Volume 1
Examples of Successful Initiatives in Science
and Technology in the South

Published in partnership with:
Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and
Third World Network of Scientific Organizations (TWNSO)

Foreword

Environmental and health issues

• Managing solid waste in an urban environment: Trinidad and Tobago
• Community initiatives for marine resource management: Grenada
• Volcanic eruption: An unfolding management challenge to a natural environmental disaster: Montserrat
• Promoting community education and environmental action: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Managing water resources for sustainable development: Saint Lucia

Tourism and culture

• Cultural heritage conservation and tourism for sustainable development: Saint Lucia
• Sustainable use of a natural resource for tourism development: Barbados
• Ecotourism as a strategy for sustainable development: Trinidad and Tobago
• Culture as a tool for sustainable development: Barbados

Micro-enterprises

• Micro-enterprises and sustainable development through Human Resource Development: Barbados
• Sea moss cultivation in successful rehabilitation: Saint Lucia
• Mobilizing rural communities for micro-business development: Belize
• Enterprising organic farming: Dominica
• Promoting entrepreneurial development through strategic change management: Belize

Science and technology

• Solar technology and sustainable development: Barbados
• The application of bio-gas technology in the integrated management of agro-industrial waster water: Jamaica
• Promoting an integrated approach to water resources management: Trinidad and Tobago

Training

• Enhancing the capacity of development workers: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Managing land resources through youth skills development: Antigua and Barbuda
• The future centre Trust: Towards a model of sustainable development: Barbados