The Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club
Publications
The ongoing activities of the Club are reported through
minutes of the monthly meetings and by Quarterly Bulletins which are
circulated to all members. The Bulletins also give detailed reports of
field trips undertaken by the Club.
Back issues of the Bulletin are archived on this site.
Selected articles from the Quarterly Bulletin
Roraima -
Mother of All Waters by Victor Quesnel (pdf file)
Bamboo
Flowers, Tobago Wonder by Dan Jaggernauth
In April each year, the Club publishes a Programme of Activities which includes all lectures and field trips planned during the ensuing year.
Living World
The Club publishes an annual journal, Living World, which includes specialist articles and the results of research projects and investigative studies undertaken by various members and interest groups of the Club. Information on ordering the Journal, as well as indexes and archived articles, can be found on the Journal pages.
A collection of the early issues of the journal, spanning the years 1891 to 1896, has been republished on CD.
Browse Selected articles from the Journal
Floor
plan,
environment, and fauna of Tamana caves by J.S. Kenny
Some Field
Observations on the Bachacs of Trinidad by D. J.
Peregrine
The
Revegetation of the McClean Monument by V. C.
Quesnel et al.
Bush Bush
Forest and the Nariva Swamp by Thomas H. G. Aitken
Weeds
by
T. F. Farrell
Trail Guide, Annual Calendar, Wildlife and Wildflower Guides
To commemorate the centennial of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club, a trail guidebook, Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club Trail Guide, was published in July 1992. A revised and expanded second edition of this book is now available.
The Club publishes an annual Calendar featuring photographs by members. Compact fold-out field guides to the wildlife and wildflowers of Trinidad and Tobago have also been published.
These publications are distributed by the following bookstores:
The Trail Guide can also be ordered directly from the club:
Cost to USA $48.00 US including postage
Cost to UK 28.00 Pounds including postage
Native Trees
The Club has also published an illustrated guide to local
trees, Native
Trees of Trinidad and Tobago by V. C. Quesnel, T. F. Farrell
and P. L. Comeau.
Documents
Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists Turtle Project
1963 to 1980 Ian Lambie
Chatham/Cap-de-Ville
Industrial
Estate. Letter of Objection
Chatham/Cap-de-Ville Industrial Estate. Reply to Town and Country Planning Div. April 2006.
Chaguaramas Housing. Letter of Objection. Sent Mar 2006
Protection of the Natural Environment from Forest and Bush Fires.
Forest Fires. Aide Memoire delivered to Min Environment. June 2003
National Physical development Plan. Letter to Min Environment. Aug 2005
National Physical development Plan. Environmental Principles sent to Min Env. Aug 2005
Artificial Reef. Proposal to use wrecks to make in Gulf of Paria
TTFNC Library Catalogue compiled by Nora Jones
Microsoft Excel
worksheet
Microsoft Works database
(Zip
archives)
"Environmental Matters Matter" by Peter Reis
A consumer's guide to recycling, reuse and waste reduction.
Address by Ian Lambie at the Club's 108th anniversary function
An outline of the history of the Centre, as presented by Ian Lambie at the Club's July 2001 meeting. This lecture was one in a series of presentations on the environmental organisations that have either been spawned by the Club, or in which Club members have played a large part.

