9) What are the main goals of the Local Agenda 21?
The Local Agenda 21 aims essentially at ensuring the social sustainability of the island’s development: improving the living conditions and welfare of its inhabitans, raising standard of living. The overall strategy aims at promoting the socio- economic development of Marie-Galante, whilst protecting the island against the denaturing of its environment and local culture which would likely be irreversible. Marie-Galante’s Local Agenda 21 is also a social and cultural project that goes beyond the effects of image and clientele: mustering the majority of the population behind a forward-looking project based on consensus. Is is based on the permise that sustainable development is not a naturalistic slogan, rather a manner of thinking, a way of analysing existing development, and a conceptual and methodological framework for retargeting socio-economic development on protecting and sharing natural resources and assets. 10) What are the main tourism-related actions to be taken in Marie-Galante’s Local Agenda 21?
Marie-Galante’s Local Agenda 21 encourages a balance between sectors, and the integration of tourism in the island’s traditional activities of agriculture and crafts.