Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Implementation of the National Sugar Adaptation Strategy for Trinidad & Tobago (2009)

The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the National Sugar Adaptation Strategy (NAS) for Trinidad and Tobago examines the net environmental, social and economic negative impacts and positive effects of the planned activities in the development of the sugar properties (76,000 acres formerly in cane production), and the related activities/areas. The SEA undertaken between January and May of 2009 seeks to situate the recommendations within the existing planning, policy and programmatic objectives of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GoRTT), specifically the country-wide strategic initiative Vision 2020, which seeks to enable Trinidad and Tobago to reach developed nation status by the year 2020. The European Commission (EC) has provided the support for the SEA as part of the Sectoral Support Program, and this SEA is conducted under the guidance of the EC SEA Directive 2001/42.