Agroforestry in the Amazon Basin: practice, theory and limits of a promising land use

Includes bibliography

Port planning parameters of the Caribbean Basin

Includes bibliography

Caribbean Basin Plan or Iniciative: some comments, 30 March 1982. Summary and comments on the remarks by President Reagan about the Caribbean Basin Plan", 1 March 1982"

Resume y comenta la iniciativa o plan de ayuda del Presidente Reagan a los paises de la Cuenca del Caribe, presentado al Congreso de los Estados Unidos, como proyecto de ley. Comenta ademas el discurso pronunciado por el Presidente Reagan ante la Organizacion de Estados Americanos, en el que analizo los aspectos principales de dicho Plan.

The State and strategies for river basin management in the Andean region

Includes bibliography

Market and trade perspectives for the food and forestry sectors of Latin America in the Asia-Pacific Basin

Includes bibliography

Estudio de caso: el sistema de la cuenca del río Bogotá: resumen = Case study: the Bogota river basin: summary

Incluye Bibliografía

Tourist Cruise Ships and the Trade in Services: Recent Trends in Countries of the Caribbean Basin

This issue of the Bulletin reviews the main trends of trade in goods and services for the countries of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) in 2004. The strong recovery of trade in goods and the robust expansion of trade in services are highlighted, emphasizing the increase in services as a proportion of total exports for the smaller Caribbean economies, which may even exceed 80%.A detailed analysis of the performance of the tourism component, especially travel, showed that in 2004 there was a boom in cruise ship arrivals, a situation which poses a real challenge for some islands in terms of ensuring a permanent flow of tourists and making use of the main comparative advantages -sun, sea and beaches- and possible linkages with the rest of the economy such as the hotel industry, restaurants, business and entertainment centres, guided excursions, transport, yachting, and others. In some islands, the ratio of cruise passengers to inhabitants is particularly high, and can reach a significant factor of about 11 tourists for every inhabitant in the Bahamas, 8 in Aruba, 7 in Antigua and Barbuda and 5 in Dominica, and around 4 for a sample of eleven countries.One of the main challenges for a number of Caribbean islands is how to capitalize on such linkages by developing sustainable tourism that minimizes the possible adverse impacts on the environment and the everyday life of the citizens.