(FYI) For your information

Waste coming from the mortuary, maternity wards, operating theatre, and general wards, is not being incinerated. This waste ranges from, gloves, bandages, afterbirth waste, human waste from the wards, human waste from autopsies, empty plastic chemical drums used at the hospital. All of this is dumped at the back of the mortuary (next to the old cemetery).

 
Tobago biodiversity PDF Print E-mail

Tobago has a rich variety of plants, animals and ecosystems, all of which make up biodiversity.

louis dor wetlands

Biodiversity in Tobago is special, because of our small size and the variety of ecosystems and species relative to our landmass.
Tobago’s biodiversity includes all the major ecosystems:

  • Tropical rainforests
  • Wetlands and Mangroves
  • Coral Reefs

We are blessed with a rich species biodiversity that includes:

  • 210 species of birds
  • Five species of endangered sea turtles
  • Over 80 species of tropical reef fish
  • 21 species of non-venomous snakes
  • 16 species of lizards
  • 14 species of frogs
  • 17 species of bats
  • 44 species of corals

Many of these species are found nowhere else but in Tobago!
 
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