Introduction of the Convention
The United Nation Convention to Combat Desertification and Drought (UNCCD) is an international mechanism for addressing desertification. Desertification involves the loss of biological or economic productivity and complexity in croplands, pastures, and forests. It therefore has implications for sustainable development, climate change, biological diversity, water resources, food security and socio-economic factors. Desertification is due mainly to climate variability and unsustainable human activities.
The Convention, although initially conceived as an international mechanism for addressing desertification in African countries, has been expanded to address the related problem of land degradation, including the destruction of watersheds. It is this emphasis on land degradation and watershed management, which has particular relevance to Trinidad and Tobago.
- Date of Ratification/Accession
Trinidad and Tobago acceded to this Convention on August 6, 2000.
- National Focal Point
The Ministry of Public Utilities and the Environment is the National Focal Point for the Convention.
- Status of the Convention
- Date Convention entered into force
The Convention entered into force on December 26, 1996.
- Number of Parties to the Convention
To date there are 190 Parties to the Convention.
- Caribbean Parties to the Convention
There are sixteen (16) Caribbean Parties to the Convention. These are Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. (See Appendix I)
|
