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,...
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,...
Tuesday 14th December 2021 - CLIMATE CHANGE Kishan Kumarsingh, Head of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements Unit, Ministry of Planning and Development will deliver a timely presentation on, "Outcomes of COP 26 and Implications for Trinidad and Tobago".Mr. Kumarsingh was a member of Trinidad and Tobago’s delegation at the recently held Conference of...
Tuesday 7th December 2021 -iCARE 2 million marker We celebrate the iCARE Project, Trinidad and Tobago’s first national recycling initiative has achieved a major milestone - 2 million bags collected! This collection project which commenced in 2015 with the EMA’s receipt of funding from the Green Fund is now synonymous with recycling...
Knowledge Series-Green Leaf Special Awardee- Suzan Lakhan-Baptiste On Tuesday November 30th the EMA will interview Special Green Leaf Awardee, Suzan Lakhan-Baptiste. Suzan’s outstanding contribution to conservation in Trinidad and Tobago extends over three decades and encompasses sea turtle, watershed and forest conservation. This tireless environmentalist was also instrumental in the formation of the...
Tuesday 23rd November 2021 - EMA’s Environmental Officers’ Programme. This Programme is a key collaborative tool through which appointed Officers assist in maintaining intra-governmental co-ordination and institutional linkages for the development, integration and implementation of environmental policies, laws, rules and guidelines. ZOOM LINKWEBINAR IDPASSCODE 23rd-Nov-2021857 8115 0691125282 Facebook Twitter Youtube https://youtu.be/pOjDEj-6MaY
Tuesday 16th November 2021 -Conversation with Detta Buch – Green Leaf Special Awardee Detta is an EMA Green Leaf Special Awardee who has dedicated over 30 years of her life to wildlife conservation and rehabilitation in Trinidad & Tobago.In 2001, Detta established the Wildlife Orphanage and Rehabilitation Centre (WORC) and...
Tuesday 2nd November 2021 - A conversation with EMAu2019s Green Leaf Special Awardee 2020 u2013 Environmentalist Gary Aboud The EMA Knowledge Series for 2021 starts on Tuesday 12th October 2021 and continues for nine consecutive weeks with topical and interactive webinars, as well as interviews with our 2020 Green Leaf...
Tuesday 2nd November 2021 - A conversation with EMA’s Green Leaf Special Awardee 2020 – Environmentalist Gary Aboud The EMA Knowledge Series for 2021 starts on Tuesday 12th October 2021 and continues for nine consecutive weeks with topical and interactive webinars, as well as interviews with our 2020 Green Leaf...