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Here, interested stakeholders can find the full text of the Management Plan for the North-east Tobago UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve and relevant background literature for reference.

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Below you can access further literature focussing on: biosphere reserve management guidelines, North-east Tobago Man and the Biosphere Reserve specific reports, relevant research papers, and UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve literature:

Biosphere Reserve Management Guidelines:

A simple, fast and reliable method to predict Sargassum washing ashore in the Lesser Antilles

Bamboo Processing Furniture Manual

Caribbean MPA Enforcement - UNEP

Conservation Standards - Conservation Measures Partnership (CMP)

Man and the Biosphere Success Factors

MOU Conservation of Migratory Sharks Trinidad and Tobago Range State

NETMABR Sustainable Shark and Ray Management Plan

Best Seafood Management Practices - OSC

Outline for Protected Areas Management Planing

Planning and Managing a Biosphere Reserve

Protected Area Management Plan Guidelines - IUCN

Step by Step Protected Area Planning

Sutherland, What Works in Conservation

TNC Principles Restorative Aquaculture

Tourism and Visitor Management in Protected Areas - IUCN

North-east Tobago Man and the Biosphere Reserve Specific Reports

A Biodiversity Assessment in Charlotteville Tobago

Blue Economy Readiness Assessment Trinidad and Tobago

Economics of Climate Change in Trinidad and Tobago - IDB

Final Report of the Tobago Roadmap to Recovery Working Group

Main Ridge Forest Reserve KAP Survey Summary Report

North-east Tobago Population Census 2011

North-east Tobago Species at Risk Literature Review - ERIC Tobago

Project Identification Form Trinidad and Tobago Protected Area Management - GEF

Protecting Our Marine Treasures - Sustainable Finance Options for US Marine Protected Areas

Status and Trends of Caribbean Reefs - IUCN

Sustainable Financing of Protected Areas in Trinidad and Tobago

Vision 2030 - The National Development Strategy of Trinidad and Tobago 2016-2023

Relevant Research Papers:

Applying Geographic Information Systems to ecosystem services valuation and mapping in Trinidad and Tobago

Assessing Marine Protected Area Effectiveness - Tobago Cays

Climax Vegetation in Tropical America

Detailed maps of tropical forest types are within reach: Forest tree communities for Trinidad and Tobago mapped with multiseason Landsat and multiseason fine-resolution imagery

Dry Forest of Little Tobago

Gap Analysis of Dry Forests in Protected Areas

Gap Analysis of Neotropical Forest Types

How to combine Nature and Ecotourism on a former Cocoa Plantation

Important Bird Areas Americas - Trinidad and Tobago

Improving Forest and Protected Area Management in Trinidad and Tobago

Protected Area Tourism

Red Billed Tropic Bird

Reef Fish Assemblages in Tobago

The Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot

The Natural Vegetation of the Island of Tobago

The Structure and Composition of Riparian Vegetation in Trinidad: A Baseline For Conservation and Restoration

Trinidad's Endemic Plants

Vegetation Communities on Little Tobago

UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve Literature:

Biosphere Reserve Statutory Framework - UNESCO MaB

Lima Action Plan - UNESCO MaB

Madrid Action Plan - UNESCO MaB

Man and the Biosphere Roadmap 2016-2025 - UNESCO MaB

Practical Guide to MaB - UNESCO

Seville Strategy Framework - UNESCO MaB

Technical Guidelines for Biosphere Reserves - UNESCO

Trinidad and Tobago is a signatory to the multilateral agreements / international conventions listed below. The overview document provides a synopsis of these relevant international conventions. All individual international conventions can be downloaded below:

North-east Tobago UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve Management Plan Relevant International Conventions - Overview Document

Relevant International Conventions:

Agreement for the Implementation of The Law of The Sea Convention Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks

Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

Basel Convention

Convention Establishing the Sustainable Tourism Zone of the Caribbean

Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region

Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage

Convention of Biological Diversity

Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

Convention on Nature Protection and Wildlife Preservation in the Western Hemisphere

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)

International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)

International Plant Protection Convention

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983

Kyoto Protocol

Protocol Concerning Co-Operation in Combating Oil Spills in The Wider Caribbean Region

Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region

Ramsar Convention

Stockholm Convention

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Vienna Convention

All International Conventions - Combined Download

The protected areas in North-east Tobago are regulated via several specific (primary) national and numerous related (secondary) laws. It is important to note that there is no specific legislation regarding the North-east Tobago UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve. Nevertheless, the following legislations and policies are relevant to the North-east Tobago UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve:

North-east Tobago UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve Management Plan Relevant Legislations and Policies - Overview Document

Primary Legislation:

Tobago House of Assembly Act

Conservation of Wildlife Act Chap. 67:01

Environmental Management Act Chap. 35:05

Fisheries Act Chap. 67:51

Forest Act Chap. 66:01

Marine Preservation and Enhancement Act Chap. 37:02

National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago Act Chap. 40:53

Planning and Facilitation of Development Act

Proposed Fisheries Management Bill (2023)

All Primary Legislation - Combined Download

Secondary Legislation:

Agricultural Fires Act Chap. 63:02, Act 20 of 1965

Animal (Diseases and Importation) Act Chap. 67:02

Continental Shelf Act Chap. 1:52

Land Acquisition Act Chap. 58:01

Litter Act Chap. 30:52

Sawmills Act Chap. 66:02

State Lands Act Chap. 57:01

Summary Offences Act Chap. 11:02

Territorial Sea Act Chap. 1:51

Tourism Development Act Chap. 87:22

Town and Country Planning Act Chap 35:01

Water and Sewerage Act Chap. 54:40

Water Pollution Rules (2019)

All Secondary Legislation - Combined Download

Key Policies:

Action Plan for Implementing the CBD's Programme of Work on Protected Areas (2012)

Comprehensive Economic Development Plan (CEDP) 2.0

National Action Programme (NAP) to Combat Land Degradation in Trinidad and Tobago 2006-2020 (2006)

National Climate Change Policy (2019)

National Forest Policy (2011)

National Integrated Water Resources Management Policy (2017)

National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP, 2013)

National Policy and Programmes on Wetland Conservation for Trinidad and Tobago, (2002)

National Protected Areas Systems Plan (2018)

National Wetlands Policy (2002)

National Wildlife Policy (2013)

Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Agriculture Land and Fisheries (2011-2015)

All Key Policies - Combined Download

Below you can download the entire North-east Tobago UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve Management Plan. You can also access all introductory chapter PDF's and management plan component PDF's individually:

Introductory Chapters:

Summary Site Description

Background UNESCO MAB

What is TOBIMA

Sustainable Land Management

SWOT

PESTLE

Vision, Mission, Objectives

Management Component Chapters:

Addressing Barriers to Sustainable Management

Governance and Conflict Resolution

Academic Purple Economy

Twinning

Historical Heritage

Sustainable Agriculture and Land Management

Regenerative Tourism

Conservation

Climate Change Resilience

Alien Invasive Species

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