The Environmental Policy and Planning Division is a division of the Ministry of Planning and Development, with the primary mission of ensuring that there is a balance between the Government’s efforts to increase the pace of socio-economic development and the need to ensure the conservation of Trinidad and Tobago’s natural resources. This is the heart of sustainable development and is the foundation of the mission, programmes and projects undertaken by the EPPD.
The division also manages the implementation of various Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) through its sub-unit, the MEA Unit. These MEAs include: