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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 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:
Management Component Chapters:
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:
Primary Legislation:
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)
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
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
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 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)
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:
Relevant International Conventions:
Convention Establishing the Sustainable Tourism Zone of the Caribbean
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
Protocol Concerning Co-Operation in Combating Oil Spills in The Wider Caribbean Region
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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, UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve literature, and other literature:
Biosphere Reserve Management Guidelines:
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
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
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 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:
A simple, fast and reliable method to predict Sargassum washing ashore in the Lesser Antilles
Assessing Marine Protected Area Effectiveness - Tobago Cays
Climax Vegetation in Tropical America
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
Improving Forest and Protected Area Management in Trinidad and Tobago
Reef Fish Assemblages in Tobago
The Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot
The Natural Vegetation of the Island of Tobago
UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve Literature:
Biosphere Reserve Statutory Framework - UNESCO MaB
Hangzhou Strategic Action Plan 2026-2035 - UNESCO MaB
Man and the Biosphere Roadmap 2016-2025 - UNESCO MaB
Practical Guide to MaB - UNESCO
Seville Strategy Framework - UNESCO MaB
Other Literature:
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