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Databases

  • Fauna

    • Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
  • Flora

    • Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
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Environmental Laws

  • Agriculture

    • Agricultural Aids - CAP252
    • Agricultural Credit Bank (Transfer of Assets) - CAP321
    • Agricultural Development Fund - 252B
    • Agricultural Diagnositc and other Services (Fees) - 252A
    • Agricultural Holdings (Option to purchase) - CAP121
    • Animals (Diseases and Importation) - CAP253
    • Barbados Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (BADMC) - CAP254
    • Caribbean Agricultural Research Development Institute (CARDI) - CAP14A
    • Fisheries - CAP391
    • Livestock (Control of Strays) - CAP139A
  • Biodiversity

    • Animals (Civil Liberty) - CAP194A
    • Animals (Diseases and Importation) - CAP253
    • CITES Legislation CAP262
    • Coastal Zone Management Act - CAP 394
    • Cultivation of Trees - CAP390
    • Dogs (Licensing and Control) - CAP177
    • Livestock (Control of Strays) - CAP139A
    • National Conservation Commission - CAP393
    • Trees (Preservation) - CAP397
    • Wild Birds Protection - CAP398
    • Zoos Licensing (Draft)
  • General

    • Agricultural Holdings (Option to purchase) - CAP121
    • Animals (Civil Liberty) - CAP194A
    • Animals (Diseases and Importation) - CAP253
    • Barbados Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (BADMC) - CAP254
    • Barbados Water Authority - CAP274A
    • Caribbean Agricultural Research Development Institute (CARDI) - CAP14A
    • Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) - CAP157A
    • Collection and Disposal of Refuse - 1975
    • Dogs (Licensing and Control) - CAP177
    • Electric Light and Power - 2013_u
    • Health Services Act - CAP44
    • Resolution Town and Country planing - 2007
    • Sanitation Service Authority - CAP382
    • Town and Country Planning Act - CAP240
  • Land Management

    • Coastal Zone Management Act - CAP 394
    • Cultivation of Trees - CAP390
    • National Conservation Commission - CAP393
    • Resolution Town and Country planing - 2007
    • Soil Conservation (Scotland District) - CAP396
    • Town and Country Planning Act - CAP240
    • Trees (Preservation) - CAP397
  • Pesticides

    • Pesticides Control - CAP395
  • Waste Management

    • Collection and Disposal of Refuse - 1975
    • Returnable Containers - CAP395A
    • Sanitation Service Authority - CAP382
  • Water

    • Barbados Territorial Waters - CAP386
    • Barbados Water Authority - CAP274A
    • Coastal Zone Management Act - CAP 394
    • Fisheries - CAP391
    • Marine Boundaries and Jurisdiction - CAP387
    • Marine Pollution Control - CAP392A
    • Underground Water Control - CAP283

Journals

  • Flora

    • An evaluation of the Cactaceae of Barbados, Grenada, Saint Vincent, and The Grenadines
  • Onychophora

    • Peculiar Phosphonate Modifications of Velvet Worm Slime Revealed by Advanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Mass Spectrometry
  • Reptilia

    • Habitat Use by an Endemic and a Non-native Gecko

Public Awareness Materials

  • Endemic Species

    • The Barbados Leaf-toed Gecko

Reports

  • Biodiversity

    • CBD 1st National Report
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    • CBD 4th National Report
    • CBD 5th National Report
    • CBD 6th National Report
  • Land Degradation

    • UNCCD 5th National Report
    • UNCCD 6th National Report
  • National Documents

    • Land Degradation Neutrality - Target Setting Programme Final Report (2023)
    • National Action Programme to Combat Land Degradation (2009)
    • National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2002)
    • National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2020)
    • National Biosafety Framework (2005)
    • National Inventory of Wetlands for Barbados (2023)

Resource Documents

  • Agrobiodiversity

    • Best Practices in Green Monkey Deterrence
  • Ecosystem Management

    • Strategic Plan for Long Pond Conservation Area
  • Invasive Alien Species

    • Assessment and Management of Lionfish and Status of Other Marine Invasive Species of Threat to High Biodiversity-value Reef Ecosystems
    • Bait, Capture & Euthanisation of the Small Indian Mongoose
    • Invasive Predator Control at a Selected Hawksbill Nesting Beach: Bath Pilot Project - Final Monitoring Report
    • Invasive Predator Control at a Selected Hawksbill Nesting Beach: Bath Pilot Project – Monitoring Plan
  • Manuals

    • Bait, Capture & Euthanisation of the Small Indian Mongoose
    • Best Practices in Green Monkey Deterrence
Popular Articles
  • Wild Birds Protection - CAP398
  • Zoos Licensing (Draft)
  • CITES Legislation CAP262
  • UNCCD 5th National Report
  • CBD 4th National Report
Newest Articles
  • Invasive Predator Control at a Selected Hawksbill Nesting Beach: Bath Pilot Project – Monitoring Plan
  • Invasive Predator Control at a Selected Hawksbill Nesting Beach: Bath Pilot Project - Final Monitoring Report
  • The Barbados Leaf-toed Gecko
  • Assessment and Management of Lionfish and Status of Other Marine Invasive Species of Threat to High Biodiversity-value Reef Ecosystems
  • Strategic Plan for Long Pond Conservation Area
Recently Updated Articles
  • Invasive Predator Control at a Selected Hawksbill Nesting Beach: Bath Pilot Project – Monitoring Plan
  • Invasive Predator Control at a Selected Hawksbill Nesting Beach: Bath Pilot Project - Final Monitoring Report
  • The Barbados Leaf-toed Gecko
  • Assessment and Management of Lionfish and Status of Other Marine Invasive Species of Threat to High Biodiversity-value Reef Ecosystems
  • Strategic Plan for Long Pond Conservation Area

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