Environment

Antigua and Barbuda like other Small Island Developing States face a number of environmental challenges, many of which are influenced by global changes. It is an absolute necessity to protect our environmental resources for future generations of Antiguans and Barbudans.

In order to ensure the sustainable use of our resources the UPP will:

• Conclude environmental legislation to ensure management and control of the use of our natural resources.
• Continue to ensure that our beaches are accessible to locals and visitors alike.
• Continue the national beautification programme, ensuring that our beaches are kept clean, the road-sides are landscaped and planted with trees, creating vistas for our people to enjoy.
• Ensure that a sustainable resource management approach is adopted for assessing all projects to help stabilize and maintain ecosystem functions, thereby providing the platform for continued sustainable economic development.
• Establish a rigorous coastal water quality monitoring programme to guarantee that a high standard is maintained at all times.
• Establish a partnership with communities across Antigua and Barbuda to develop an Eye On My Community Programme, which will be responsible for monitoring the various resources in their proximity, to help reduce illegal dumping in mangroves and sand-mining and the maintenance of beaches.
• Require Environment Impact assessments on all construction
  projects