Saint Lucia: Perbedaan antara revisi

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Saint Lucia memiliki lima ekoregion terestrial: hutan lembab [[Kepulauan Windward]], hutan kering [[Kepulauan Leeward]], hutan kering Kepulauan Windward, semak belukar Kepulauan Windward, dan [[Antilles|Mangrove Antilles Kecil]].<ref name="DinersteinOlson2017">{{cite journal|last1=Dinerstein|first1=Eric|last2=Olson|first2=David|last3=Joshi|first3=Anup|last4=Vynne|first4=Carly|last5=Burgess|first5=Neil D.|last6=Wikramanayake|first6=Eric|last7=Hahn|first7=Nathan|last8=Palminteri|first8=Suzanne|last9=Hedao|first9=Prashant|last10=Noss|first10=Reed|last11=Hansen|first11=Matt|last12=Locke|first12=Harvey|last13=Ellis|first13=Erle C|last14=Jones|first14=Benjamin|last15=Barber|first15=Charles Victor|last16=Hayes|first16=Randy|last17=Kormos|first17=Cyril|last18=Martin|first18=Vance|last19=Crist|first19=Eileen|last20=Sechrest|first20=Wes|last21=Price|first21=Lori|last22=Baillie|first22=Jonathan E. M.|last23=Weeden|first23=Don|last24=Suckling|first24=Kierán|last25=Davis|first25=Crystal|last26=Sizer|first26=Nigel|last27=Moore|first27=Rebecca|last28=Thau|first28=David|last29=Birch|first29=Tanya|last30=Potapov|first30=Peter|last31=Turubanova|first31=Svetlana|last32=Tyukavina|first32=Alexandra|last33=de Souza|first33=Nadia|last34=Pintea|first34=Lilian|last35=Brito|first35=José C.|last36=Llewellyn|first36=Othman A.|last37=Miller|first37=Anthony G.|last38=Patzelt|first38=Annette|last39=Ghazanfar|first39=Shahina A.|last40=Timberlake|first40=Jonathan|last41=Klöser|first41=Heinz|last42=Shennan-Farpón|first42=Yara|last43=Kindt|first43=Roeland|last44=Lillesø|first44=Jens-Peter Barnekow|last45=van Breugel|first45=Paulo|last46=Graudal|first46=Lars|last47=Voge|first47=Maianna|last48=Al-Shammari|first48=Khalaf F.|last49=Saleem|first49=Muhammad|display-authors=1|title=An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm|journal=BioScience|volume=67|issue=6|year=2017|pages=534–545|issn=0006-3568|doi=10.1093/biosci/bix014|pmid=28608869|pmc=5451287|doi-access=free}}</ref> Negara ini memiliki skor rata-rata [[Hutan|Indeks Integritas Bentang Alam Hutan]] tahun 2019 sebesar 6,17/10, menempatkannya di peringkat ke-84 secara global dari 172 negara.

[[Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa]] mengkategorikan Saint Lucia sebagai [[Negara Berkembang Pulau Kecil]], sebutan yang mirip dengan [[negara berkembang]] dengan beberapa perbedaan substansial karena sifat pulau Saint Lucia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/sids |title=Small Island Developing States |access-date=13 March 2018 |publisher=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Sustainable Development |location=New York |archive-date=2022-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630045052/https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/sids |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/sids/list |title=List of Small Island Developing States |access-date=13 March 2018 |publisher=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Sustainable Development |location=New York |archive-date=2022-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728044939/https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/sids/list |dead-url=no }}</ref>

Atraksi wisata lainnya termasuk "[[drive-in]]" [[gunung berapi]] di mana seseorang dapat berkendara dalam jarak beberapa ratus kaki dari massa yang berdeguk dan mengepul,<ref>{{cite web |title=La Soufrière Drive-In Volcano |url=https://www.fodors.com/world/caribbean/st-lucia/things-to-do/sights/reviews/la-soufriere-drive-in-volcano-94973 |publisher=[[Fodor's]] |access-date=1 July 2021 |archive-date=2022-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727075823/https://www.fodors.com/world/caribbean/st-lucia/things-to-do/sights/reviews/la-soufriere-drive-in-volcano-94973 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Sulphur Springs (di Soufrière), zip lining di [[Sault Falls]], Dennery, [[St. Lucia Botanical Gardens|Botanical Gardens]], puncak kembar megah "[[The Pitons]]", situs warisan dunia, hutan hujan, beberapa pilihan perjalanan perahu, [[Cagar alam|Cagar Alam]] Pulau Frigate (dioperasikan oleh [[Saint Lucia National Trust]]), Dennery, dan [[Pulau Pigeon (Saint Lucia)|Taman Nasional Pulau Pigeon]], yang merupakan rumah bagi Fort Rodney, pangkalan militer Inggris tua.

Bahasa resminya adalah [[bahasa Inggris]].<ref name="sltb-about">{{cite web | url = http://www.stlucia.org/planner/about.asp | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130605065323/http://www.stlucia.org/planner/about.asp | title = About St. Lucia | quote = The official language spoken in Saint Lucia is English although many Saint Lucians also speak a French dialect, Creole (Kwéyòl). | publisher = St. Lucia Tourist Board | location = [[Castries]], St. Lucia | archive-date = 5 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="usstate-bgnote">{{cite web | url = https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2344.htm | quote = Languages: English (official); a French patois is common throughout the country. | title = Background Note: Saint Lucia | author = Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (U.S. Department of State) | publisher = [[United States Department of State]] | date = 12 August 2011 | access-date = 11 November 2011 | archive-date = 2022-04-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220401050343/https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2344.htm | dead-url = no }}</ref> [[Kreol|Saint Lucian French Creole]] (Kwéyòl), yang bahasa sehari-hari disebut sebagai ''[[Patois]]'' ("Patwa"), dituturkan oleh 95% populasi.<ref name="creole"/> [[Kreol|Kreol Antillen]] ini digunakan dalam sastra dan musik, dan mendapatkan pengakuan resmi.<ref name="creole">{{cite web|url=http://stlucia.gov.lc/pr2005/may/kweyolphone_countries_take_stock_of_the_languages_growth.htm |title=Kweyolphone Countries Take Stock of the Language's Growth |publisher=Government of Saint Lucia |access-date=22 August 2008 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402104905/http://stlucia.gov.lc/pr2005/may/kweyolphone_countries_take_stock_of_the_languages_growth.htm |archive-date= 2 April 2012 }}</ref> Seperti yang berkembang selama periode awal penjajahan Prancis, kreol terutama berasal dari bahasa Prancis dan Afrika Barat, dengan beberapa kosakata dari [[bahasa Pulau Carib]] dan sumber lainnya. Kreol Antillen juga dituturkan di Dominika, Martinik, Guadeloupe, dan (pada tingkat lebih rendah) St. Vincent dan Grenada; itu juga menyerupai kreol yang diucapkan di [[Guyana Prancis]], Haiti, Mauritius, dan Seychelles. Saint Lucia adalah anggota dari ''[[La Francophonie]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.francophonie.org/English.html | title = Welcome to the International Organisation of La Francophonie's official website | publisher = [[Organisation internationale de la Francophonie]] | location = Paris | access-date = 11 November 2011 | archive-date = 2010-11-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101104120600/http://www.francophonie.org/English.html | dead-url = yes }}</ref>