Beneath the Division of Infrastructure, Ports and Transport, The Renewable Power Sector Growth Challenge (RESDP), along with the Workplace of the Pitons Administration Space, has engaged the providers of Land Surveyors to survey the bounds of the Pitons Administration Space (PMA).
The survey, which commenced on November 30, 2023, will proceed for a nine-month interval and can outline the boundaries and coordinates of the Piton Administration Space and the Inexperienced Buffer Zone.
The survey will embody each the native coordinate system and the International Positioning System (GPS) coordinates of the boundary strains and can be registered with the Survey and Mapping Part of the Division of Bodily Growth and City Renewal on completion.
The aim of this undertaking is to arrange a inexperienced boundary, or a inexperienced buffer zone, for shielding the character of the PMA, a World Heritage Web site, previous to commencing the geothermal exploration.
For Saint Lucia, The Pitons Administration Space (The PMA) is an space of excellent pure magnificence in Soufriere, with spectacular geological options and is a extremely delicate organic useful resource space. In 2018, the World Heritage Committee urged Saint Lucia to formally set up a buffer zone for the UNESCO World Heritage Web site (the PMA) and to make clear the kind of actions permitted on this buffer zone and that after the actions are outlined, the buffer zone needs to be formally acknowledged below the World Heritage Conference. We’re happy that this has commenced and look ahead to its fruition.
Supervisor of the Piton Administration Space, Joan Hippolyte sees this survey as important to preserving the world heritage designation, stating that “The rules for the implementation of the World Heritage Conference require {that a} buffer zone be established for the aim of efficient safety of the PMA. Particulars of the dimensions and traits of the buffer zone in addition to a map indicating the exact boundaries of the buffer zone are required below the Entire Heritage Conference. Steep and visual slopes close to the PMA should be protected against growth due to environmental impacts. The survey of the boundaries is subsequently a step in the suitable route.”
By means of the PMA demarcation, the World Heritage standing of the PMA can be assured, and it’ll proceed to draw each native and abroad guests, thereby offering employment alternatives inside the communities. Additional, zoning would permit a balanced strategy to growth, by allowing and managing sure tourism associated actions and geothermal exploration and growth.
Communities are requested to take be aware that throughout the nine-month survey interval, the surveyor and his crew will mark the PMA boundary with particular pegs 150 metres (164 yards) aside alongside the highway edge. Neighborhood members can search clarification or increase any difficulty with the RESDP Neighborhood Liaison Officer
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