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The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) has taken action to stop the planned “Caroni Krab Dash – Flat Bottom and Small Boat Race” following an investigation into its potential environmental impact on the Caroni Swamp.
The event, originally scheduled for 25 October 2025, prompted several complaints from the public about risks to biodiversity in the area. In response, the EMA met with organisers, D Krab House Barge, to assess possible threats. Officers from the EMA’s Environmental Police Unit, along with game wardens and Praedial Larceny officers from the Forestry Division, conducted a site assessment of the proposed racecourse from the Maritime Drain to the El Socorro Ext. Rd #1 Drain.
The investigation examined possible effects on the Caroni River and its drainage system, which form part of the Caroni Swamp, a Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar site). The swamp is one of the few known breeding habitats of the Scarlet Ibis, an Environmentally Sensitive Species (ESS). The main concern identified was the noise the race would generate and its potential disturbance to the Scarlet Ibis.
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