Powerful satellites orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth are helping some Commonwealth countries save and restore vital mangrove ecosystems while combatting climate change. Officials from Trinidad and Tobago and Sri Lanka recently shared how they are using sophisticated earth-imaging technology to gather valuable data on the coverage, health and changes in the features of
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IMA donates books to Nalis
Monday 8 March 2021
Krystal Ganaselal, information officer/officer-in-charge of Information Centre, left; Dr Rahanna Juman, CEO of IMA; Paula Greene, acting executive director; Primatie Persad, acting director Educational Library Services Division; and Cherylann Quamina-Baptiste, acting director Heritage Library Division of Nalis. -
THE Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) handed over 162 copies of its new publication, The Mangrove Forests of Trinidad and Tobago, to the National Library and Information System Authority (Nalis) on February 23.
A media release said the book, which was launched in celebration of World Wetlands Day 2021 (February 2), was written by Dr Rahanna Juman, Hamish Asmath, Nikia Gooding and Gyasi Collins, and funded by the Point Lisas Nitrogen Limited.
Rambharat: Lack of planning division approvals problematic
Minister of Agriculture Clarence Rambharat.
MINISTER of Land, Agriculture and Fisheries Clarence Rambharat says an expert isn t needed to realise the dangers of constructing buildings without Town and Country Planning Division approval, namely those in St Augustine and Aranguez.
Rambharat spoke at the book launch for The Mangrove Forests of Trinidad and Tobago, hosted by the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA), on Tuesday.
He said St Augustine South has moved from dasheen bush to large warehouses over a period of time. That is the place where the Caura River comes down and eventually becomes the Macoya River as it comes through St Augustine South. Eventually it throws out into the Caroni River.