LAND RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN THE CARIBBEAN

Annex 5
Status of preparation of country reports

A tentative timeframe was established for completion of the reports. This was summarized in Table 5.1.

TABLE 5.1

Status of preparation of country reports

COUNTRY

STATUS

CONSTRAINTS

TIME FRAME

Antigua

70 - 80%

Human resource scarcity,
Staff busy on other work or projects,
No computer in the Soil and Water Conservation Unit

Mid-November 2000

Barbados

30% - Water resources section done, no information on plant nutrition

Unlikely to get government funds to complete this year,
Time

End Dec. 2000 (skeleton )
March 2001 (with more information)

British Virgin Islands

80% - Plant Nutrition information needed

Manpower
Time

Mid- November 2000

Cuba

75% - Plant nutrition information missing.
Water resources from Aquastat through a Link

Time
Other commitments
No or limited computer time

December 2000

Dominica

0%
Water resources information can get from Water Authority

Institutional and political changes
Data availability (No Department in the Ministry of Agriculture collects this type of data)
Funding for data acquisition

Mid-June 2001 (an intial incomplete form)

Grenada

65%
Draft is ready - needs to be reviewed

Time

December 2000 (with financial assistance)
June 2001 (without assistance)

Guyana

10%
Land resources complete

Internet access not widely available. Disinterest.
Human Resource Scarcity
Need stipend for data entry
(consider National Workshop to sensitise stakeholders)

End December 2000 (Preliminary Report)

Haiti

5%

Election trouble??
Time (to identify sources of data, data collection, data entry and report preparation

July 2001 (Preliminary Report)
Country Overview
Hot spots
Bright spots (End 2001)

Jamaica

0%

Coordination

End December 2000 (Preliminary report)
Can do in 1 month with coordination.

St. Kitts
and Nevis

30%
Aquastat Done

Trends (Spatial and Temporal)
Difficulties to develop base maps

End December 2000 (Preliminary Report)
Mid June 2001 (with assistance)

St. Lucia

40%

Need assistance to get maps

Mid December 2000

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

unknown

AEZ, Land Use changes, Data not readily available, Need to collect, analyze and interpret the data

Unknown

Suriname

0%

No network established
Data availability
Data processing

Unknown

Trinidad and Tobago

30%
Water resources data done

Man power

End January 2001

COUNTRY	STATUS	CONSTRAINTS	TIME FRAME
Antigua	70 - 80%	Human resource scarcity, Staff busy on other work or projects, No computer in the Soil and Water Conservation Unit	Mid-November 2000
Barbados	30% - Water resources section done, no information on plant nutrition	Unlikely to get government funds to complete this year, Time	End Dec. 2000 (skeleton ) March 2001 (with more information)
British Virgin Islands	80% - Plant Nutrition information needed	Manpower Time	Mid- November 2000
Cuba	75% - Plant nutrition information missing. Water resources from Aquastat through a Link	Time Other commitments No or limited computer time	December 2000
Dominica	0% Water resources information can get from Water Authority	Institutional and political changes Data availability (No Department in the Ministry of Agriculture collects this type of data) Funding for data acquisition	Mid-June 2001 (an intial incomplete form)
Grenada	65% Draft is ready - needs to be reviewed	Time	December 2000 (with financial assistance) June 2001 (without assistance)
Guyana	10% Land resources complete	Internet access not widely available. Disinterest. Human Resource Scarcity Need stipend for data entry (consider National Workshop to sensitise stakeholders)	End December 2000 (Preliminary Report)
Haiti	5%	Election trouble?? Time (to identify sources of data, data collection, data entry and report preparation	July 2001 (Preliminary Report) Country Overview Hot spots Bright spots (End 2001)
Jamaica	0%	Coordination	End December 2000 (Preliminary report) Can do in 1 month with coordination.
St. Kitts and Nevis	30% Aquastat Done	Trends (Spatial and Temporal) Difficulties to develop base maps	End December 2000 (Preliminary Report) Mid June 2001 (with assistance)
St. Lucia	40%	Need assistance to get maps	Mid December 2000
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	unknown	AEZ, Land Use changes, Data not readily available, Need to collect, analyze and interpret the data	Unknown
Suriname	0%	No network established Data availability Data processing	Unknown
Trinidad and Tobago	30% Water resources data done	Man power	End January 2001