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Ms. Sara Oldfield
22 Mandene Gardens Great Gransden
Nr. Sandy
Beds. SG19 3AP
ENGLAND
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THE
CASTLE
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2.2. 1986 Q
ST. HELENA
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24.04.1986
Dear Ms. Oldfield
Thank you for your letter of 11 Jan 1986 to Mr Brooks. This was passed to me
for attention,
All nature conservation activities on St. Helena, with the exception of the
protection of fish stocks, fall under the management of the Agriculture and Forestry Department. The fisheries protection regulations are managed by the St. Helena Fisheries Corporation, Both these bodies come under the political wing of the Agricultural & Natural Resources Committee of Legislative Council,
As you are obviously aware the most significant nature conservation activities on the Island are those connected with the conservation of the endemic flora,
the maintenance of forest cover and attempts to prevent any further
degradation of the semi- barren Crown Waste lands that make up about one
third of the land area, Clearly you are already well informed on this work.
Official support and enthusiasm for conservation activities has a good record
over the last few years as demonstrated by:
Allocation of scarce Dev/Aid funds to finance the labour component of
the endemic flora conservation project,
Allocation of scarce training resources to send a forestry employee to
the RBG Kew,
Recent new legislation, that allows regulations to be made to protect +$1
species of, wild life or fish.