ASSESSMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE SEA LEVEL RISE THREAT

P a g e | ii Grande Riviere is a coastal community that lies at that backshore of the Grande Riviere beach on the Northern coastline of Trinidad. This beach is famous for the sight-seeing of leatherback turtles that visit every year to nest on the beach. It is a very important tourist attraction and as a result has built a thriving economy for the community of Grande Riviere. Of recent, Sea Level Rise (SLR) as a result of climate change has been the topic of investigative reports especially along the coastlines of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). This report entails a study done on the coastline of Grande Riviere in order to assess the impact of SLR on the beach and consequently the nesting of leatherback turtles on the beach. Both primary and secondary data was collected in terms of beach profiles from previous years and a beach profile was done for the current year. Datasets were also collected. All data were processed and Arc Map and Arc Scene were used to illustrate the data in a form of a map. A polygon wa