Environment of Trinidad and Tobago

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Trinidad and Tobago is in the Lesser Antilles.

The environment of Trinidad and Tobago reflects the interaction between its biotic diversity, high population density, and industrialised economy.

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Beach area of Port of Spain, Trinidad
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Port of Spain urban area
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Grande Riviere, in a moist forest region

Environment of Trinidad and Tobago

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Trinidad Motmots
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Channel-billed toucan, Trinidad

Biota/Fauna

The flora of Trinidad and Tobago is believed to include about 2,500 species of vascular plants. [1] There are about 50 species of freshwater fish (plus 30 marine species which are occasionally found in freshwater) [2] 400–500 marine fish species, [3] 30 amphibian species, about 90 reptiles, [2] 469 species of birds, and 98 mammal species.

Geography

Climate change

Energy

Environmental policy and law

Trinidad and Tobago is a signatory to a number of treaties and international agreements:

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Endangered species, Hazardous waste, Law of the sea, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, Montreal Protocol, International Tropical Timber Agreements, Wetlands

Environmental issues

Environmental issues are water pollution from agricultural chemicals, industrial wastes, and raw sewage; oil pollution of beaches; deforestation; soil erosion. [4]

Trinidad and Tobago had a 2018 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score of 6.62/10, ranking it 69th globally out of 172 countries. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Van den Eynden, Veerle; Michael P. Oatham; Winston Johnson (2008). "How free access internet resources benefit biodiversity and conservation research: Trinidad and Tobago's endemic plants and their conservation status". Oryx. 42 (3): 400–07. doi: 10.1017/S0030605308007321 .
  2. 1 2 Kenny, Julian (2008). The Biological Diversity of Trinidad and Tobago: A Naturalist's Notes. Port of Spain: Prospect Press. ISBN   978-976-95082-3-1.
  3. ↑ Trinidad and Tobago Biodiversity Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Biodiversity Clearing House
  4. ↑ CIA World Fact Book
  5. ↑ Grantham, H. S.; Duncan, A.; Evans, T. D.; Jones, K. R.; Beyer, H. L.; Schuster, R.; Walston, J.; Ray, J. C.; Robinson, J. G.; Callow, M.; Clements, T.; Costa, H. M.; DeGemmis, A.; Elsen, P. R.; Ervin, J.; Franco, P.; Goldman, E.; Goetz, S.; Hansen, A.; Hofsvang, E.; Jantz, P.; Jupiter, S.; Kang, A.; Langhammer, P.; Laurance, W. F.; Lieberman, S.; Linkie, M.; Malhi, Y.; Maxwell, S.; Mendez, M.; Mittermeier, R.; Murray, N. J.; Possingham, H.; Radachowsky, J.; Saatchi, S.; Samper, C.; Silverman, J.; Shapiro, A.; Strassburg, B.; Stevens, T.; Stokes, E.; Taylor, R.; Tear, T.; Tizard, R.; Venter, O.; Visconti, P.; Wang, S.; Watson, J. E. M. (2020). "Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity - Supplementary Material". Nature Communications. 11 (1): 5978. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19493-3 . ISSN   2041-1723. PMC   7723057 . PMID   33293507.
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