Roaming Art Exhibition visits Trincity Mall

Following the launch of the roaming environmental art exhibit “Treasures Among Us” on June 11^th, and its first week of showing at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Port of Spain, it was time to hit the road and head east.  The exhibit journeyed to the central atrium of the popular Trincity Mall.  

The exhibit is an initiative of the "Improving Forest and Protected Area Management in Trinidad and Tobago" project and is part of the Environment Month celebrations of the Ministry of Planning and Development "Environmental Pride is National Pride" which promotes our local biodiversity.

Read more about the Mall experience at this link.

Brickfield Mangrove Rehab Exercise: 23rd and 24th June, 2018

In commemoration of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, June 17^th, the Ministry of Planning and Development with the assistance of the Institute of Marine Affairs undertook a replanting exercise at the Brickfield location. The aim was to plant approximately 1,000 mangrove seedlings at the mudflats located at Brickfield in Central Trinidad.

This area for replanting was selected in order to try to mitigate the erosion of an artificial headland created from dredged spoils from being eroded.

The initiative through the Ministry of Planning and Development took place during the following phases:

•             Saturday June 23, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., along the road to the Caroni Swamp Visitor Centre - collection of 1,000 mangroves seedlings

 •            Sunday June 24, 2018 at 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. at the Brickfield mudflats: the replanting of the collected mangrove seedlings

Under this initiative over 80 volunteers were mobilized to re-plant over 1150 mangrove (red, white and black) seedlings at a degraded mangrove area in Trinidad and Tobago.

The Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) surveyed the coastline from Carli Bay to Caroni Swamp to select an area for replanting and has recommend the Brickfield mudflats for the replanting activity.  Brickfield was dredged since the area had silted up and the spoilt was used to create headland to protect the bay.  The headland is eroding away. The IMA suggested that mangroves be replanted on the headland to stabilise and arrest the erosion.  

See pictures from the two days below:

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WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY (WED) TALKS

The Ministry of Planning and Development will be commemorating World Environment Day, not only on the internationally recognised day, June 5, but for the entire month of June as “World Environment Month”. This initiative is being conducted in collaboration with the Ministry’s environmentally oriented agencies, who will be partnering to showcase this year’s theme, “Beat Plastic Pollution,” through a range of activities during the month of June.

To this end, the Environmental Policy and Planning Division will be hosting World Environment Day Talks (WED Talks) and a Fair at the National Library and Information System (NALIS) Audio Visual Room on June 26, 2018 from 10am to 2pm. 

2018 WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY (WED) TALKS SPEAKERS

SPEAKER	ORGANISATION	Thematic Area
10 am – 11am
Mr. Hasmath Ali	Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Inspectorate	Pesticides and Chemical Pollution
Ms. Laurayne Lucky	Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA) T&T National Section	Water Resources
Mr. Robert Nunez	Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Industry Association	Air Conditioning and Refrigeration /Ozone
11am -12 noon
Ms. Marissa Mohammed and Mr. Kevin Thomas	CNIRD & Marine Environment Education Programme for Trinidad and Tobago (MEEPTT)	Marine Environment
Dr. Judith Gobin	University of the West Indies	Marine Environment
Dr. Floyd Homer	Coordinator – EU Environment Programme	Biodiversity
12 noon – 1 pm
Ms. Sharda Mahabir	Adopt A River Programme	River Ecosystems
Ms. Rianna Gonzales	Caribbean Youth Environmental Network Water Resources Agency	Climate Change and Water Resources
Dr. Kegan Farrick	University of the West Indies	Climate Change and Land Degradation
1 pm – 2 pm
Ms. Sian Cuffy-Young	Siel Environmental Company Managing Director	Environmental Education and Behavioural Change
Mr. Kishan Kumarsingh	EPPD	Climate Change

Latest issue of ProtectEd Newsletter now available

The June 2018 issue of the newsletter ProtecEd is now available.  Read about the recent and upcoming activities and reports from the "Improving Forest and Protected Area Management in Trinidad and Tobago" project this link.

Roaming Art Exhibition gets underway

On Monday 11^th June 2018, an environmental art exhibition entitled “Treasures Among Us” was launched at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain.  Under the patronage of Senator the Hon. Camille Robinson-Regis, Minister of Planning and Development, this exhibition highlights the talents of local artists in thirty mounted pieces in varied media.

The art exhibition was conceptualized as a communication vehicle under the four-year project “Improving Forest and Protected Area Management in Trinidad and Tobago” which is being implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on behalf of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.

Read more about this initiative at this link.

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