The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) was informed by the Forestry Division of The Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries of a spill of oily material in the Caroni Swamp at around 5pm on Thursday, 11 August 2022. The EMA immediately informed the following agencies, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management...
Trinidad and Tobago hosts the Sixth Regional Project Steering Committee Meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystem Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (IWEco) Click here To View
Trinidad and Tobago is pioneering transparency activities in climate change mitigation and adaptation in the Caribbean with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) and the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) System. The EMA is honoured to be a pivotal player in this project as...
Sensitization Session and Discussion Forum on Climate Change Initiatives and the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) System Click here To View
Legacy of Judy Daniel, former Deputy Chairman of the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) recognised at the Montevideo Convention 7 July 2022 Click here To View
The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) and the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) initiate a Collaborative Partnership to combat noise pollution.With the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, the cries for relief from noise pollution have resurged with its attendant consequences on the health and wellbeing of those affected. The EMA and...
THE WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES, 2021 AND THE WASTE MANAGEMENT (FEES) REGULATIONS, 2021 TAKE EFFECT ON 31 MAY 2022. The Waste Management Rules, 2021 (WMR), and the Waste Management (Fees) Regulations (WMFR) 2021 are operational from 31 May 2022. As such, the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) is providing salient information to all...
THE WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES, 2021 AND THE WASTE MANAGEMENT (FEES) REGULATIONS, 2021 TAKE EFFECT ON 31 MAY 2022. The Waste Management Rules, 2021 (WMR), and the Waste Management (Fees) Regulations (WMFR) 2021 are operational from 31 May 2022. As such, the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) is providing salient information to all...
The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) and Tobago House of Assembly (THA) engage on Environmental Matters An Environmental Management Authority (EMA) team led by Chairman of the Board of Directors (EMA), Nadra Nathai-Gyan, met with the Honourable Farley Chavez Augustine, Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) on Monday,...