. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: the Americas. Lesser Antilles. Saint Vincent Channel Figure The vegetation on St Lucia as mapped by the Organisation of the American States (OAS) in 1984. threatened, the latter may even be extinct, probably exterminated by the introduced mongoose. The other endangered bird on the island is the white-breasted thrasher Riimphi>cinctiis brachyurus, which is found in semi-arid woodland on St Lucia and also on Martinique. There are 17 species of reptile on the island, excluding marine turtles, five of these are endemic and three are intro- duce
. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: the Americas. Lesser Antilles. Saint Vincent Channel Figure The vegetation on St Lucia as mapped by the Organisation of the American States (OAS) in 1984. threatened, the latter may even be extinct, probably exterminated by the introduced mongoose. The other endangered bird on the island is the white-breasted thrasher Riimphi>cinctiis brachyurus, which is found in semi-arid woodland on St Lucia and also on Martinique. There are 17 species of reptile on the island, excluding marine turtles, five of these are endemic and three are intro- duced (Corke. 1992). The endemics are three lizards (Anolis liiciae. Cnemiclophonis vanzoi and Sphaerodactxius microtepis). and two snakes (Bothrops caribhaeus and Liophis onumis). C. vanzoi and L. ornatus are found only on the Maria Islands; they are listed as vulnerable and endangered respectively by lUCN (Groombridge, 1993). There are two native amphibians, Eleutherodactylus john- slonei and Ololygon rubra, neither of which is endemic. The former is reportedly abundant, the latter apparently not. The introduced Bufa imiriniis is also common (Corke, 1992). Conservation Areas Excluding the Forest Reserves, the amount of protected land in St Lucia is very small (Table ). There is no national parks legislation. A good, broad conservation policy was articulated in 1977 but has yet to be implemented. Many of the tiny islands in the area have been proposed for protection. Conservation Initiatives There are a number of NGOs on the island and these have heightened public awareness about environmental issues. For instance, St Lucia Natural Trust has done much to encourage the conservation and development of national parks, while the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute has been working on community conservation and sustainable use of mangroves and other forests for several years. Introduction - St Vincent and THE Grenadines The Grenadines, made up of 31 islands and cays, contain no m
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