Enviro groups emphasise need for new legislation

PHILIPSBURG--Adequate and up-to-date legislation and funding were among the major issues raised when the country's three main environmental and nature organisations met with Members of Parliament (MPs) in a Central Committee meeting on Thursday morning. The groups were also fervent in their call for protection of what remains of the country's natural heritage.

Nature Foundation St. Maarten, Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) and St. Maarten Pride Foundation outlined to MPs in the familiarisation session their main activities, projects and areas they would like to see protected.

National Alliance (NA) MP Louie Laveist asked the groups to prepare "a laundry list" of needs that Parl...