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...
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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...
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On October 23, 2023, a Panel of Court of Appeal Judges allowed the Environmental Management Authority’s (EMA’s) Appeal against WildGoose Limited. The court made the following orders:The appeal is allowed;The orders of the trial judge are hereby set aside;Accordingly, the court declares, and a declaration is granted that the decision...
The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) commends the Central Game Warden Unit, Forestry Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries and the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) Southern Division Task Force on their recent operation to protect our National Bird and Environmentally Sensitive Species, the Scarlet Ibis.The EMA commends both...
The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) through the project ‘Biodiversity Conservation and Agroecological Land Restoration in Productive Landscapes of Trinidad and Tobago’ (BIOREACH) conducted a training exercise through which twenty-five Forest Officers, and other employees of the Forestry Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries, benefitted from training on...
In collaboration with the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard and the Environmental Management Authority (EMA), the Maritime Services Division is set to conduct comprehensive background noise measurements in the Gulf of Paria, encompassing the Western Peninsula of Trinidad. This initiative will take place from Thursday 5th October 6:00pm - Friday,...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-UN), and the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) through the project, Biodiversity Conservation and Agroecological Land Restoration in Productive Landscapes of Trinidad and Tobago (BIOREACH) recently facilitated five days of training. The training titled, ‘Land Management Mapping and Reporting’ builds the capacity...