Eden Shand Explained

Eden Shand
Party:National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR)
Birth Name:Eden Arthur Shand
Death Place:Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Birth Place:Trinidad and Tobago
Birth Date:14 September 1939
Constituency:St. Ann's West
Term End:19 November 1991
Term Start:12 January 1987
Office:Member of Parliament
Primeminister:A. N. R. Robinson
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. In 1979,[3] Shand was one of the founding members of Citizens For Conservation.

In the 1980s, Shand hosted a youth-focused talk show called Feedback on Trinidad and Tobago Television.

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,[4] defeating the incumbent candidate of the People's National Movement (PNM).[5] The newly-founded NAR became the first opposition party to win a national parliamentary election since independence in 1962.[6]

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.[7] However, he was removed from this portfolio in 1988 after proposing restrictions on deliberate forest burning.[8] [9] He then became the Minister of External Affairs and International Trade.[10] 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 in 1990.

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). He set up a consultancy, Environmental Management and Planning Associates Limited. 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. 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. 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. The House of Representatives paid tribute to Shand at the beginning of the 27 January session.[21]

Partial bibliography

Books

Articles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shand. Eden. January 2008. CV. live. Environmental Management and Planning Associates Limited. https://web.archive.org/web/20050408090740/http://members.tripod.com:80/~EMPAL_2/eascv.html . 2005-04-08 .
  2. Shand. Eden Arthur. The development of the Japanese market for Pacific Northwest lumber : A historical survey. University of British Columbia. 1968. Vancouver. 10.14288/1.0102406. 2429/36231. free. free.
  3. Web site: About Us. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20201119031712/https://citizensforconservationtt.org/home/about-us/. 19 November 2020. Citizens for Conservation Trinidad & Tobago.
  4. Web site: Report of the E&BC on the Parliamentary Elections 1986 (15th December 1986). live. 2021-04-23. Elections And Boundaries Commission. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20200924080856/https://www.ebctt.com/report-of-the-ebc-on-the-parliamentary-elections-1986-15th-december-1986/ . 2020-09-24 .
  5. Web site: Report of the E&BC on the Parliamentary Elections 1981 (9th November 1981). live. 2021-11-13. Elections And Boundaries Commission. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20201020080704/https://www.ebctt.com/report-of-the-ebc-on-the-parliamentary-elections-1981-9th-november-1981/ . 2020-10-20 .
  6. Book: Elections in the Americas : a data handbook. 2005. Dieter Nohlen. 0-19-925358-7. New York. 639–641. 58051010.
  7. Web site: Mr. Eden Shand, MP. live. 24 April 2021. Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. https://web.archive.org/web/20110526083958/http://www.ttparliament.org/members.php?mid=26&pid=12&id=ESH03 . 2011-05-26 .
  8. Web site: Gibbings. Wesley. 1998-03-24. ENVIRONMENT-TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Surviving the Bush Fire Season. live. 2021-04-23. Inter Press Service. https://web.archive.org/web/20210423112404/http://www.ipsnews.net/1998/03/environment-trinidad-and-tobago-surviving-the-bush-fire-season/ . 2021-04-23 .
  9. Leach. Melissa. Fairhead. James. 2001. Science, policy and national parks in Trinidad and Tobago. Forest Science and Forest Policy: Knowledge, Institutions and Policy Processes. Institute of Development Studies.
  10. Web site: 2021-01-23. Former NAR minister Eden Shand dies. 2021-04-23. Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. en-US.
  11. Web site: Hilton. Anne. 2003-11-16. Sylvia Kacal an extraordinary life. live. 2021-04-26. Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Archives. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20210426084600/https://archives.newsday.co.tt/2003/11/16/sylvia-kacal-an-extraordinary-life/ . 2021-04-26 .
  12. Web site: Report of the E&BC on the Parliamentary Elections 1991 (16th December 1991). live. 2021-04-23. Elections And Boundaries Commission. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20200929165245/https://www.ebctt.com/report-of-the-ebc-on-the-parliamentary-elections-1991-16th-december-1991/ . 2020-09-29 .
  13. Web site: Gibbings. Wesley. 1997-04-08. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO-ENVIRONMENT: Illegal Logging Taking a Toll. live. 2021-04-24. Inter Press Service. https://web.archive.org/web/20210424061805/http://www.ipsnews.net/1997/04/trinidad-and-tobago-environment-illegal-logging-taking-a-toll/ . 2021-04-24 .
  14. News: Sheppard. Suzanne. 12 March 2006. Stop Savannah construction. Trinidad & Tobago Newsday. trinidadandtobagonews.com.
  15. Web site: 2008-05-02. Mystery hotel. 2021-04-23. Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Archives. en-US.
  16. Web site: Richards. Peter. 2000-08-24. ENVIRONMENT-TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Conservationists Halt Ferry Port Project. live. 2021-04-24. Inter Press Service. https://web.archive.org/web/20210424061806/http://www.ipsnews.net/2000/08/environment-trinidad-tobago-conservationists-halt-ferry-port-project/ . 2021-04-24 .
  17. Book: Paddington, Luke. An appraisal of environmental management in Trinidad and Tobago. McGill University. 1999. MA Thesis.
  18. Web site: Earth Charter National Committee. 2021-04-24. members.tripod.com.
  19. Web site: Eden Shand. 2021-04-23. www.guardian.co.tt. en.
  20. Lum Lock. Alana. Geoghegan. Tighe. 2006. Rewarding community efforts to protect watersheds: Case study of Fondes Amandes, St. Ann's, Trinidad and Tobago. CANARI Who Pays for Water Project. 3.
  21. Web site: 27 January 2021. Unofficial Hansard - House of Representatives. live. Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. https://web.archive.org/web/20210423022201/http://www.ttparliament.org/hansards/hh20210127.pdf . 2021-04-23 .
  22. Book: Shand, Eden. The estates within : a docu-drama. 1992. Caribras. 976-8012-92-7. St. Ann's, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 26872995.
  23. Web site: Shand. Eden. 1992-07-01. Global Warming and the Caribbean. 2021-04-23. Caribbean Beat Magazine. en-GB.
  24. Shand. Eden. 2009. Guest Editorial: Rehabilitating Our Forests. dead. Living World. Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club. iv. 1029-3299. https://web.archive.org/web/20200927105606/http://ttfnc.org/livingworld/index.php/lwj/article/view/165. 27 September 2020.

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