The Cropper FoundationSustainable Management

of the Northern Range, Trinidad

THE WAY WE WERE(and where we may be headed)

J. S. KennyNovember 8th 2004

1. CONTRASTSNorth face of El Tucuche

2.CONTRASTS Maraval Hills

3.T & T

Landform Map

4. PRINCIPAL ECOSYSTEMSEVERGREEN FORESTEVERGREEN FOREST

SEASONAL EVERGREEN FORESTSEASONAL EVERGREEN FORESTMONTANE FORESTSMONTANE FORESTS

CLOUD FOREST CLOUD FOREST DECIDUOUS/SEMIDECIDUOUS/SEMI--DECIDUOUS FORESTDECIDUOUS FORESTDRY TROPICAL or XEROPHYTIC FORESTDRY TROPICAL or XEROPHYTIC FOREST

LITTORAL FORESTLITTORAL FORESTMARSH FORESTMARSH FORESTPALM FORESTPALM FOREST

5. PRINCIPAL ECOSYSTEMS (cont’d)SWAMP FOREST SWAMP FOREST

MANGROVE FORESTMANGROVE FORESTSECONDARY FORESTSECONDARY FORESTHERBACEOUS SWAMPHERBACEOUS SWAMP

SAVANNASAVANNACAVES CAVES

STREAMS and RIVERSSTREAMS and RIVERSBEACHES and LAGOONS and MUDFLATSBEACHES and LAGOONS and MUDFLATS

ROCKY SHORES and CORAL REEFSROCKY SHORES and CORAL REEFSOPEN SEAOPEN SEA

6.Forest scenes

Arima Valley from Simla

1954

7.Forest scenes

Cloud Forest Heights of

Aripo

8. Forest scenes Club Mosses in Cloud Forest

9.Forest scenes Glomerulopit-

cairniaerectifolia

Habitat of golden tree

frog

10. Forest scenes Upper Montane Forest

Heights of Aripo

11.

Forest scenes

MontaneForest La Laja

12.

Forest scenes

Beside Trail to

Cerro del Aripo

13. Forest scenes Semi-deciduous forest

Western Northern Range

14.

Forest scenes

Secondary forest

Las Lapas Trail

15. Forest scenes

Abandoned Cocoa Estate Heights of Guanapo

16. Forest scenes Littoral Woodland North East Coast

17. Forest scenes

Divide on La Laja-

Brasso SecoTrail

(SumbassonTrace)1957

18.Forest scenes Guanapo Valley

from Sumbasson Trace

19.

Forest scenes

Brasso SecoValley

20. Forest scenes - Saut d’eaufrom Toucan Ridge

21. Dry Tropical ForestMarine Bay, Chacachacare

22. River scenes - OropoucheRiver at Cumaca

23. River scenes - Mile 18 Marianne River

24.

River scenes

GuanapoGorge

25.

Cave scene

Great Cave Aripo

1957

26. Cave scene, Dunston Cave, Springhill Estate, Arima Valley,

1955

27. Cave scene -Oropouche Cave -1957 - Bamboo ladder used for harvesting oilbird

nestlings

28.

Roadside scene

Bamboos Arima

BlanchisseuseRoad

29. Fire climax scene - Gru grupalm,Acrocomia aculeataWestern Northern Range

30.Forest scene

Alga on Bactrissetulosa

North Face Cerro del

Aripo

31.

Salybia Reef Crest

32.

CliffsFirst Boca

33. Blind Cave fish,Rhamdiaquelen, Oropouche Cave

34. Golden Tree Frog, Phyllodytes auratus

35. Mapipire balcin, Bothropsasper

36. Diablotin or Guacharo or Oilbird, Steatornis caripensis

37. Velvet worm,Megaperipatustorquatus

38. Bromeliad dwelling scorpionEl Tucuche

39. Chataigne maron, Pachirainsignis – Bombacaceae

40. Hot lips, Cephaelistormentosa, Rubiaceae

41. Mountain rose, Browneacoccinea, Leguminosae

42. Peace or Maraval lily,Spathyphyllum cannifolium

Araceae

43. Matapal, Clusia palmicida,Guttiferae

44. Red hot poker, Noranteaguianensis

Marcgraviaceae

45. Powder puff tree, Calliandra guildingii,

Leguminosae

46. Immortelle, Erythrinapoeppigiana, Leguminosae

47. Pois doux, Inga pilosula,Luguminosae

48.

Bois flot,

Ochromapyramidale, Bombacaceae

49. Fine leaf, Pentaclethramacroloba, Leguminosae

50. Cannon ball tree,Couroupita guianensis,

Lecythidaceae

51.Blue petrea

Petreaarborea,

Verbenaceae

52.

Balisier,Heliconiahirsuta,

Helioniaceae

53.Wild pine Guzmaniamonostachyia, Bromeliaceae

54. Paramin Hills

55. Resource Abuse 1 – Saddle Road at Moka

56. Resource Abuse 2, Maraval Valley – TODAY – CEC granted!

57. Resource Abuse 3, Chaguaramas

National Park, March 2003

58.

Resource Abuse 4

Cotton Tree –Shark River picnic site

59. Stage 1 - Above Moka

60.

Stage 2 –Dibe Valley Long Circular

Road

61. Stages 3&5– CEPEP Long Circular

62. Stage 4 –CEPEP Long Circular

Intergenerational inquity!Opposite Hi Lo Maraval 2003

EASTERN NORTHERN RANGESustainable Use of area to east of Arima/Blanchisseuse Road &

north of Eastern Main Road

• Moratorium on commercial forestry on state lands • Moratorium on all hunting• Upgrade all established agricultural trails/traces• Upgrade the road to Toco and Matelot• Support/subsidize appropriate agriculture & forestry• Upgrade and maintain infrastructure of all village

communities• Develop appropriate coastal infrastructure • Foster non-partisan regional communities assembly• Develop and implement regional plan• ACTIVATE AND USE THE GREEN FUND