Regional workshop on "Current status of legal and institutional framework for sustainable land...
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Regional workshop on "Current status of legal and institutional framework for sustainable land management in Latin America and the Caribbean"
Gaius EudoxieTrinidad and Tobago
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127 – 30 June 2016,Ibague, Columbia
Outline
• Country• Specific legislation regulating Sustainable Soil
Management (MSS)• Non specific legislation addressing the issue of
conservation, management and soil protection• Institutions and responsibilities• Institutional framework that implements existing
legislation• Legislative Gaps• Opportunities
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Twin Island StateArea: 5128 km2
Population: ~ 1.3 MillionPhysiography: Mountains and PlainsClimate: Tropical (wet/ dry season)
Specific legislation regulating Sustainable Soil Management (MSS)
• There is no existing legislation specific to soil management• However,• National Action Plan to Combat Land
Degradation (UNCCD)• Section 33.9 indicates that soils are not
managed and protected effectively as a non-renewable resource, with ever increasing demand and pressure coming from all productive and socio-economic sectors. 4
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Non specific legislation addressing the issue of conservation, management and soil protection
• Environmental Management Act, 2000• National Environmental Policy, 2006• National Spatial Development Strategy, 2013• Climate Change Policy, 2011• National Forestry Policy, 2011• Food and Agricultural Policy, 1994• National Water resources Policy, 2002• Agricultural Fires Act, 1965 5
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National Environmental Policy, 2009• Referenced in the EMA Act, 2000• Provides the broadest framework covering
resource management and guides many of the more specific policies. It focuses on sustainable use of environmental assets towards economic development. • Many environmental assets are specifically
mentioned within the policy including water, air, biodiversity, and land, but mention is not made of soil. The latter is probably subsumed under land.
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National Spatial Development Strategy, 2013• The NSDS provides a
refreshing, distinct geospatial policy framework addressing land resources. It incorporates and builds on the NEP, CCP and the NAP, targeting strategic sustainable development through integrated planning.
• Policy 13 addresses the sustainable use of natural resources, but similarly fails to recognise soil as a significant resource.
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Institutions and Responsibilities
• Various Ministries with at times overlapping responsibilities with input based on land use and interrelated resources• Agriculture|Environment|Public Utilities|
Energy• Environmental Management Agency• Educational institutions• Private and public sector organisations
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Institutional Framework that Implements Existing Regulations
• Ministerial and Statutory Authorities• Green Fund Regulation, 2007• Remediation and Reforestation, • Environmental education • Conservation
• Minerals Act, 2000• Rehabilitation bond for abandon or exhausted mines
• Agriculture Incentives Programme, 2011• National Reforestation and Watershed Rehabilitation Programme• Community Environmental and Protection Enhancement
Programme• Regional and International Partners
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Legislative Gaps
• Soil has no CHAMPION• Policy framework for land (not soil) management is
highly fragmented• Responsibilities distributed among many
government departments and statutory authorities• Inhibits systematic application of policies• No coordinating mechanism to facilitate synergies
and cooperation• National committee on soil management
• Limited capacity (human and financial)
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Opportunities
• Caribbean Steering Committee (CARICOM level)• Caribbean Soil Congress
• Impact National Agendas
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Thank You!
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