Top: Regional: Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda: Science and Environment

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Natural resources

NEGL; pleasant climate fosters tourism


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Natural hazards

hurricanes and tropical storms (July to October); periodic droughts


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Environment - current issues

water management - a major concern because of limited natural fresh water resources - is further hampered by the clearing of trees to increase crop production, causing rainfall to run off quickly


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Environment - international agreements

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements 



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