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| | The University Of The West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago |
 | | Matura National Park is 9000 ha and includes the watersheds of the Rio Seco, Rio Salybia, Grande Rivière and Shark River. |
 | | Its biodiversity is under threat from over-hunting, poaching, logging, forest fires, squatting, river pollution and littering. |
 | | This committee, which meets monthly, is formed by representatives of EMA, FD, M2M network (representing local communities around MNP), Council of Presidents of the Environment (umbrella organization representing environmental NGOs), Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Community Development and Sangre Grande Regional Corporation. |
| sta.uwi.edu /fsa/maturanp/index.asp (297 words) |
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