium
on Environmental Law and Sustainable Development.
Co: Presented to: Caribbean Judicial Awareness Symposium on
Environmental Law and Sustainable Development.
Castries, April 8-10 2001.
Ab: Includes country papers on environmental law. Papers
are also presented on general topics such as the role
of the judiciary in enforcement and compliance, the
limits to civil liability, procedural law, the role of
the Commonwealth Secretariat, the role of INECE and the
role of UNEP in environmental law.
DE: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW / CARIBBEAN AREA /
Environmental Research
Id: 15246/CEH/002725. (2408)
Ca: CEHI.
Ti: Research needs in environmental health in the
Caribbean.
CEHI; 6 p.
Co: Presented to: Caribbean Health Research Agenda
Workshop. 13-15 Jul. 2000.
Ab: Describes the main environmental health issues that
affect the Caribbean today, outlining the general areas
where it is believed that research will contribute to
environmental health improvement in the Caribbean.
Areas addressed are a) social and economic impact of
poor environmental health practices, b) safe water
supply, c) solid waste management, d) liquid waste
management and excreta disposal, e) pollution and
chemical management, f) occupational health and safety
and g) coastal water management.
DE: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH / ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH /
CARIBBEAN AREA /
Food Safety/Nutrition
Id: 17160/GOR/002733. (2414)
Pa: Gorham, J. Richard.
Ca: USFDA.
Ti: Ecology and Management of Food-Industry Pests.
So: Arlington, Virginia; AOAC; 1991. 595 p. illus, tables.
(FDA Technical Bulletin, 4).
Ab: Describes food losses due to pests. Includes a
description of the ecology of food storage areas. The
ecology and control of micro-organisms, mites, cockroaches,
beetles, moths, flies, ants, wasps, birds
and bats are described. Preventative aspects are
discussed as is biological control.
DE: INFESTATION OF FOOD AND CROPS / ANIMAL ECOLOGY /
Id: 30220/DOM/002783. (2448)
Ca: Dominica Ministry of Health.
Ti: Food and Nutrition.
s.d.
Ab: Discusses the impact of nutritional related problems in
Dominica. Notes the need for increased personnel to
address these issues.
DE: NUTRITION AND HEALTH / DOMINICA /
Id: 23418/GOR/002738. (2417)
Pa: Gordon, Ronald, M.
Ca: CARICOM.
Ti: Summary Report of the Technical Working Group on the
Caribbean Food Safety Initiative.
Co: Presented to: Technical Working Group on the Caribbean
Food Safety Initiative. Port-of-Spain, 27-28 Apr. 2000.
Ab: Items discussed at the workshop include modernisation
of the policy/legislature framework, establishment of a
central co-ordinating agency to address all food safety
and sanitary/phytosanitary issues, establishment of
standards and their enforcement, improving surveillance
systems as well as information, education and
communication. Areas identified for priority action
were 1) policy and co-ordination, 2) laboratory
infrastructure improvement, 3) legislature framework 4)
establishment of a regional technical committee and 5)
human capacity building.
DE: FOOD / CARIBBEAN AREA /
Health and Environment Policies
Id: 30232/JAM/002732. (2413)
Ca: Jamaica Ministry of Environment and Housing; Jamaica
Natural Resources Conservation Association.
Ti: Jamaica National Environmental Action Plan: Status
Report 1997.66 p.
Ab: Gives a status report of JANEAP in terms of land use
management, human settlements, forestry, agriculture
and watershed management, waste management, pollution,
coastal and marine resources management and public
awareness of environmental issues. An update is also
given on the development of a legal framework for
environmental management. New sectors for action are
also identified such as sustainable development, the
greening of the public sector, environmental and
economic accounting, environmental health and
sustainable environmental tourism.
DE: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY / ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT /
JAMAICA /
Id: RC/23500/CPC/002726. (2409)
Ca: Office of Caribbean Program Co-ordination.
Ti: Report on the First Caribbean Workshop on Institutional
Development of Environmental Health Units.
92 p. 2.
Co: Presented to: The First Caribbean Workshop on
Institutional Development of Environmental Health
Units. Bridgetown, 13-15 Mar. 2000.
Ab: Objectives of the workshop were to 1) sensitise health
officials from around the region to the need to
determine the appropriate institutional responses for
the management of environmental health units which
should be included under the health reform process, 2)
exchange experiences concerning issues, constraints and
barriers toward more efficient and productive
environmental health units 3) analyse and recommend the
basic environmental health functions for the
environmental health units and 4) determine specific
projects that will promote the change in the Environmental health units.
DE: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH / HEALTH POLICY / CARIBBEAN AREA /
Id: 30430/NET/002740. (2418)
Ca: Netherlands Ministry of Planning and the Environment.
Ti: Environmental Policy in the Netherlands.
Netherlands Ministry of Planning and Housing; s.n. 52p. illus.
DE: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY / NETHERLANDS /
Human Health
Id: 23000/FAV/002716. (2403)
Pa: Favin, Michael; Yacoob, May; Bendahmane, Diane.
Ca: Office of Health and Nutrition, Bureau for Global
Programs, Field Support and Research, USAID.
Ti: Behaviour First: A Minimum Package of Environmental
Health Behaviours to Improve Child Health.
So: Washington; USAID; 1999 May. 57 p.
Pr: EHP Applied Study. 10.
Ab: Identifies four key environmental health-related
behaviours for inclusion in EHP's child survival
programs. These are (1) safely dispose of faeces (2)
consume safe food (3) protect self and family from
mosquitoes and (4) consume safe water. Suggests that
technology by itself is not sufficient to prevent
disease and that behavioural changes are also needed.
DE: HUMAN HEALTH /
Information Systems
Id: MAN/30232/JAM/002718. (2405)
Ca: Jamaica Ministry of Health.
Ti: Environmental Health Inspection and Reporting System.
Jamaica Ministry of Health; 2001, Jan. 128 p. tables.
Ab: The manual guides environmental health activities in
the overall management and delivery of environmental
health services in public health departments in
Jamaica. Presents guidelines for inspection of food,
water and wastewater facilities, barbers and beauty
salons, solid waste facilities, occupational health
and safety, meat processing and slaughter facilities,
poultry dairy and milk processing establishments.
DE: INFORMATION SYSTEMS / ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH / JAMAICA /
Id: 27158/GFA/002746. (2421)
Pa: GFA-Infrastruktur und Umweltschutz GmbH.
Ti: Environmental Health Information System in the
Caribbean.
So: Bonn; GFA; Aug. 1996. tables.
Pr: Environmental Health Improvement Project. PN
88.2116.7-01.200.
Ab: Provides an assessment of Environmental Health
information needs in CARICOM Member States. Suggests
the role CEHI should play in fulfilling the EH
information needs of the CARICOM Member States.
DE: INFORMATION SYSTEMS / ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH / CARIBBEAN
AREA /
Pesticides
Id: 17372/WHO/002796. (2461)
Ca: WHO.
Ti: Chemistry and Specifications of Pesticides: Sixteenth
Report of the WHO Expert Committee on Vector Biology
and Control.
WHO; 2001. 68 p.
Ab: Presents the conclusions of a WHO Expert Committee on
the specifications for pesticides used in public
health. The Committee aims to promote the use of
high quality products that are safe but effective against
vectors of disease. Includes an outline of the
objectives and achievements of the WHO Pesticide
Evaluation Scheme (WHOPES) and an overview of recent
trends in pesticide usage in the various WHO regions.
Analytical methods and quality control of pesticides are
discussed as well as pesticide disposal, containers,
packaging, marking and storage.
DE: PESTICIDES / UTILIZATION OF PESTICIDES /
Science and Technology
Id: 28179/UNE/002737. (2416)
Ti: Science and Technology in Latin America and the
Caribbean: Co-operation for Development.
UNESCO; 1996. 125 p. tables, illus.
Ab: Presents Science and Technology success stories from
Latin America and the Caribbean. Includes references
to biotechnology, networking, geology, biodiversity,
water sciences and coastal marine sciences. Information
on CARICOMP, CATHALAC (Water Centre for Humid Tropics
in Latin America and the Caribbean) and LANBIO (Latin
American Biosciences Network) is provided.
DE: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY / CARIBBEAN AREA /
Sustainable Tourism
Id: RC/16470/CAR/002786. (2451)
Ca: CARIFORUM.
Ti: [Proceedings of] The Caribbean Tourism and Environment
Workshops.
Co: Presented to: Caribbean Tourism and the Environment
Workshops. St. Georges, 29 January 2000.
Ab: Summarises the results of the Caribbean Tourism and
Environment Workshops. The purpose of both workshops
was to discuss and provide feedback for a draft
document prepared by the World Bank entitled "Tourism
and the Environment in the Caribbean: An Economic
Framework" (paper included).
DE: TOURISM / CARIBBEAN AREA /
Id: MAN/16560/UNE/002722. (2407)
Ca: UNEP; USAID; CAST.
UNEP; CAST; USAID; 1999 Jan. 129 p. illus, tables.
Ab: The manual addresses tourism facility design, coastal
environmental systems, local and regional coastal
regulatory systems, sustainable project planning,
sustainable infrastructure and development masterplan,
building designs and operational maintenance and
monitoring systems.
DE: TOURIST FACILITIES /
Id: MAN/16470/UNE/002728. (2410)
Ca: UNEP; USAID; SEA GRANT.
Ti: Caribbean Regional Training Manual on Integrated
Coastal Area Management for the Tourism Industry.
So: Kingston; UNEP/Caribbean Environment Programme; 1999.
83 p. illus, tables.
Ab: The manual contains 5 modules looking at 1) the
ecosystem approach, 2) tourism and degradation of
coastal resources 3) coastal area management and the
need for an integrated approach 4) sustainable tourism
practices and the application of Integrated Coastal
Area Management (ICAM) to the tourism industry 5)
Programmes in integrated coastal area management.
DE: TOURISM / SUSTAINABLE TOURISM / COASTAL AREAS /
CARIBBEAN AREA /
Id: 16560/SIN/002730. (2411)
Pa: Singh, Joth; Clouden, Francine.
Ca: CEHI.
Ti: A Review of Water Conservation Practices and Potential
for Tourist Facilities in Barbados and St. Lucia.
USAID; Jun. 1999. 37 p.
Pr: CAST; USAID. Environmental Health Project. 936-5994.
Ab: The report analyses the impact of current water
consumption practices and potential improvements at
tourist facilities on the islands of Barbados and St.
Lucia. Using the results of water consumption audits
conducted at 10 facilities, the report estimates total
current consumption rates though 2018 and estimates the
potential reduction in water consumption and attendant
cost savings to the hotel industry if improved
practices are implemented. The report concludes that
tourism industries in Barbados and St. Lucia could
achieve a substantial reduction in water consumption by
adopting modern conservation methods at hotels and
other tourism facilities.
DE: TOURIST FACILITIES / DRINIKING WATER /
Waste Management:
Solid; Hazardous; Agricultural; Wastewater; Sewage
Id: 30243/COD/002709. (2401)
Pa: Code, Debra.
Ca: CEHI; CGA.
Ti: Coconut Production as the Basis for an Integrated
Bio-Industrial System in St. Lucia.
Apr. 2001. 24 p.
Ab: Explores options to recycle and reuse the by-products
discharged from coconut oil production in St. Lucia.
DE: AGRICULTURAL WASTES / ST. LUCIA /
Id: 30243/SUT/002714. (2402)
Ca: Sutton Energy Corporation.
Ti: Proposed Municipal and Agricultural Waste Processing
Plant, St. Lucia West Indies.
s.n. tables.
Ab: Provides details of a plan to construct a thermal
processing facility on the island of St. Lucia for the
dual purpose of disposing of the island's solid waste
and transforming its abundance of coconut shells into a
valuable commodity.
DE: AGRICULTURAL WASTES / ST. LUCIA /
Id: 30229/RMC/002736. (2415)
Ca: RMC Resources Management Consultants.
Ti: Georgetown Public Hospital Draft Waste Management Plan.
Mar. 31 2000. 43 p. tables.
Ab: Presents findings on a study to manage medical waste at
the Georgetown Public Hospital. The management plan
incorporates reduction, segregation, packaging,
storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of all
hospital waste.
DE: HOSPITAL WASTES / GUYANA /
Id: RC/14142/CLE/002742. (2419)
Ca: Clean Islands International.
Ti: Island Waste Management Conference and Third Caribbean
Marine Workshop "Positive Solutions for Island Issues".
illus, tables.
Co: Presented to: 1994 Island Waste Management Conference
and Third Caribbean Marine Debris Workshop. Nassau,
11-14 Jan. 1994.
DE: MARINE POLLUTION / SOLID WASTES / CARIBBEAN AREA /
Id: MAN/16469/USA/002762. (2432)
Ti: Caribbean Regional Training Course on Solid Waste and
Waste Water Management for the Tourism Industry
USAID; UNEP; Feb. 1998. 112 p.
Pr: USAID; UNEP Caribbean Environment Network (CEN)
Project.
Ab: The manual is a compilation of papers presented at a
series of regional workshops to fill the gaps in
knowledge related to solid and liquid waste management.
Modules presented include: 1) Introduction to the
Caribbean and Marine Environment, 2) Sources of
potential pollutants and their effects, 3) Introduction
to Solid Waste Management, 4) Greening of Hotels:
bottom line benefits, 5) Best Practices in Solid and
Liquid Waste for the Tourism industry, 6) Methods for
the treatment and disposal of liquid waste within the
tourism sector.
DE: TOURISM / WASTE MANAGEMENT / CARIBBEAN AREA /
Id: RC/22180/CLE/002743. (2420)
Ca: Clean Islands International.
Ti: 1995 Caribbean Waste Management Conference "Waste
Reduction and Recycling Opportunities" Conference
Proceedings Index.
illus, tables.
Co: Presented to: 1995 Caribbean Waste Management
Conference "Waste Reduction and Recycling
Opportunities" Conference Proceedings Index. San Juan,
7-10 Nov. 1995.
DE: SOLID WASTES / RECYCLING / CARIBBEAN AREA /
Id: 21222/Sin/002751. (2424)
Pa: Singh, Joth G.; Glasgow-Chung, Shermaine.