Directors of the Buccoo Reef Trust in collaboration with DMRF have been busy sourcing funds and external assistance to ensure that Buccoo Reef Marine Park...
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Inter-American Foundation (IAF) Funds Seamoss Project in Tobago
The Buccoo Reef Trust (BRT) has been awarded a grant from the Inter-American Foundation for a 2-year project aimed at developing sustainable seamoss-harvesting and seamoss-farming...
Travel Foundation to Fund Projects in Tobago
The Travel Foundation is a UK-based foundation that was established specifically to assist developing countries minimise the negative environmental and social impacts of tourism. Tobago...
Tobago expected to benefit form GEF (Global Environment Facility)
Tobago is expected to benefit from a regional programme funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) aimed at improving the management of watersheds and the...
Galleon’s Passage Demonstration Project: A CREP Funded Project
The Caribbean Regional Environmental Program (CREP) was designed to demonstrate a model for sustainable use of natural resources. This multifaceted program has been funded by...
IADB to fund $300M Wastewater Project in Tobago
The THA and the Central Government of Trinidad & Tobago seem determined to deal with the 30 year old problem of sewering southwest Tobago. The...
Tobago represented at Socio-economic monitoring (SOCMON) workshop, Barbados
Socio-economic information is critical for effective coastal management as there is a close link between how people use coastal resources and their socio-economic situation. Therefore,...
UWI Students undertake their MPhil Research projects in Tobago
Two post-graduate students from the University of the West Indies are undertaking their MPhil. research projects in Tobago with the assistance of the Buccoo Reef...
IADB hosts Tobago Environmental and Wastewater Workshop
On February 13th and 14th the Tobago Environmental and Wastewater workshop took place at the Hilton Tobago. This workshop was hosted by the Inter-American Development...
Buccoo Reef Trust and UWI Sign Pact
At a formal ceremony held last week at the St Augustine campus, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the University of the West Indies...