The Wild Fowl Trust

The Wildfowl Trust celebrates the 55th Anniversary with dedicated programmes, activities and events for students, teachers, birders, researchers, faith-based groups, volunteers, members and casual visitors.

The continuous support of our staff, from our corporate groups, organizations and individuals has enabled us to achieve most of our goals and objectives; we very much look forward to another productive and sustainable 55 years!

An integral part of the Trust is our Nature Guest House Petrea Place.

To stimulate pride, awareness and support, the Trust produces wildlife tee shirts, which are sold as a fund-raiser. We initiate and sustain advocacy, together with other NGOs, to promote linkages and the sustainable utilization of our natural assets. This has resulted in the accession to the CITIES convention (1984), the protection of our NATIONAL BIRD THE SCARLET IBIS (1986/87), a two year hunting moratorium (1986/87:2013/15), the protection of the Port-of-Spain (Mucurapo) wetlands (1989/1990), resulting in the formation of the Council of Presidents of the Environment (COPE). In 1993, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago acceded to the RAMSAR Convention, listing the NARIVA WETLANDS as a Site of International Importance, a direct result of our active advocacy since 1990. In November 1996, the Government removed the illegal rice farmers from the protected area of the Nariva Wetlands and began an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), which for the first time offered an economic valuation of that natural asset together with a Social Impact Assessment Again, a direct result of our active advocacy. The Government ratified the Convention of Biological Diversity (CDB) in 1996 another result of our persistent advocacy.