We were naive, says dune mining activist

This article was originally published on page 8 of Tribune on April 02, 2006

A leading figure in the hard-fought campaign to stop dune mining at St Lucia now believes the battle, conducted in the name of conservation, may have been misdirected.

Dune mining, says environmental lawyer Professor Jeremy Ridl, may have proved the better option.

Ridl, who was the spokesperson for the Wildlife Society and the Campaign for St Lucia during the long battle against dune mining, says he has come to this conclusion in the light of the lack of meaningful development of ecotourism in the St Lucia area. The area had failed to take off as a destination in spite of the status of the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park as a World Heritage Site.
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