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St Helena (United Kingdom)     [130]
(Dependent Territory of the United Kingdom)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: SH
LAND AREA: 122 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):
>17,000 >10,000 >1,000 >100 >10 >1 <1 Unknown TOTAL
0 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 8

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 6000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 49 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 0%/year

ECONOMY
  Income/Capita: $0

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
  TOTAL FOREST AREA: 1,000 ha, 3.2% of land area, 0.2 ha/capita
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: 

Agriculture and Forestry Department                                     
St. Helena Fisheries Corporation

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION: 
Plants Protection Ordinance 1950                                        
Forestry Ordinance 1954 (as amended) with Forestry (Indigenous Trees and
  Plants Preservation) Rules 1959 (as amended)                          
Wild Life (Protection) Ordinance 1984                                   
Game and Wild Birds (Protection) Ordinance 1950 (as amended)            
Fisheries Protection Regulations

ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS: 
St. Helena Heritage Society

REFERENCES: 
Oldfield, 1987

Last updated 11/02/98

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