The management of biodiversity in Trinidad and Tobago is effected chiefly through:

Primary Legislation

• Conservation of Wildlife Act (Ch. 67:01)
• Environmental Management Act
• Fisheries Act (Ch. 67:51)
• Forests Act (Ch. 66:01)

There are also provisions within other laws that serve to protect the environment, determine authority for enforcement, delimit boundaries of national sovereignty and prohibit the import and export of biological materials. These are:

Subisdiary Legislation

• Agricultural Fires Act (Ch. 63:02)
• Chaguaramas Development Authority Act
• Environmentally Sensitive Areas Rules, 2001
• Environmentally Sensitive Species Rules, 2001
• Forests (Amendment) Act, 1999
• Marine Areas (Preservation and enhancement) Act
• Plant Protection (Amendment) Act, 2001
• Sawmills Act
• State Lands (Amendment) Act, 2003

The Town and Country Planning Act, Ch. 35:01, Tobago House of Assembly Act, No. 40 of 1996, Customs Act Ch. 78:01, Archipelagic Waters and Exclusive Economic Zone Act No 24 of 1986, Plant Protection Act of 1975, the Marine Areas (Preservation and Enhancement) Act Ch. 37:02,  Sawmills Act Ch. 66:02, the Summary Offences Act Ch. 11:02, State Lands Act Ch. 57:01 and the Municipal Corporations Act 1990.