| TITLE: |
Environmental management in Yap, Caroline islands: Can the dream be realized? Barry Goldman |
| AUTHOR: |
Goldman, Barry |
| PUBLISHED: |
Elsevier Ltd; 1994. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
10 leaves; 28 cm. |
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Fifty years ago the small developing island states throughout Oceania entertained dreams of achieving economic self-sufficiency and social development |
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These island states are now beginning to realize the magnitude of their natural resource and environmental management problems and today these dreams seem further from realization than they were at the start |
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There are many explanations for this, however the causes are not verifiable with scientific methods. |
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Most of these island states have small, fragmented populations leading to dis-economies of scale; and the resources they must manage are, for the most part, wide ranging and diverse and beyond the power of any small political entity to control. |
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The State of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia is used as an example to explore these problems and some of the mechanisms that are being considered to rectify them. |
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The population of Yap is small but growing; its oceanic waters are still relatively pristine; there is some indication of pollution in Colonia Harbour (surrounding the main shipping port and fisheries complex); |
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education levels of the community are poor and little effort is being made to educate future leaders capable of managing the environment and the marine resources... |
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The need and desirability for continuing foreign aid is without doubt, but responsibility transfer must also accompany technology transfer if it is to truly meet the objectives of aiding the developing nations in the Third World. |
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