Ahead of Trinidad and Tobago’s sea turtle nesting season in March this year, Planning and Development Minister Pennelope Beckles officially reappointed the National Sea Turtle Task Force on January 22, 2024.One of the key objectives of the Task Force is to protect the sea turtles, which are an important part...
The Environmental Management Authority (EMA), through the BIOREACH Project, successfully hosted an Integrated Wildfire Management Training programme from January 8th to 16th, 2024, in both Trinidad and Tobago. This intensive training targeted professional Officers and Community-Based Organisations with experience in wildfire response.Over 60 participants, including personnel from the Forestry Division...
Managing Director of the Environmental Management Authority (EMA), Hayden Romano, welcomed Environmental Officers’ (EOs) to the EMA’s Fourth Quarterly/End-of-Year Meeting at the Cara Suites Hotel, Claxton Bay, on 14 December 2023.In attendance were the EOs from various government Ministries and agencies, including Planning and Development, Works and Transport, Public Utilities,...
Concerns have been raised on a recent television programme regarding the Tobago Recycling Resource Initiative (TRRI) and the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) seeks to provide clarity. The Recyclable Solid Waste Collection Project, fondly called iCARE, began in 2015 with the approval and receipt of funding from the Green Fund of...
There is no doubt that our environment is rapidly changing but in the midst of these changes, many organisations and the Government are both putting things in place to help slow such changes. The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) noted the continued development of national projects toward environmental sustainability and conservation,...
The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) recently hosted His Excellency, Dr. Christophe Eick, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Trinidad and Tobago. The EMA’s Managing Director Mr. Hayden Romano led the EMA’s team which highlighted the various roles and functions of the Authority including co-ordination, legislation, policymaking, public awareness,...
On November 15, 2023, the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) hosted an Orientation Workshop for Point Persons representing sixteen Ministries and State Enterprises across Trinidad and Tobago. These Point Persons were nominated by their respective Permanent Secretaries to assist the EMA in developing the first Action Plan for the National Environmental...
The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) hosted two days of Waste Management Rules 2021 virtual sensitisation sessions with stakeholders from three major industrial parks, the Eteck Diamond Vale and Omeara Parks and the La Brea Industrial Development Company Limited (LABIDCO).The sensitisation sessions which were facilitated by members of the EMA’s Waste...
The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) and the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) met on 3 November 2023 to clarify and discuss the way forward given the 23 October 2023 judgement of the Court of Appeal in the EMA’s Appeal against Wild Goose Limited. This meeting was deemed critical considering...