Trinidad and Tobago community action
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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
Environmental issues[edit | edit source]
Environmental issues are water pollution from agricultural chemicals, industrial wastes, and raw sewage; oil pollution of beaches; deforestation; soil erosion. W
About Trinidad and Tobago[edit | edit source]
Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with numerous smaller islands, it is located 11 kilometres (6 nautical miles) northeast off the coast of Venezuela, 130 kilometres (70 nautical miles) south of Grenada, and west of Barbados. Its capital city is Port of Spain, while its largest and most populous municipality is Chaguanas. Despite its proximity to South America, Trinidad and Tobago is generally considered to be part of the West Indies.
