Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. v, 91 p. : col. ill., maps; 28 cm.

Summary

1. Book explains the real value of wetlands to the national community of Trinidad and Tobago. It explores the neglected and often abused world of coral reefs, sea-grass beds, marshes, swamp forests and mangroves. Examined are the ways in which human activity damages wetlands, the legislation that is supposed to protect them, and the way they need to be managed if they are to function as they should.

Subject

1. Wetlands > Trinidad and Tobago
2. Wetland management > Trinidad and Tobago
3. Wetland conservation > Trinidad and Tobago

Contents

1. Preface -- What is a wetland -- Emergent wetlands -- Key emergent wetlands of Trinidad and Tobago -- Submerged wetlands -- Coral reefs -- Threats to the wetlands -- Policy, management and the law -- Bibliography -- Glossary of terms -- Maps and tables.

Author

1. Juman, Rahanna A.

Title

1. Wetlands of Trinidad and Tobago / Rahanna A. Juman.

Imprint

1. Trinidad and Tobago : Institute of Marine Affairs, c2010 (printed in Trinidad and Tobago : printed by Caribbean Paper and Printed Products (1993) Ltd.).

Function

1. TTNB 2010.

ISBN

1. 9789769508262 (pbk.)
2. 9769508268 (pbk.)