ocr: St.I Lucians are proud oftheir island and environmental questions arouse fierce lebate. In recent years, the greatest controversy has surrounded the decision to allow a luxury hotel development on the ecologically important Jalousie Plantation, which encompasses the extraordinary twin Pitons and includes an important Amerindian archeological site. The issue ilustrates a key problem in St.. Lucia, where business plessules to develop tourism can outweigh vital environmental concerns. Une notable conservation success has been the St. Lucian parrot. Inl 1978, there were 150 birds; strict laws agai ...
