The CARICOM Environment in Figures 2004 has been prepared by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Statistics Sub-programme based on data submitted by Member States and Associate Members, from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and from other regional and National Organisations.

This is the second report in this area of Statistics that has been produced. The first report contained data up to the period 2002. The work on Environmental Statistics in the CARICOM Region was stimulated by a Project on "Strengthening Capacity in the Compilation of Statistics and Indicators for Conference Follow-up in the CARICOM Region," jointly carried out by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat from 1999 - 2004 approximately.

The Project was executed in the CARICOM Member States, which are Antigua and Barbuda , The Bahamas, Barbados , Belize , Dominica , Grenada , Guyana , Haiti , Jamaica , Montserrat , St. Kitts and Nevis , Saint Lucia , St. Vincent and the Grenadines , Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. However relative to data collection and capacity building activities the Associate Members were also included in these efforts and data for some of these countries are found in this publication.

The design of this publication presents metadata, a brief evaluation and assessment of the data and the tables and graphs of the various statistics and indicators. The publication focuses on twelve (12) themes which are: Population and Households, Tourism, Environmental Health, Natural Disasters, Energy and Minerals, Land Use and Agriculture, Coastal and Marine Resources, Biodiversity, Forest , Air, Waste and Water.

For each theme, the indicators are identified and for each indicator, information and analysis as required are presented on: Concepts and Definitions, Method of Computation, Indicator Relevance, Data Assessment, Data Sources and Evaluation (of the data). An estimate of the degree of harmonisation of the data is also attempted as an indicator of the comparability of the statistics across Member States.

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Front Cover	(433 KB)
Front Matter	(128 KB)
Chapter 1: Population and Households	(386 KB)
Chapter 2: Tourism	(453 KB)
Chapter 3: Environmental Health	(235 KB)
Chapter 4: Natural Disasters	(58 KB)
Chapter 5: Energy and Minerals	(218 KB)
Chapter 6: Land Use and Agriculture	(114 KB)
Chapter 7: Coastal and Marine Resources	(92 KB)
Chapter 8: Biodiversity	(40 KB)
Chapter 9: Forest	(35 KB)
Chapter 10: Air	(127 KB)
Chapter 11: Waste	(83 KB)
Chapter 12: Water	(157 KB)
Back Cover	(256 KB)