State of the Environment Report - 1999 - The Legislative and institutional landscape for Protection of the environment in Trinidad & Tobago

This report looks at the current situation with regard to environmental legislation and its enforcement. The EMA during 1998 and 1999 conducted an extensive survey into the legislative and institutional landscape to determine the first instance the extent of existing laws relating to environmental protection and secondly, how those laws impact on enforcement, effectiveness, behaviour and interaction among agencies.