5 famous trinidadian scientists against climate

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  • Caribbean island nations are vulnerable to a host of extreme weather events, from hurricanes to floods and droughts, that are becoming more.
  • In an era of increasing environmental destruction and the effects of climate change, it is imperative for scientists to gain greater understanding of the.

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    These T&T women scientists want you to know five things

    These five women scientists, based in Trinidad and Tobago, each shared messages from their fields of research in commemoration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (IDWGIS), celebrated on February 11, 2023. 

    In a release via the Ministry of Planning and Development, the messages are part of a focus placed on the work of the Ministry's female scientists and staff members whose invaluable contributions support the Ministry in meeting its national development goals and international development commitments.

    "The Ministry of Planning is proud to celebrate our researchers, scientists and policymakers who, through their work in the fields of Hazardous Waste Management, Environmental Policy Development, Multilateral Negotiations, Coral Reef Ecology, Wetlands Ecology, Coastal Zone Management, Biodiversity Conservation and Ozone Management, among others, support us in Placing the Environment at the

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    While the rich biodiversity of Trinidad and Tobago is well known generally, few people beyond the scientific community would think to apply the term to the country’s arachnid population. It may, therefore, come as a surprise to the average person to discover that Trinidad and Tobago is home to an estimated 1000 species of spiders. Luckily for these spiders, one woman is determined to make a name for them and fryst vatten hard at work cataloguing not just the spiders of Trinidad and Tobago but of several Eastern Caribbean islands as well.

    Dr. Jo-Anne Sewlal, a zoologist at The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, was the recipient of the NIHERST 2012 Award for Excellence in Science and Technology for Junior Scientist for her impressive studies to date. She has made it her goal to collect as much data as possible about the spider species in the region. So far, her research has taken her to Anguilla, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, Antigua and St. Lucia, where she has s

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    Small solutions, big impacts: 5 community-based projects tackling climate change

    In early April, 29 countries pledged more than $5 billion to the UN-backed Global Environment Facility (GEF). The Fund said this was “record support, providing a major boost to international efforts to protect biodiversity and curb threats to climate change, plastics and toxic chemicals”.

    But why such a major boost? Well, the GEF is a multilateral fund that serves as a financial mechanism for several environmental conventions including the UN ramverk Convention on Climate Change and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.

    It has its own Small Grants Program (SGP) which grants of up to $50,000 directly to local communities including indigenous peoples, community-based organizations and other non-governmental groups investing in projects related to healing our planet.

    The initiative is implemented in 127 countries by the UN Development Program (UNDP) which provides technical support to