World Environment Day 2021
Since 1974, World Environment Day has been celebrated every year on 5 June, engaging governments, businesses and citizens in an effort to address pressing environmental issues. For too long, we have been exploiting and destroying our planet’s ecosystems. Every three...
World Bee Day 2021
“Bee engaged – Build Back Better for Bees” Bees and other pollinators, such as butterflies, bats and hummingbirds, are increasingly under threat from human activities. Pollination is, however, a fundamental process for the survival of our ecosystems. Nearly 90% of the...
Earth Day 2021
In observance of Earth Day 2021, members of the Environmental Policy and Planning Division were featured live on CNC3’s The Morning Brew, hosted by Jessie-May Ventour. This presented an opportunity for technical staff to share insights into the work undertaken by the...
18th Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean
Tuesday 31st January - Friday 3rd February, 2012 Quito, Ecuador The Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and is the principal regional forum...
Welcome to our blog!
To kick off, we would like to firstly introduce ourselves. We are the Environmental Policy and Planning Division (EPPD), a division of professionals within the Ministry of he Environment and Water Resources of Trinidad and Tobago which is geared toward enhancing the...
Flashback: IYB 2010 Photo Competition
Biodiversity Photographic Competition, a set on Flickr. Here are a few of the amazing photo entries received by the EPPD for its Photographic Competition in commemoration of the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) 2010! The competition was held to bring awareness...