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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.
Environment of Trinidad and Tobago
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
Land
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Water
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Climate change
Energy
Pollution control
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Protected areas
Waste management
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Environmental policy and law
Treaties and international agreements
Trinidad and Tobago is a signatory to a number of treaties and international agreements:
party to:
Biodiversity ,
Climate Change ,
Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol ,
Endangered Species ,
Hazardous Wastes ,
Law of the Sea ,
Nuclear Test Ban ,
Ozone Layer Protection ,
Tropical Timber 83 ,
Tropical Timber 94 ,
Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
Environmental organisations
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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.
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See also
References
^ 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 .
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a
b
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 .
^
Trinidad and Tobago Biodiversity
Archived 2009-02-28 at the
Wayback Machine Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Biodiversity Clearing House
^ CIA World Fact Book
^ 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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