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Guadeloupe (France)     [120]
(Overseas Department of France)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: GP
LAND AREA: 1780 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):
>17,000 >10,000 >1,000 >100 >10 >1 <1 Unknown TOTAL
0 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 7

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 431000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 242 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 1%/year
  POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 21%
  LIFE EXPECTANCY: 78.7 years,  ADULT LITERACY: 99.0%
  HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.946

ECONOMY
  Income/Capita: $3025

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
  TOTAL FOREST AREA: 80,000 ha, 47.3% of land area, 0.2 ha/capita
  NATURAL FOREST AREA: 80,000 ha
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: 

Direction de la Protection de la Nature                                 
Delegation Regionale  l'Architecture et  l'Environnement              
Office Nationale des Forets                                             
Institut Scientifique et Technique des Peches Maritimes                 
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION: 
Leatherback turtles, lobsters and corals protected under legislation no.
79-6,                                                                   
  AD/3/3 of April 1979

ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS:

REFERENCES:

Last updated 11/02/98

Islands of Guadeloupe (France)
Basse Terre (France - Guadeloupe)
Grande Terre (France - Guadeloupe)
La Desirade (France - Guadeloupe)
Marie Galante (France - Guadeloupe)
Petite Terre (France - Guadeloupe)
Saintes (France - Guadeloupe)

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