Today´s Caribbean has a much wider vision of what its social, economic and environmental problems really are on the road to sustainable development.

Even though the results of the Seventh Conference on Caribbean Sustainable Development (STC-7) can only be seen in the long run, the debates and discussions did help attendants be fully aware of the need to tackle sensitive matters whose solutions brook no further delay.

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The 8th Conference on Sustainable Development in the Caribbean will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, next year, organizers announced on Friday.

A Puerto Rican delegation attending the seventh such conference here explained that initiatives in the use of natural resources and environmental protection are expected to be discussed by ministers, hoteliers, experts and business people in the meeting scheduled to be held by late 2006.

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The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) called on all countries in the Grand Caribbean region to resort to all legal tools within their reach in order to preserve elements that might lead the way to sustainable development.

This particular message was put across by Alessandra Vanzella-Khouri, of the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), who also attended the conference in Tobago.

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Cuba assured here Thursday that its tourism policy is governed by the need to contribute to socio-economic development from a sustainable base, in order to protect the national and regional environment.

Cuban Tourism Ministry planning director Gilberto Rios talked about the progress of Cuba in this sector, in a presentation at the 7th Caribbean Conference on Development of Sustainable Tourism, which will close Friday.

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The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) is facing the need to respond to the challenge of how to find a balance between tourism and environmental protection to achieve sustainable development in the Caribbean.

ACS general secretary Rubén Silié spoke Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the 7th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism taking place in Trinidad and Tobago until Friday with the participation of tourism ministers, experts, tour-operators, hoteliers and business representatives. Attendees will debate about how to use natural resources and protect the environment at the same time.

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All stakeholders in the hospitality industry should play an equal role in policy planning for sustainable tourism development, Luis Chaves, adviser to the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), told participants at the 7th Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development (STC-7) that has drawn the attention to host Tobago.

Chaves, whose presentation dealt with "Policy Making and Integration as a Key Starting Point for Sustainable Tourism Intersectoral Planning," told delegates there was a need for communication and consultation among stakeholders, which he said would allow for greater coordination and minimize divergences among them.

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