A new Botanic Garden for St. Kitts-Nevis

Resumen

The Caribbean insular region consists of all the islands of the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, the Bahamas, Turk and Caicos, Cayman Islands and the southern offshore islands (Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire and Trinidad- Tobago). They are all characterized by spectacular land and seascapes, as well as diverse flora and fauna.The European influence, over 500 years, was the cause ofthe enormous exploitation of forests for lumber, firewood,
agriculture and mineral extraction. The islands were stolen from the aboriginal inhabitants, and furthermore colonized and settled by Africans and Asians (brought to substitute the working force of the almost all killed Amerindians), as well as the European descendents.