Community action/Trinidad and Tobago
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| Location | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Coordinates | 10° 44' 48.09" N, 61° 5' 2.43" W |
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Trinidad and Tobago.
News
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How one community in Trinidad & Tobago pushed the culinary boundaries of pigeon peas, globalvoices.org (Sep 24, 2025) - Homes built with clay, grass, plastic and glass: How a Caribbean island is shying away from concrete, bbc.co.uk/future (Jan 04, 2025)
- World Oceans Day, in photos from Trinidad & Tobago, Global Voices (Jun 08, 2022) — The climate crisis is affecting the good health and sustainability of our oceans
Education for sustainability
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Biodiversity
[edit | edit source]On 1 August 1996, Trinidad and Tobago ratified the 1992 Rio Convention on Biological Diversity, and it has produced a biodiversity action plan and four reports describing the country's contribution to biodiversity conservation. The reports formally acknowledged the importance of biodiversity to the well-being of the country's people through provision of ecosystem services. W
About Trinidad and Tobago
[edit | edit source]Environmental issues
Environmental issues are water pollution from agricultural chemicals, industrial wastes, and raw sewage; oil pollution of beaches; deforestation; soil erosion. W
Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost archipelagic country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several smaller islets. The capital city is Port of Spain, while its largest and most populous municipality is Chaguanas. Trinidad and Tobago comprises the southernmost islands of the Caribbean eastern islands chain, and it is close to the continent of South America, being north to northeast of Venezuela and northwest of Guyana.
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Philralph (2014–2026). "Community action/Trinidad and Tobago". Appropedia. Retrieved June 3, 2026. |