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467.
The Solid Waste Management Company (SWMCOL), under the authority of the
Ministry of Local Government, also continues to be an important factor in the
environmental arena. The Company continues to reorganise and restrategise to position
itself to make a more decisive contribution to the advancement of the environmental
cause in Trinidad and Tobago. In this regard, an initial funding of $1.2 million is being
provided for the development of a Strategic Plan and for the purchase of a weigh-bridge
for the Beetham Landfill site. Emanating from its strategic planning exercise, it is
anticipated that the Company will also develop its Human Resource and Information
Technology Plans, with an accompanying comprehensive capital development
programme.
468.
The THA will utilise an allocation of $1.550 million in 2014, to continue its
efforts at advancing its environmental thrust in keeping with the brand image of Tobago
as “Clean, Green and Serene”. Among its many and varied initiatives will be the
following:
Forest Fire Protection
Urban Forestry Programme
Forest Plantation Inventory
Veteran Trees Husbandry
Watershed Management Pilot Project
Ecological and Reef Monitoring
Oil Spill Contingency Management
Wetlands Assessment and Evaluation
Wildlife Research and Education
