Environment of Trinidad and Tobago
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The environment of Trinidad and Tobago reflects the interaction between its biotic diversity, high population density, and industrialised economy.
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Environment of Trinidad and Tobago
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Biota/Fauna
The flora of Trinidad and Tobago is believed to include about 2,500 species of vascular plants.[1] There are about 50 species of freshwater fish (plus 30 marine species which are occasionally found in freshwater)[2] 400–500 marine fish species,[3] 30 amphibian species, about 90 reptiles,[2] 469 species of birds, and 98 mammal species.
Geography
Climate change
Energy
Environmental policy and law
Trinidad and Tobago is a signatory to a number of treaties and international agreements:
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Endangered species, Hazardous waste, Law of the sea, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, Montreal Protocol, International Tropical Timber Agreements, Wetlands
Environmental issues
Environmental issues are water pollution from agricultural chemicals, industrial wastes, and raw sewage; oil pollution of beaches; deforestation; soil erosion.[4]
Trinidad and Tobago had a 2018 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score of 6.62/10, ranking it 69th globally out of 172 countries.[5]
