Eden Shand
Eden Shand | |
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![]() Shand in 2007 | |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 12 January 1987 – 19 November 1991 | |
Prime Minister | A. N. R. Robinson |
Constituency | St. Ann's West |
Personal details | |
Born | Eden Arthur Shand 14 September 1939 Trinidad and Tobago |
Died | 20 January 2021 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | (aged 81)
Political party | National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR) |
Alma mater | University of Aberdeen University of British Columbia |
Eden Arthur Shand (14 September 1939 - 20 January 2021) was a Trinidadian environmentalist and politician. He worked toward establishing environmental standards in Trinidad and Tobago.
Shand served as an MP for St. Ann's West (1987-1991) under the National Alliance for Reconstruction. He was a Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Food Production, Marine Exploitation, Forestry and the Environment (1987-1988) and the Minister of External Affairs and International Trade (1988-1991).
Early life[]
Shand was born on 14 September 1939. He received a BSc (Hons) in Forestry[1] from the University of Aberdeen in 1963, and an MBA from the University of British Columbia in 1968.[2]
Shand worked in the Trinidadian government Division of Forestry from 1963 to 1965. After finishing his MBA, he worked as a forest economist in Vancouver from 1968 to 1972, then returned to Trinidad.[1] In 1979,[3] Shand was one of the founding members of Citizens For Conservation.[4]
In the 1980s, Shand hosted a youth-focused talk show called Feedback on Trinidad and Tobago Television.[4]
Politics[]
In 1986, Shand won the St. Ann's West seat in the House of Representatives as a candidate of the National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR) party,[5] defeating the incumbent candidate of the People's National Movement (PNM).[6] The newly-founded NAR became the first opposition party to win a national parliamentary election since independence in 1962.[7]
Shand was sworn in on 12 January 1987. He was initially appointed a Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Food Production, Marine Exploitation, Forestry and the Environment.[8] However, he was removed from this portfolio in 1988 after proposing restrictions on deliberate forest burning.[9][10] He then became the Minister of External Affairs and International Trade.[4] Together with Sylvia Kacal and other conservationists, he founded the Caribbean Forest Conservation Association (CFCA) in 1988.[11]
Shand was one of the MPs held hostage during the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt.[4]
St. Ann's West was merged with Port of Spain North for the 1991 elections. Shand did not stand for reelection.[12]
Later activism[]
After leaving Parliament, Shand gained certification as an Associate Environmental Auditor from the Environmental Auditors Registration Association (UK).[4] He set up a consultancy, Environmental Management and Planning Associates Limited.[1] Shand also became the chairman of the Caribbean Forest Conservation Association; during his tenure, the organisation began setting up conservation parks.[13]
Shand campaigned against projects to build over the Queen's Park Savannah. During a 1999 sit-in, builders attempting to pave over a section of the park dumped a truckload of gravel on Shand. He was excavated alive, but had lasting injuries.[4] He opposed a 2006 government proposal to build a stadium at the park,[14] and exposed other cases where construction projects had been approved without securing environmental assessments.[15][16]
Shand wrote articles in the Trinidad Express and the Trinidad Guardian where he critiqued the governance structure of the state Environment Management Agency.[17] He was chairman of Trinidad and Tobago's Earth Charter National Committee.[18]
Personal life[]
Shand had five children.[19] His two younger children were from his marriage to Mary Schorse, an American social scientist.[1] Shand and Schorse co-founded the Tropical Re-Leaf Foundation.[20]
Death[]
Shand died on 20 January 2021 at the age of 81 after a long illness.[4] The House of Representatives paid tribute to Shand at the beginning of the 27 January session.[21]
Electoral history[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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NAR | Eden Shand | 6,305 | |||
PNM | John Stanley Donaldson | 6,196 | |||
NJAC | Anum Bankole | 452 | |||
PPM | Solange Bailey | 68 | |||
Total valid votes | 13,021 | ||||
Rejected ballots | 68 | ||||
Turnout | 13,089 | ||||
Registered electors | 24,339 | ||||
NAR gain from PNM | Swing |
Partial bibliography[]
Books[]
- The Development of the Japanese Market for Pacific Northwest Lumber (1968, thesis) [2]
- The Estates Within: A Docu-Drama (1992) [22]
Articles[]
- "Global Warming and the Caribbean" in Caribbean Beat (1992) [23]
- "Rehabilitating Our Forests" (2009) [24]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Shand, Eden (January 2008). "CV". Environmental Management and Planning Associates Limited.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Shand, Eden Arthur (1968). The development of the Japanese market for Pacific Northwest lumber : A historical survey. Vancouver: University of British Columbia. doi:10.14288/1.0102406. hdl:2429/36231.
- ^ "About Us". Citizens for Conservation Trinidad & Tobago. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Former NAR minister Eden Shand dies". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 2021-01-23. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ^ a b "Report of the E&BC on the Parliamentary Elections 1986 (15th December 1986)". Elections And Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Report of the E&BC on the Parliamentary Elections 1981 (9th November 1981)". Elections And Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Elections in the Americas : a data handbook. Dieter Nohlen. New York. 2005. pp. 639–641. ISBN 0-19-925358-7. OCLC 58051010.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Mr. Eden Shand, MP". Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Gibbings, Wesley (1998-03-24). "ENVIRONMENT-TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Surviving the Bush Fire Season". Inter Press Service. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Leach, Melissa; Fairhead, James (2001). "Science, policy and national parks in Trinidad and Tobago" (PDF). Forest Science and Forest Policy: Knowledge, Institutions and Policy Processes. Institute of Development Studies.
- ^ Hilton, Anne (2003-11-16). "Sylvia Kacal an extraordinary life". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Archives. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Report of the E&BC on the Parliamentary Elections 1991 (16th December 1991)". Elections And Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Gibbings, Wesley (1997-04-08). "TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO-ENVIRONMENT: Illegal Logging Taking a Toll". Inter Press Service. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Sheppard, Suzanne (12 March 2006). "Stop Savannah construction". Trinidad & Tobago Newsday – via trinidadandtobagonews.com.
- ^ "Mystery hotel". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Archives. 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ^ Richards, Peter (2000-08-24). "ENVIRONMENT-TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Conservationists Halt Ferry Port Project". Inter Press Service. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Paddington, Luke (1999). An appraisal of environmental management in Trinidad and Tobago (MA Thesis). McGill University.
- ^ "Earth Charter National Committee". members.tripod.com. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ^ "Eden Shand". www.guardian.co.tt. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ^ Lum Lock, Alana; Geoghegan, Tighe (2006). "Rewarding community efforts to protect watersheds: Case study of Fondes Amandes, St. Ann's, Trinidad and Tobago" (PDF). CANARI Who Pays for Water Project (3).
- ^ "Unofficial Hansard - House of Representatives" (PDF). Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. 27 January 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Shand, Eden (1992). The estates within : a docu-drama. St. Ann's, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: Caribras. ISBN 976-8012-92-7. OCLC 26872995.
- ^ Shand, Eden (1992-07-01). "Global Warming and the Caribbean". Caribbean Beat Magazine. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ^ Shand, Eden (2009). "Guest Editorial: Rehabilitating Our Forests". Living World. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club: iv. ISSN 1029-3299. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020.
- 1939 births
- 2021 deaths
- Environmentalists
- Conservationists
- Trinidad and Tobago activists
- Government ministers of Trinidad and Tobago
- Members of the House of Representatives (Trinidad and Tobago)
- National Alliance for Reconstruction politicians
- Trinidad and Tobago columnists
- Environmental writers
- UBC Sauder School of Business alumni
- Alumni of the University of Aberdeen