Las Cuevas opens the Blue Flag Season for second year!

The Honourable Shamfa Cudjoe, Minister of Tourism, raised the Blue Flag for a second season at the Las Cuevas Beach Facility on Tuesday, November 17, 2015. 

Minister of Tourism (front row, 2nd from the left) the officials from the  Ministry of  Tourism, TDC and stakeholders at Las  Cuevas Bay including  National Jury  member, Ms. Gordon (second row, 3rd from the right).

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 Blue Flag is an international certification programme and eco-label which is granted to beaches and marinas which meet strict criteria for sustainable development, water quality, environmental education and management, safety and security.

Trinidad’s Las Cuevas Bay is currently the only Blue Flag certified beach in the Southern English-speaking Caribbean. The internationally coveted Blue Flag status was bestowed on the beach 10 months ago after six years of work by the Tourism Development Company (TDC).

Ms. Anastasia Gordon, Environmental Policy Analyst of the Ministry of Planning and Development who sits on the National Jury that guides the implementation of the Blue Flag in Trinidad and Tobago, participated in the re-opening of the Blue Flag season at Las Cuevas. 

Minister of Tourism (front row, 2nd from the left) the officials from the  Ministry of  Tourism, TDC and stakeholders at Las  Cuevas Bay including  National Jury  member, Ms. Gordon (second row, 3rd from the right).

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CRS Stakeholder Consultation - November 2015

A Stakeholder Consultation on the Draft Implementation Framework under the Project: Elaboration of a Strategy for the Reduction of Carbon Emissions in Trinidad and Tobago was held on 13th November, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Port-of-Spain. 
 

Ms.Nnyeka Prescod, Project Manager for the Implementation Framework under the Project addressing the stakeholders at the CRS Consultation.

The main objectives of the Consultation were to present and refine the activities and timelines necessary to implement the Carbon Reduction Strategy in the three targeted sectors; electrical power generation, transport and industrial to achieve the carbon reduction target of 15% by 2040. Consequently, the main output of the consultation was a revision of timelines initially proposed in the Strategy to reflect achievable planning horizons so as to advance the implementation of the Strategy. 

Participants in working groups at the CRS Consultation.

Some of the major recommendations made by stakeholders included:

• Actions need to be undertaken by full time core unit of persons so as to meet timelines. 
• Funding should be made priority for the sector so as to successfully drive the required actions. 
• Mandate actions through legislation to bind industry to actions outlined in the Strategy. 
• A commitment from the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries to drive/champion these actions needs to be made. 
• There needs to be champions on the ground, within each stakeholder organization, to push the Strategy.

Click to hear more about the Carbon Reduction Strategy Project from Mr. Kishan Kumarsingh, Head of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements Unit, Environmental Policy and Planning Division, Ministry of Planning and Development