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Montserrat (United Kingdom)     [125]
(Crown Colony of the United Kingdom)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: MS
LAND AREA: 104 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 0 0 0 0 1

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 11000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 106 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 0%/year

ECONOMY
  Income/Capita: $0

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
  TOTAL FOREST AREA: 3,000 ha, 30.0% of land area, 0.3 ha/capita
  NATURAL FOREST AREA: 3,000 ha
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: 

Ministry of Agriculture, Trade, Land and Housing

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION: 
Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals Ordinance 1985          
Turtle Ordinance 1951                                                   
Endangered Animals and Plants Ordinance 1976                            
Wild Birds Protection Ordinance 1916 (as amended 1982)                  
Forestry Ordinance 1932                                                 
Beach Protection Ordinance 1970

ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS: 
Monserrat National Trust

REFERENCES: 
Oldfield, 1987

Last updated 11/02/98

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