TOPICS
...BANANAS
...BEACHES
...COASTAL .....
...CORAL REEFS
...DEGRADATION OF VULNERABLE COASTAL AREAS
..........Oostdam & Billeter, 1996
...DISASTER .....
...Energy-related Industrial Development
..........in Trinidad - by David Renwick
..........Taken from the summer 1995 issue of the
..........Inflight magazine of BWIA
Environment
...miscellaneous articles and reports
..........on environment and education
...ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
..........Oostdam & Billeter, 1996
...Final UNCED
Documents
Environmental Education
..."Coast Notes feature Marine Careers"
..........UPR/VIMAS/UVI cooperate on
..........six career fact sheets. [145 KB]
..."Mangrove Ecosystem Poster"
..........available from UPR Sea Grant Program
..........(first of a series of four full color
..........25x36inch posters) [241 KB]
...miscellaneous articles and reports on
environment and education
Floods
...FLOODS
..........Oostdam & Billeter, 1996
Gas Hydrates
...GAS HYDRATES
Geographic Information Systems (GIS):
...Geographic Information Systems (GIS):
..........University of Buffalo's list of
..........60+ Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Global .....
"Caribbean: Planning for Adaptation to
...Global Climate Change."
..........Pamphlet by GEF/The World Bank/CARICOM/OAS, July, 1995:
...miscellaneous articles and reports on global
warming and related issues
...Global Network for Natural Disaster
Mitigation
...GLOBAL SEALEVEL CHANGES
..........Oostdam & Billeter, 1996
Harbors and Ports
...HARBORS & PORTS
...HURRICANES
INTERNATIONAL .....
...International Aid
...Lome Conventions; ACP Countries
...International Projects
...Final UNCED Documents
...International Trade
...Overview of the Climate for
doing business in Cuba
..........also look for similar trade reports with other Caribbean
Nations
...Landslides
...LANDSLIDES
..........Oostdam & Billeter, 1996
...MANGROVES
...Marinas
"Marinas After the Storm." UPR-VIMAS joined with VI Division
.....of Fish & Wildlife and UVI Cooperative Extension Services
.....to assist marinas with hurricane recovery efforts:
...first page [72 KB]
...second page [115 KB]
....Turks and Caicos Islands
....Aquanaut
....Cayman WebGuide
....Diving In The Bahamas
....Sailing and Diving Vacations on a Cruise Yacht
....National Marine Sanctuary Program
....Nature Island Dive
....Yachts and Diving CARIBBEAN CHART
...MARINE ...
...Marine Conservation
...An E-mail from Mr.J.R.Smiths
...Sea Huggers:
..........Marine Conservation Groups
...Marine Mining
...Aragonite mining , Ocean Industry, 1972
...Marine Protected Areas (MPA)
...MARINE PROTECTED AREAS
..........Oostdam & Billeter, 1996
...Marine Resources
...Marine Resources
...Ocean Drilling Program:
...JOIDES office
..........Earthquake Mechanisms;
..........Caribbean and North American Plate Boundaries:
..........Cross Section and Map
..........in "Ocean Drilling Program Long Range Plan"
..........brochure published by
..........Joint Oceanographic Institutions
..........(JOI): March, 1996 [21 KB]
...Paleoceanography of the Atlantic Basin:
..........Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Results,
..........1996 AGU Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD, May 20-24, 1996
..........including Leg 165 = Caribbean Ocean History
..........JOI/USSAC Newsletter, v.9, n.1, March, 1996
...POLLUTION
...OIL &
TAR POLLUTION
.......... Oostdam & Billeter, 1996
...Mussel Watch Project
Clean Vessel Act reduces overboard sewage
discharge from recreational boats:
...part 1: text + Problems eliminated by Pumpout Stations [203KB]
...part 2: text + P.R. workshops, demos, and
funding [96KB]
...Guidelines for Marine Outfalls and Alternative Disposal and Reuse
Options
The World Bank:
>...part 1 - [262 KB]
>...part 2 - [275 KB]
>...part 3 - [266 KB]
...CRUISE LINE VESSELS' WASTE
..........Oostdam & Billeter, 1996
... SEWAGE DISPOSAL &/OR POLLUTION
..........Oostdam & Billeter, 1996
-
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
...
miscellaneous articles and reports about pollution
Sealevel
...Mean Sea Level Variation by Satellite..
..........EOS, March 19, 1996 [16 KB]
SCUBA Diving
Seismicity
...Ongoing volcanic
seismicity of the Gorda Ridge in the Pacific Ocean
..........included
here to show some fine marine seismic observations
Sugar
...Agricultural Protocols: Impact and prospectives
Trade
...Latin America and Caribbean trade facts
Tourism
...TOURISM
Tsunami
...TSUNAMI & STORMSURGES
..........Oostdam & Billeter, 1996
Volcanoes
...Volcanoes
WEATHER
...INTELLICAST: Africa
Satellite
Weather Forecasts for the Caribbean
...INTELLICast:
Caribbean weather
first version: Dec.1995; latest version: Aug.25, 1996;
file: topics.html;
...Aragonite mining , Ocean Industry, 1972
...part 1 - [262 KB]
...part 2 - [275 KB]