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Public Outreach

The process leading to the development of the NBSAP involved intensive public awareness and sensitisation, including:

 Production by national consultants and distribution of St. Lucia’s Biodiversity Country Study
     Report incorporating six sectors: Socio-Economic Issues; Agricultural Biodiversity; Forest
     Ecosystems; Marine and Coastal Ecosystems; Freshwater Ecosystems; and Tourism.

  Four consultative meetings in various communities involving stakeholders from around the
       island at which a discussion paper was circulated and discussed

 Two broad-based national consultations

Activities involving the mass media such as: -

• Press releases/articles/news items in the following newspapers: -The Voice, The Mirror and The Star; Radio Stations-Helen Television System, Daher Broadcasting Station; and Radio Stations-Radio St. Lucia, Radio 100 and Radio Caribbean International.
• Government Information Service Informative Programme (aired on Radio St. Lucia, Radio 100 and Radio Caribbean International) –‘Outlook’
• Government Information Service Interview Programme-‘Interview’·
• Radio St. Lucia Call-in Programme-‘Constitution Park’·
• Radio St. Lucia Creole Interview Programme with Lawrence Adonis·
• Radio St. Lucia Creole Interview Programme with Charles Popo·
• Radio Caribbean International Interview Programme-‘Guess Who’s in for Lunch?’·
• Radio 100 Interview Programme-‘Connections’·
• Radio 100/Helen Television System Call-in Programme-‘Straight Up’·
• Biodiversity Trivia Quiz on Radio 100·
• Biodiversity Trivia (information titbits on biodiversity issues and project) on Helen Television System

It is understood that public awareness/sensitisation is an integral part of the process leading to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources. As such, it must be an ongoing process.