Secretary of Infrastructure, Quarries and the Environment Kwesi Des Vignes addresses symposium attendees on Thursday (June 7, 2018).

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Economic Affairs Officer Willard Phillips addresses symposium attendees.

University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine Economist Dr Roger Hosein speaks at the event.

UWI Economist Dr Roger Hosein, right, chats with Secretary of Health, Wellness and Family Development Dr. Agatha Carrington, centre, and the Division’s Administrator, Dianne Baker-Henry.

From left, Environmental Management Authority (EMA) Managing Director Hayden Romano, Secretary of Infrastructure, Quarries and the Environment Kwesi Des Vignes, Dr Roger Hosein, Willard Phillips, Department of the Environment Director Linford Beckles and Neila Bobb-Prescott of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Policy makers and other stakeholders met to discuss policy that can enhance Tobago’s protection of the environment at a symposium themed “Focusing on the Green; Recourses Resilience and Opportunities” today (June 7, 2018) at the Mount Irvine Bay Hotel. The event was part of the island’s World Environmental Day Celebrations for 2018. It was hosted by the Division of Infrastructure, Quarries and the Environment in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).