British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)     [136]
(Dependent Territory of the United Kingdom)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: VG
LAND AREA: 153 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):

>17,000	>10,000	>1,000	>100	>10	>1	<1	Unknown	TOTAL
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	15

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 19000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 124 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 0%/year

ECONOMY
  Income/Capita: $0

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
  TOTAL FOREST AREA: 4,000 ha, 26.7% of land area, 0.2 ha/capita
  NATURAL FOREST AREA: 4,000 ha
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:

Ministry of Natural Resources                                           
National Parks Trust (Statutory Body)                                   
Development Control Authority; Town & Country Planning Department       

National Parks Ordinance 1961 (as amended)                              
Marine Parks and Protected Areas Ordinance 1979                         
Endangered Animals and Plants Ordinance 1976                            
Protection of Endangered Animals, Plants & Articles (Removal &          
Possession)                                                             
  Ordinance 1981                                                        
Wild Birds Protection Ordinance 1961 (as amended)                       
Salt Ponds Ordinance 1959                                               
Protection of Trees and Conservation of Soil and Water Ordinance 1954   
Fisheries Ordinance 1979                                                
Turtles Ordinance 1959                                                  
Beach Protection Ordinance 1985                                         
Land Development (Control) Ordinance 1969                               

Oldfield, 1987