DOCSLIB.ORG

Trinidad & Tobago

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Trinidad & Tobago CANADA CARIBBEAN DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT FUND Snapshot Document Trinidad & Tobago About The CCDRMF The Canada Caribbean Disaster Risk with similar interests (such as youth Management Fund (CCDRMF) is one and women) or livelihoods (such as component of Global Affairs Canada’s farmers or fishers)’. larger regional Caribbean Disaster Risk Management Program. The CCDRMF is a competitive fund designed to Between 2008 and 2015, there have support community-driven projects been nine (9) Calls for Proposals that enhance the resilience of and in total, the Fund received 212 communities and reduce risks from project applications. Only natural hazards (e.g. floods, droughts, forty-three (43) projects, 20%, from tropical storms, hurricanes) and climate thirteen (13) countries, met the change. criteria and were eligible for consideration. Established in 2008 as a small grant Following a rigorous development facility, the CCDRMF finances projects process, the Fund has supported ranging from CAD $25,000 to CAD thirty-four (34) sub-projects in 11 $75,000, and up to CAD $100,000 in countries valued at just over exceptional cases. The target audience CAD$2.2M. The projects have is community-based organisations, strengthened disaster risk non-governmental organisations, management through improved civil-society organisations, and emergency communication systems, government agencies wishing to shelter retrofits and safer building undertake community projects in the practices, flood mitigation and land following beneficiary countries1 : stabilisation, water storage, food Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, security and climate-smart Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, agriculture, and mangrove Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts restoration. and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. For the purposes of the CCDRMF, a ‘community’ is defined as ‘a group of people living in the same geographical area (such as a neighbourhood, district, city or town)’ or ‘a group of people 1In addition, one small community project was approved for the British Virgin Islands 1 Trinidad & Tobago National Flag Island Overview The twin-island Republic of Trinidad Road being blocked, cutting off and Tobago is the most southerly of access to Maracas for a few hours; the Lesser Antilles and includes some and in 2012 several landslides 30 smaller landforms such as (mudslides) coupled with flooding in Chacachacare, Monos, Huevos, Gaspar Diego Martin (North West) resulted Grande, Little Tobago, and St. Giles in two deaths and extensive property Island. Trinidad is 4,768 km2 (about damage. 93% of the country's total area), and Tobago is 300 km2 (5.8% of the country’s area). They are separated by The country is considered to be the 12 km wide Tobago Sound. highly vulnerable to seismic activity. The most significant earthquake event in recent history, measuring Trinidad has three distinct mountain 6.1, occurred in 1997 and resulted ranges and is drained by several in significant losses. Major rivers, the Caroni and the Ortoire earthquakes measuring 5.0 to 5.8 River being the two main rivers. were also recorded during 2006 Tobago is of volcanic origin and and 2010, which resulted in minor has one central ridge with several damage to property, but no reported small rivers and streams. The deaths or injury. Republic experiences a tropical climate and distinct dry and wet While the islands are both outside seasons. The North-East Trade winds the main Atlantic hurricane belt, bring the most intense rainfall to the Tobago is susceptible to the threat highland areas of northeast Trinidad of tropical cyclones and has and along the main ridge in Tobago. experienced strong winds from several hurricanes. The most Trinidad and Tobago’s natural hazards significant being Hurricane Flora are primarily flooding, landslides, high (Category 3) in 1963 which resulted wind events, earthquakes, and in losses of about US $30 M. hurricanes. During the period 2011 Of course, like other small island to 2014, the country recorded 695 developing states (SIDS), Trinidad floods, 277 strong wind events, and and Tobago is also vulnerable to 179 landslides. Flooding and the impacts of climate change, landslides tend to occur locally in including changes in temperature the north of Trinidad and on Tobago. and precipitation, intensified In Trinidad, multiple severe flooding hydro-meteorological events events throughout 2010 and and associated hazards, and in 2011 resulted in one death, sea level rise. property damage, disruption of some services, and traffic congestion. Meanwhile, multiple landslides in 2011 led to a segment of the North Coast 2 CCDRM Fund Projects in Trinidad & Tobago The CCDRMF has received seven (7) project applications from Trinidad and Tobago. Of these, two (2) community-based projects were approved and successfully implemented. These projects support disaster risk management through home retrofits and landslide mitigation. Project C.A.R.E. -Community from the project. The project also Awareness through Responsible supported disaster risk reduction Preparedness and Empowerment training for over 60 members of the community including First Aid and In September 2010, hurricane winds caused construction training, thereby damage to several homes in the community enabling people to be prepared to of Cumana. Families were displaced and help themselves. The project handed were incapable of covering the costs of over a nursery of tree saplings to the repairs and replacing personal property. Cumana Village Council to be planted Project CARE, implemented by Habitat for in selected areas along the coast and Humanity Trinidad and Tobago, aimed to vulnerable hillsides to reduce the risk increase the resilience of targeted homes to of erosion. hurricanes. Notably, three women benefitted from the training sessions in construction With support from the project, thirty-three and were subsequently employed for roofs of vulnerable homes were retrofitted another program in Valencia. to withstand maximum winds of 125 mph. Eleven persons from within the community received training in construction, while seven persons benefitted from employment Project Organisation Objectives Project C.A.R.E. Habitat for Humanity® To reduce disaster risk and meet the -Community Trinidad and Tobago needs of the Cumana community for Awareness through safe, hurricane resilient homes. Responsible Preparedness and Empowerment Project Period GAC Contribution Total Project Cost 2012-2013 $69,974.52 $108,212.52 3 Safe Shelter through Landslide sustainable landslide mitigation measures Mitigation: A Community-Based – 26 persons trained in the construction of Solution retaining walls and 38 persons trained in rainwater harvesting. In Moriah, landslides often had devastating effects on livelihoods, homes, and household The project constructed 7 rainwater safety. Tropical storms have become more harvesters and one family benefitted intense due to climate change, torrential from a roof repair with guttering to rains come every rainy season, and landslides protect the foundation. A total of 10 are experienced every year in Moriah. The retaining walls were built and 150 trees TobagoEmergency Management Agency and ground cover plants were distributed (TEMA), Division of Infrastructure and Public to 60 families for planting to stabilize Utilities (DIPU), and the Tobago House of hillsides. With the support from the Assembly (THA) are not always able to project, the bathrooms of the community provide adequate support to communities centre were upgraded to include showers in the aftermath of a landslide. In particular, so that the centre could also function as a hazard mitigation services, technical support, shelter in times of disaster. The access road training or guided planning for households was proudly renamed to Canada Lane! that are most vulnerable to the effects of The landslide mitigation measures landslides on homes and livelihoods implemented through this project are not provided. will protect the homes of the beneficiaries for many years to come. With support from the project, several residents acquired the critical technical knowledge and practical experience to be able to lead the implementation of Project Organisation Objectives Safe Shelter through Habitat for Humanity® To reduce the devastating effects of Landslide Trinidad and Tobago landslides on livelihoods, homes, and Mitigation: A household safety in the low-income, Community-Based landslide prone community of Moriah. Solution 4 Project Period GAC Contribution Total Project Cost 2016-2017 $77,820.00 $179,501.00 4 References CCRIF. (2013). Trinidad and Tobago Country Risk Profile. Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility. ODPM. (2014a). Disaster Risk Reduction Country Document, Trinidad and Tobago (2014): 1st Edition. Office of Disaster Preparedness and Manage- ment. ODPM. (2014b). Preliminary Vulnerability Assessment of Trinidad & Tobago. Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management. Wellington, P. (2011). Meteorological Hazards Affecting Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Services Address: High Commission of Canada in Barbados Bishop's Court Hill, St. Michael, P.O. Box 404, Bridgetown, Barbados BB11113 PBX: 246-629-3550.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • History of Whaling in Trinidad and Tobago
    J. CETACEAN RES. MANAGE. 3(1):45–54, 2001 45 History of whaling in Trinidad and Tobago Randall R. Reeves*, Jalaludin A. Khan#, Randi R. Olsen*, Steven L. Swartz+ and Tim D. Smith¥ Contact e-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT Shore whaling for humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Trinidad represents a largely overlooked aspect of North Atlantic whaling history. Literature and archival sources were searched for information on the chronology, nature and extent of this whaling. The first shore station began operations in about 1826 on one of the islands in the Dragon’s Mouth, the strait connecting the southern Caribbean Sea with the Gulf of Paria. At least four stations were active in this area at one time or another and the maximum documented one-year catch was about 35 humpbacks. Whaling effort had begun to decline by the 1850s and was largely ended by the 1880s. Oil for domestic consumption as well as export was the main product. Removals by the shore whalers were in addition to those by American pelagic whalers who occasionally called at Port-of-Spain and whaled in the vicinity of Trinidad and along the Spanish Main. No evidence was found of organised shore whaling in Tobago. KEYWORDS: DIRECT CAPTURE; EFFORT; WHALING - HISTORICAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; BREEDING GROUNDS INTRODUCTION of the Caribbean has been largely overlooked until recently. This paper represents a first attempt to identify the origins When Henry Nelson Coleridge (1826) entered the northern and describe the development of whaling in this region. Gulf of Paria in 1825, he observed MATERIALS AND METHODS ‘enormous whales ever and anon lifting their monstrous bodies quite out of the water in strange gambols, and falling down created a In addition to an extensive literature search, discussions tempest around them, and shot up columns of silver foam.’ were held with individuals in Trinidad and Tobago who had special knowledge of marine affairs and local history.
    [Show full text]
  • Trinidad & Tobago
    Trinidad & Tobago Naturetrek Tour Report 5 - 18 March 2017 Common Tent Bat by Rob Murray White-necked Jacobin by Rob Murray Bearded Bellbird by David Robinson Common Long-tongued Bat by David Robinson Report compiled by Rob Murray Photos by David Robinson and Rob Murray Naturetrek Mingledown Barn Wolf's Lane Chawton Alton Hampshire GU34 3HJ UK T: +44 (0)1962 733051 E: [email protected] W: www.naturetrek.co.uk Tour Report Trinidad & Tobago Tour participants: Mukesh Ramdash (leader Trinidad) and Gladwyn James (leader Tobago) Rob Murray (leader Naturetrek with eight Naturetrek clients Day 1 Sunday 5th March The arrival formalities at Trinidad's Piarco Airport were thorough and time consuming, involving luggage inspections by X-ray, hand and sniffer dog! Mukesh, the representative of the Asa Wright Centre, was waiting to greet us. Our baggage was loaded onto one bus and another arrived to take us up to the centre. In Trinidad people drive on the left - more or less! Once out of the maze of urban roads, we climbed steadily along the Blanchisseuse road to the centre. Rooms were allocated efficiently and we gathered for supper. Common Long- tongued Bats were visiting the feeders hanging from the balcony. Very slick camera operation was required to capture more than just the feeder on the image. House Geckos were patrolling the ceilings and walls. As our internal body clocks were registering beyond midnight, the group soon dispersed off to bed. Day 2 Monday 6th March The persistent and insistent nocturnal chorus of crickets gave way to a cacophony of bird song as dawn broke at 6.45am.
    [Show full text]
  • MW Bocasjudge'stalk Link
    1 Bocas Judge’s talk To be given May 4 2019 Marina Warner April 27 2019 The Bocas de Dragon the Mouths of the Dragon, which give this marvellous festival its name evoke for me the primary material of stories, songs, poems in the imagination of things which isn’t available to our physical senses – the beings and creatures – like mermaids, like dragons – which every culture has created and questioned and enjoyed – thrilled to and wondered at. But the word Bocas also calls to our minds the organ through which all the things made by human voices rise from the inner landscapes of our being - by which we survive, breathe, eat, and kiss. Boca in Latin would be os, which also means bone- as Derek Walcott remembers and plays on as he anatomises the word O-mer-os in his poem of that name. Perhaps the double meaning crystallises how, in so many myths and tales, musical instruments - flutes and pipes and lyres - originate from a bone, pierced or strung to play. Nola Hopkinson in the story she read for the Daughters of Africa launch imagined casting a spell with a pipe made from the bone of a black cat. When a bone-mouth begins to give voice – it often tells a story of where it came from and whose body it once belonged to: in a Scottish ballad, to a sister murdered by a sister, her rival for a boy. Bone-mouths speak of knowledge and experience, suffering and love, as do all the writers taking part in this festival and on this splendid short list.
    [Show full text]
  • Observations of Pelagic Seabirds Wintering at Sea in the Southeastern Caribbean William L
    Pp. 104-110 in Studies in Trinidad and Tobago Ornithology Honouring Richard ffrench (F. E. Hayes and S. A. Temple, Eds.). Dept. Life Sci., Univ. West Indies, St. Augustine, Occ. Pap. 11, 2000 OBSERVATIONS OF PELAGIC SEABIRDS WINTERING AT SEA IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN WILLIAM L. MURPHY, 8265 Glengarry Court, Indianapolis, IN 46236, USA ABSTRACT.-I report observations, including several the educational cruise ship Yorktown Clipper between significant distributional records, of 16 species of Curaçao and the Orinoco River, traversing seabirds wintering at sea in the southeastern Caribbean approximately 2,000 km per trip (Table 1). Because during cruises from Bonaire to the Orinoco River (5-13 the focus was on visiting islands as well as on cruising, January 1996, 3-12 March 1997, and 23 December many of the longer passages were traversed at night. 1997 - 1 January 1998). A few scattered shearwaters While at sea during the day, fellow birders and I (Calonectris diomedea and Puffinus lherminieri) were maintained a sea watch, recording sightings of bird seen. Storm-Petrels (Oceanites oceanicus and species and their numbers. Oceanodroma leucorhoa), particularly the latter species, were often seen toward the east. Most The observers were all experienced birders with tropicbirds (Phaethon aethereus) and gulls (Larus binoculars, some of which were image-stabilised. The atricilla) were near Tobago. Boobies were common; number of observers at any given time ranged from Sula leucogaster outnumbered S. sula by about 4:1 and one to 15, averaging about five. Observations were S. dactylatra was scarce. Frigatebirds (Fregata made from various points on three decks ranging from magnificens) were strictly coastal.
    [Show full text]
  • Methods for Collection of Sea-Breeding Data
    Methods for collection of sea-breeding data Ralph D. Morris Morris, R.D. 1977. Methods for collection of sea-breeding data. Living World, Journal of The Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club, 1977-1978, 7-8. Morris, R.D. 1977. Methods for collection of sea-breeding data. Living World, Journal of The Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club, 1977-1978, 7-8. work done while there. Such permission is obtained through the office of the Conservator of Forests, Ministry of Agriculture and will normally be granted if the investigator can provide a rea­ sonably justified series of objectives relating to his work. These regulations aside, the careful definition of objectives and of the procedures to realize them is a usual prelude to any systematic fi eld work and should therefore be worked out well in advance of the actual collection of data. DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES 4letli()cls f()r Study Area Selection: A first visit to a large seabird colony is always memorable and may result in considerable confusion on the part of the inves­ tigator unless he has a clear idea of his objectives. Whereas in c::()llec::ti()1l ()f small colonies it is often possible to record infonnation on all nests within a major nesting site, the numbers of breeding pairs in large colonies may be in the thousands and it is necessary therefore, as a first step, to select a well~efined study area within seea-~reeclill~ the larger colony. This is done with several factors in mind. The study area must be representative of the entire colony so that information collected from it gives an accurate picture of cleatea the breeding patterns of the larger unit.
    [Show full text]
  • Microtityus Rickyi (Dwarf Scorpion)
    UWI The Online Guide to the Animals of Trinidad and Tobago Diversity Microtityus rickyi (Dwarf Scorpion) Order: Scorpiones (Scorpions) Class: Arachnida (Spiders, Scorpions and Mites) Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods) Fig. 1. Dwarf scorpion, Microtityus rickyi. [www.ntnu.no/ub/scorpion-files/m_rickyi2.jpg, downloaded 23 October 2016] TRAITS. Microtityus rickyi are the smallest scorpions of the Western Hemisphere with an average size of 19mm. A light yellow pigmentation with black to light brown spots is found throughout the carapace (anterior plate that covers the head and thorax) and opisthosoma (segmented mid-body and tail). Its stinger is dark brown. The almost triangular carapace with a distinctly notched margin is characteristic of Microtiyus rickyi (Fig. 1). Sexual dimorphism is exhibited in regards to their size; the largest females are 18.6mm and males 16.6mm (Kjellesvig- Waering, 1966) DISTRIBUTION. Microtityus rickyi are endemic to Trinidad and Tobago, found nowhere else, and rather rare, comprising less than 1% of the scorpion population sampled (Kjellesvig- UWI The Online Guide to the Animals of Trinidad and Tobago Diversity Waering, 1966). Microtityus rickyi can be found at Lady Chancellor Hill, Mt. St. Benedict, Chacachacare Island, Gaspar Grande Island (Fig. 2), and Speyside Tobago (Prendini, 2001). HABITAT AND ACTIVITY. Microtityus rickyi are predominantly found hanging motionless on the underside of rocks within forests, on exposed soil banks or leaf litter though some have been found near the coast and on hills at heights of 200m. They can also be considered as semi- arboreal as some have been found a few metres up tree trunks (Prendini, 2001). FOOD AND FEEDING.
    [Show full text]
  • The Journey That Is Chacachacare - Part 1/3 a Personal Account by Hans E.A.Boos
    Quarterly Bulletin of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club January - March 2010 Issue No: 1/2010 The journey that is Chacachacare - part 1/3 A personal account by Hans E.A.Boos Several years ago I was asked, by Yasmin Comeau of the National Herbarium, U.W.I St. Augustine to write a short history titled “Human occupation and impact on the island of Chacachacare‖ ( which constitutes the main body of the account below), which was to be a part of a larger work on the vegetation of the island of Chacachacare. But, in that I do not know if it was ever published in any part or its entirety, I thought I would share it, and some more recent additions and observations, with the members of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists‘ Club, a club of which I have been proud to be a member since the middle of 1960. Chacachacare holds a special place in my interest, which interest will A part of the Leper colony be elaborated on below, and which was again sparked during a recent Photo Hans E. A. Boos excursion of the Club to this island on Sunday March 28th 2010. (Continued on page 3) Page 2 THE FIELD NATURALIST Issue No. 1/2010 Inside This Issue Quarterly Bulletin of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club 1 Cover January - March 2010 The Journey that is Chacachacare - A personal account by Hans E. A. Boos Editor Shane T. Ballah 7 Club Monthly Field Trip Report Editorial Committee La Table 31- 01 - 2010 Palaash Narase, Reginald Potter - Reginald Potter Contributing writers Christopher K.
    [Show full text]
  • Experimental Investigations Into Manufacturing Processes
    K. Hall and G. Shrivastava.: Marine Current Power Generation in Trinidad: A Case Study 15 ISSN 0511-5728 The West Indian Journal of Engineering Vol.39, No.2, January 2017, pp.15-24 Marine Current Power Generation in Trinidad: A Case Study Kashawn Hall a,Ψ, and Gyan Shrivastavab Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies; aE-mail: [email protected] b E-mail: [email protected] Ψ Corresponding Author (Received 19 April 2016; Revised 22 August 2016; Accepted 6 December 2016) Abstract: Development of alternative energy sources has attracted worldwide interest given the adverse effects of fossil fuels on the global climate as well as its unsustainability. It is in this context that this report examines the feasibility of marine power generation at the 14 km wide Serpent’s Mouth in Trinidad. It is part of the narrow Columbus Channel which lies between Trinidad and Venezuela. At this location, depth varies between 30 - 48 m and a marine current of approximately 1.5 m/s suggests the possibility of generating power through submerged turbines.The conditions are similar to those at Strangford Lough in the Irish Sea, where the world’s first marine current turbine was installed in 2008 for generating 2 MW of power. After taking into account the technical, environmental, and economic factors, this paper concludes it is feasible to use The Serpent’s Mouth location for Power Generation. Keywords: Columbus Channel, Marine Current Turbines (MCTs), Power Generation, Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) 1.
    [Show full text]
  • Field Trip Guide a Visit to Chacachacare to Examine Outcrops of the Maraval
    Field Guides of the Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago FIELD TRIP GUIDE A VISIT TO CHACACHACARE TO EXAMINE OUTCROPS OF THE MARAVAL AND CHANCELLOR FORMATIONS LEADER CURTIS ARCHIE Saturday 31ST. JANUARY 2004 THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Field Guides of the Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago A SYNOPSIS OF THE GEOLOGY WESTERN END OF THE NORTHERN RANGE The Northern Range of Trinidad is an east – west trending exposure of subgreenschist to lower greenschist grade metasedimentary rocks (Frey et. Al. 1988) located in the Caribbean-South American plate boundary zone. The rocks are predominantly slates, schists, metaquartzites and metacarbonates. The protoliths from which these rocks were derived are interpreted to have been deposited on a north facing passive margin along northern South America (Pindell 1985, Speed 1985). Relict fossils from scattered indicate Tithonian to Maastrichtian protolith depositional ages. Ar40 / Ar39 ages from white micas indicate mid-Tertiary (25Ma) metamorphism, which was likely synkinematic with the South American – Caribbean plate transpression. These metasedimentary rocks were then exhumed and uplifted during the Neogene. Field Guides of the Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago The structure of the Northern Range varies along its length but on the whole the oldest rocks, Maraval and Maracas formations, occupy the central spine of the range, while younger rocks outcrop along the north and south flanks. In the western peninsula from Port of Spain to Chacachacare the structure that of a single north vergent overturned anticline trending East-West (Potter 1963), The fold appears to plunge gently westward as shown by the narrowing and then disappearance of the Maraval limestone core.
    [Show full text]
  • “From the Conventional to the Ingenious”
    “FROM THE CONVENTIONAL TO THE INGENIOUS” 5th GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 3-5 SEPT, 2012 SPONSORS 2 ABOUT THE GSTT The Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago is a professional and technical organization for geoscientists, other scientists, managers, academics and other personnel engaged in the fields of hydrocarbon exploration and production, volcanology, seismology, , environmental geology, geological engineering, hydrogeology and the exploration and development of non-petroleum mineral resources. Our mission: (1)To promote knowledge and awareness of all aspects of geology to our members and the general public by the holding of public lectures and seminars and to provide guidance on careers in various aspects of geology that would impact business planning and decision making (2)To facilitate presentation of technical papers, technical for a, short courses and the arrangement of lectures by visiting or distinguished lecturers in conjunction with international geological societies. Our short- term goal: To have an Energy Centre where we could store and display transactions, outcrop samples, records of type sections, valuable core and well data, photographs and field history, to name a few. Visit our office at the Pt. Lisas Campus of the University of Trinidad & Tobago. Contact us via telephone 679-6064 or Facsimile 679-7217 or email us at [email protected]. Visit our web site at www.gstt.org Please join us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/groups/THE.GSTT/ Our Motto: “Working with you for all of us” 3 Contents SPONSORS ..................................... 2 ABOUT THE GSTT .......................... 3 COMMITTEES ................................ 5 HISTORY OF THE GSTT ................. 6 WELCOME MESSAGE ....................... 7 GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION .............................
    [Show full text]
  • Laws of Trinidad and Tobago Conservation of Wild Life
    LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO CONSERVATION OF WILD LIFE ACT CHAPTER 67:Ol Act 16 of 1958 Amended by 14 of 1963 Current Authorised Pages Pages Authorised (inclusive) by L.R.Q. 1-23 111980 L.R.O. 111980 LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Conservation of Wild Life Chap. 67:Ol 3 CHAPTER 67:Ol CONSERVATION OF WILD LIFE ACT ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION 1. Short title. Interpretation. Game Sanctuaries. Hunting etc., in Game Sanctuary. Hunting protected animals. Hunting etc., in state lands. Hunting prohibited in close season. Establishment and composition of Wild Life Conservation Committee. Residents' Licences. Special Game Licence in certain cases. Vermin. Powers of search and seizure. Persons found offending. Arrest without warrant. Punishment for assaulting or resisting Game Warden. Right of Game Warden to conduct case. Acceptance by Game Warden of compensation for offence. Exportation of animals. Customs laws to apply to animals. Penalties, fees etc., to be paid to Comptroller of Accounts. Offences punishable summarily. Penalties where no express penalty. Appointment of Game Wardens and Honorary Game Wardens. Regulations. FIRST SCHEDULE. SECOND SCHEDULE. THIRD SCHEDULE. FOURTH SCHEDULE. FIFTH SCHEDULE. SIXTH SCHEDULE. L.R.O. 111980 LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 4 Chap. 67:Ol Cortservalion of Wild Life CHAPTER 67:Ol CONSERVATION OF WILD LIFE ACT 160f 1958. An Act to make better provision for tlie Conservation of Wild Animal Life in Trinidad and Tobago. 4911963.Commencement Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Conservation of Wild Life Act.
    [Show full text]
  • August 2020 August: a Few Puzzles and Welcoming Back an Old Friend
    [email protected] Tel: (868) 667-4655 August 2020 August: A few puzzles and welcoming back an old friend Martyn Kene ck A very active wet season combined with an exponential increase in the number of COVID19 cases in the country quite naturally put a dampener on birding activity during the month. Nonetheless, we did meet up again with an old friend who, without doubt, was the star bird of the month. For the last four years, a Double-striped Thick-knee has spent a week or so day-roosting on the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain. This is obviously the same individual found on 29th August in exactly the same corner of the park as in previous years. We are talking about a rare bird for Trinidad, and more often than not, this is the only sighting during the year of this wanderer from mainland South America. Thick-knees are shy and wary by nature and why it chooses such a public and sometimes noisy place to sleep during the day no-one knows. Indeed, in 2019, it even survived the massive reworks display commemorating our Independence Day celebrations. Also, as predicted last month, a Dark-billed Cuckoo was reported from trees bordering the Caroni Rice Project, on the 29th. Again, quite a rarity, and it may be the only one to be found this year. Double-striped Thick-Knee by Brian D’abreau Being two islands so close to a huge land mass and being on major migration yways, the status and distribution of several species can become confusing.
    [Show full text]