Wednesday 11 January 2017

Call for Proposals: Livelihoods Assessment Study

Improving Forest and Protected Area Management Project
- Call for Proposals: Livelihoods Assessment Study
Improving Forest and Protected Area Management in Trinidad and Tobago (GCP/TRI/003/GFF) is a full scale project funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Government of Trinidad and Tobago through the Ministry of Planning and Development, the European Union and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).  The project’s overarching objective is to improve the sustainability of protected areas systems in Trinidad and Tobago.
The Improving Forest and Protected Area Management in Trinidad and Tobago Project (GCP/TRI/003/GFF) is issuing a Call for Proposals to undertake a Livelihoods Assessment study in the Matura Forest and Coastal Zone Pilot Protected Area.
Please click the link below to see further details of this call:

Applications should be submitted to:
Mrs. Neila Bobb-Prescott, Chief Technical Advisor at Neila.BobbPrescott@fao.org.
Deadline for submission of applications is: Friday 20th January 2017.

Friday 6 January 2017

Drone called into service for vegetation survey



Last October, members of the Project Coordination Unit witnessed the test flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is being used to undertake the vegetation survey in pilot protected areas for the project "Improving Forest and Protected Area Management in Trinidad and Tobago".  

Learn about their experience in this link.