cockpit country and its conservation

<body> Viewing this page really requires a browser capable of displaying frames.but you can get to the <a href="Contents.html">contents</a> of the site by using the links below. This site is intended to be a resource base for researchers students communities and others interested in the <a href="Formation%20of%20cockpits.html">Cockpit Country</a> area of Jamaica, West Indies. It is maintained by <a href="WRC%20Mission.html">Windsor Research Centre</a>, located at <a href="WGH%20history.html">Windsor Great House</a> and situated three miles inside the perimeter road which encircles the Cockpit Country (see <a href="CCimgmap.html">Map</a>) The Centre has been receiving researchers studying the <a href="Flora.html">flora</a>, fauna and <a href="Geology.html">geology</a> of the area since at least 1920 and is presently being developed by the owner to facilitate researchers in this hotspot of <a href= "Biodiv%26Cons.htm">biodiversity</a> and to encourage conservation of this unique <a href="Karst.html">karst</a> environment by education and provision of alternate livelihood strategies for the <a href="CCimgmap.html">communities</a> located around the Cockpit Country. We have participated in the Steering Committee for the National Park proposal sponsored by The World Bank and resident biologist, Dr Susan Koenig, was the Biodiversity Specialist for the Project Proposal. We would like to encourage you to learn more about our <a href="Invertebrates.html">Invertebrates</a>, <a href= "Amphibians%20%26%20Reptiles.html">Herpetofauna</a> (amphibians and reptiles), <a href="Birds.html">Birds</a>, <a href= "Mammals.html">Mammals</a>, (especially the <a href= "Bats.html">Chiroptera</a> or bats) and to see how endemic flora and fauna are being affected by <a href= "Non-native%20species.html">non-native species</a>. We also think that the unique karst landscape may interest you and have included information on the formation of <a href= "formjamaica.html">Jamaica</a> and of the <a href= "Formation%20of%20cockpits.html">Cockpit Country</a>, together with some info and warnings on <a href="Caves.html">Caves</a>. Of course, most of this info came from the literature and we include a <a href="Bibliography.htm">bibliography</a> and book-store section. We include <a href="Rainfall.html">rainfall data</a> and climate information and a number of pages covering cultural heritage sites such as the <a href="Maroons.html">Maroon</a> village of Accompong (see <a href="CCimgmap.html">map</a>) and places where you can find <a href="Accommodation.html">accommodation</a>. </body>