Mapping Water in DominicaHow sugarcane monoculture decimated an island's water supply and people Open access edition: DOI 10. 6069 9780295748733 Dominica, a place once described as Natures Island, was rich in biodiversity and seemingly abundant water, but in the eighteenth century a brief, failed attempt by colonial administrators to replace cultivation of varied plant species with sugarcane caused widespread ecological and social disruption. Illustrating how deeply