Browsing Publications and Documents by Country/Region "Trinidad and Tobago"
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An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the energy sector in the Caribbean
(United Nations (UN) - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 2013)The present report assesses the economic and social impacts of climate change on the energy sector in Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guyana, ... -
Caribbean Environment Outlook
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2004)Over the last three decades, environmental degradation and the unsustainable use of natural resources have reduced the availability of ecosystem goods and services, with negative consequences for sustainable social and ... -
Caribbean Environment Outlook
(, 1999)The Caribbean Environment Outlook (CEO) is part of a UNEP project to produce state of the environment assessments for the countries of the Caribbean, Western Indian Ocean and Pacific Islands. The objective of the CEO is ... -
Emerging Issues for Small Island Developing States
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2014)In 2013, UNEP identified priority emerging environmental issues that are of concern to small island developing states (SIDS). This report provides an overview of 20 issues critical to the sustainable development of SIDS. ... -
Environmental Impact Assessment for The Establishment of a Marina/Small Craft Harbour in Southwest Tobago - CEP Technical Report 29
(1994)The present Technical Report is the result of a case study undertaken by the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) and sponsored by the Caribbean Environment Programme of the United Nations Environment Programme within the ... -
Global Environment Outlook: Small Island Developing States : Outlook - GEO SIDS
(2014)GEO SIDS Outlook is a contribution to the 2014 Third International UN Conference on Small Island Developing States, which has an overarching theme of the sustainable development of Small Island Developing States through ... -
Global Mercury Waste Assessment: Review of Current National Measures
(2017)The Minamata Convention on Mercury mandates that mercury waste be managed in an environmentally sound manner, taking into account the guidelines developed under the Basel Convention, and in accordance with requirements to ... -
Infoterra: 15 Years of Making a Difference - Exchange of Environmental Experience Series No. 4
(1992)The series, entitled Exchange of Environmental Experience, grew out of a recognition that a great deal of valuable experience on the environment was being shared through the INFOTERRA network, and perhaps much of this ... -
Integrated Watershed and Coastal Areas Management (IWCAM) Atlas
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)The Global Environment Facility (GEF), 2012)In the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS), high population densities, combined with population growth, urbanization and increased development, particularly residential and tourist resort development, has led ... -
Island Biodiversity – Island Bright Spots in Conservation & Sustainability
(Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 2014)Islands are taking action to effectively conserve biodiversity and promote sustainable livelihoods. Despite significant vulnerabilities facing islands, leaders of island countries and countries with islands have made ... -
Marine Environmental Centres: Caribbean
(1985)This publication is a contribution to the UNEP sponsored regional Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme adopted at the intergovernmental meeting convened by UNEP in Montego Bay. Jamaica, 6-8 April 1981***. ... -
Mercury Release Inventory, Waste Storage and Disposal in Trinidad and Tobago
(2016)Mercury is considered by the World Health Organization (WHO), as one of the top ten chemicals or groups of chemicals of major public health concern. This is primarily because all forms of mercury have been established as ... -
Review of the Economy
(2014)Trinidad and Tobago’s economy continues to gain momentum and is expected to expand in real terms by 1.9 percent in calendar 2014, following growth of 1.7 percent in 2013. This outlook is premised on a projected 1.0 percent ... -
Small Island Developing States in numbers
(Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS), 2013)SIDS In Numbers provides, at a glance, a snapshot of some select key SIDS indicators grouped under the three dimensions of sustainable development -
State of the Environment Report - 1999 - The Legislative and institutional landscape for Protection of the environment in Trinidad & Tobago
(1999)This report looks at the current situation with regard to environmental legislation and its enforcement. The EMA during 1998 and 1999 conducted an extensive survey into the legislative and institutional landscape to determine ... -
State of the Environment Report - 2001 and 2002, Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI):Provisional Indices and profiles for Trinidad & Tobago
(Environmental Management Authority (EMA) - Trinidad and Tobago, 2002)This year’s state of the environment report presents in one consolidated text, a review of the environmental vulnerability of Trinidad and Tobago, using an Environmental Vulnerability Index composed of 48 environmental ... -
Trinidad and Tobago - National Report for Third International Conference
This Report will take stock of Trinidad and Tobagos implementation of the Barbados Plan of Actions (BPOA), and the Mauritius Strategy of Implementation (MSI). Mention will be made of the actions that are needed by the ... -
Trinidad and Tobago: State of the Environment 1997 Report
(Environmental Management Authority (EMA) - Trinidad and Tobago, 1997)This report reviews the biodiversity resources of Trinidad and Tobago and the status of harvest and management of a few of the hundreds of species and the range of ecosystems exploited. In this report the principal ... -
Trinidad and Tobago: State of the Environment 1998 Report
(Environmental Management Authority (EMA) - Trinidad and Tobago, 1998)The 1998 State of the Environment Report is the second of our annual reports that focuses on a selected area or aspect of the environment, which the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) has prioritised for attention. ... -
Trinidad and Tobago: State of the Environment Report 2000
(, 2000)This Report provides an analysis and status of air pollution in Trinidad and Tobago because of the critical importance of air quality in the sustainable management of the environment and human health. Trinidad and Tobago ...
