The rugged and mountainous island of Dominica located in the Eastern Caribbean has defied the ravages of commercial exploitation of its natural resources and today still retain 70% of its natural vegetation.

Water is one of Dominica's most abundant natural resource and it has some of the finest Oceanic Rainforest in the entire Caribbean.
This sounds great! and it is.
Unfortunately small islands with small economies and a population wanting to see improvement in their standards of living and social services sometimes put pressure on their governments to make decisions which are environmentally disasterous.
I believe that Dominica can be an example and model to the world, of what of what a truely eco destination should be like.
Please vist this nature paradise and encourage your friends to do so.

At the rate of which Rainforests are disappearing to"Koyaanisqatsi" we need the support of people who understand the dynamics of a tropical rainforest and its relevance to the quality of our future.
Many of our leaders are either not aware or choose to ignore how periliously close we are to a global environmental catastrophe.

Fortunately for Dominica, we get over 300 inches of rain anually,
we can still drink the water from our rivers, our rainforests effectively protect us from the hazzards of Carbon Monoxide and create enough pure oxygen for our nation to breathe freely.
All this could change if we start building Oil Refineries, introduce copper mining and other environmentally unfriendly projects.
The Luminary Confucious said "The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step".
Even though we are a little island in the Caribbean, we are part of the world community and we need the support of the whole world to help us protect one of the most dynamic of the world's Oceanic Rainforest.
If we save Dominica's Rainforest and its natural environment millions will have clean water to drink and clean air to breathe when Koyaanisqatsi completes its destruction of the world's rainforests which produce 40% of the oxygen we need.

We know from experience that world leaders have an inveterate propensity to place the development and growth of the enconomy above the protection and preservation of the natural environment, but what good is a booming economy if the natural environment becomes hazardous to the health of the world's people

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"The world is but one country and mankind its citizens" said Baha 'u' llah, I believe that at this stage of our evolution and development we should understand the signifficance of those words.
We do not live in isolation, we are intrinsically part of a world community and we all suffer the consequences of environmental degredation anywhere it happens.
Let us be indefatigably vigilant, and proactive, let us try to stop it in Dominica before it happens.

The Rainforest

In the rainforest the power of nature waxes great and creatures reign superior to man.

Resins ooze from the bark of trees, butterflies frolic with epiphytes while crystal clear streams meander beneath the canopy.

The night devours the day; nocturnal creatures begin their symphony accompanied by the howling of the wind.

The moon searching for a place to shed its light; emanates golden beams, which caress the leaves and the forest floor.

The flapping of wings, the hissing of things unseen, the chirping of insects, the murmur of streams, the patter of raindrops, the squeaking of branches, the singing of birds, the rustling of leaves all blend together in perfect harmony.

How great is the rainforest, the majestic rainforest, with trees standing so tall like giant green gods in the plant kindom.

Every plant, every leaf, every root, every moss, every meandering stream tells a story of birth and death and what lies between them twain.

Ken George Dill
isonofwoman@yahoo.com