 St. Lucia, through the Department of Forestry, has been chosen as one of the 18 participating countries in the second phase of the Land Degradation Neutrality Project, aimed at implementing an integrated land-use planning framework for St Lucia. In its second phase, launched on May 12, 2023, as the brainchild of the United Nations Convention to combat dissertification, the land degradation neutrality seeks to maintain and increase the quantity and quality of land resources necessary to support ecosystem functions and services that yield sustainable enhancements in food security. Alvin Donnelly is the Chief Forestry Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Rural Development. In strengthening the Land Degradation Neutrality Project and also integrated land-use planning framework, a number of countries would have submitted requests for that kind of support, and St Lucia was one of the few Caribbean countries who submitted requests for that support, and St Lucia was selected, I think it's the only Caribbean country that was selected among 18 countries. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Rural Development commends the Department of Forestry for allowing St Lucia to become an honorary representative for sustainable land management practices which target an integrated planning framework for St Lucia. From the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture, I am Manisha Antoine, reporting.