National Awareness Seminar (NAS)
Directed at sensitizing the national community on the issues and challenges related to land degradation, the primary objective of the Seminar is to build consensus among key stakeholders on a strategic approach to the problem of land degradation. The Seminar took the form of a series of sectoral meetings/workshops and will culminate in a National Stakeholders’ Forum. These activities constitute the basis for the development of the NAP.

The following series of sectoral meetings/workshops were conducted.

Trinidad
North - Arima Town Hall, November 17, 2004 (2,474KB PDF file)
Central - Caroni Swamp Visitors’ Center, December 17, 2004 (137KB PDF file)
South - San Fernando City Hall, December 1, 2004 (2,294KB PDF file)

Tobago
St. Nicholas Private Primary School, Tobago, December 14, 2004 (499KB PDF file)

The National Stakeholders’ Forum is currently being planned and it is expected to be conducted in March 2006

Click here to view a complete summary report. (155KB PDF file)