Martinique (France)     [139]
(Overseas Department of France)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: MQ
LAND AREA: 1079 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):

>17,000	>10,000	>1,000	>100	>10	>1	<1	Unknown	TOTAL
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	8

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 384000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 356 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 0%/year
  POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 23%
  LIFE EXPECTANCY: 78.7 years,  ADULT LITERACY: 99.0%
  HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.946

ECONOMY
  Income/Capita: $3650

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
  TOTAL FOREST AREA: 38,000 ha, 35.8% of land area, 0.1 ha/capita
  NATURAL FOREST AREA: 38,000 ha
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:

Direction de la Protection de la Nature (parks, reserves, hunting)      
Delegation Regionale a l'Architecture et a l'Environnement              
Office Nationale des Forets                                             
Institut Scientifique et Technique des Peches Maritimes                 
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique                           

Establishment of National Parks, Law 60.708 of 22 July 1960             
Conservation, including reserves, Law of July 1976                      
Arrete Prefectorial No. 70/3 of 5 January 1970 on lobster fishing       
Prefectorial decree of 19 March 1983 regulates fishing and turtle trade 

Union Regionale des Associations de Protection de l'Environnement a la  
  Martinique (URAPEM), including:                                       
  Societe pour l'Etude de la Protection et l'Amenagement de la Nature en
    Martinique (SEPANMAR)                                               
  Societe des Amis du Parc                                              
  Alliance Nature et Developpement                                      
  Association pour Nature et Environnemnt (APNE)                        
University of the French Antilles and French Guiana