NROCC Partners With Rotaract Club To Plant Over 400 Trees
The National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC), has partnered with the University of the West Indies Rotaract Club to plant more than 400 trees …
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PHOTOS: Volunteers Participate in Tree Planting Exercise along Highway 2000
National Land Agency launches Digital Submission of Survey Plans and Cadastral Maps platform
Effective Monday, January 4, 2021, Commissioned Land Surveyors will have the opportunity to submit their survey plans digitally for examination. The National Land Agency’s new …
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Supermarket Plastic Recyclables Drop Off Programme Launched
On December 9, 2020, the Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) collaborated with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and Magna Rewards Jamaica Ltd. to …
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Private Sector Encouraged To Support Third Phase Of Plastic Ban
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is encouraging private-sector stakeholders to support the third phase of the national …
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PM Affirms Jamaica’s Commitment To Protecting The Ocean’s Resources
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has affirmed Jamaica’s commitment to sustainably manage 100 per cent of the country’s national waters to aid in …
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Inaugural Plastic Waste Management Conference A Success
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says the recently held plastic waste management conference was critical and timely …
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Government To Roll Out Project To Safely Dispose Of Used Tyres
The Government is to roll out a programme aimed at safely disposing of the millions of used tyres generated in the country annually, which will …
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Gov’t To Make Announcement On Third Phase Of Plastic Ban
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says he will be making an announcement shortly on the third phase …
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14 World Leaders Commit to 100% Sustainable Ocean Management to Solve Global Challenges; Call for More Countries to Join
Leaders of Australia, Canada, Chile, Fiji, Ghana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Namibia, Norway, Palau and Portugal commit to sustainably manage nearly 30 million sq …
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Jamaica Lead Authority For Caribbean Climate Change Project
Jamaica has been designated the lead national authority among seven Caribbean countries for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) project, which is …
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Youth Encouraged To Get Involved In National Tree-Planting Programme
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is calling on the country’s youth to actively participate in the national …
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Food For The Poor Supports Three Million Trees Planting Initiative
Food For the Poor has committed to planting one million fruit and timber trees over the next three years. This is in support of the …
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1,211 Pounds of Plastic Waste Already Collected Under NEPA’S Pilot Programme
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has collected 1,211 pounds of plastic waste, to date, under its Plastic Recycling Eco-Reward Pilot Programme, which got …
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Caribbean Developers Urged To Build With Nature In Mind
British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Ahmad, is encouraging developers of housing and other infrastructure in the Caribbean to “build with nature in …
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Discovery Bay High Gets Facelift
The aesthetics of the Discovery Bay High School in St. Ann has received a boost, courtesy of the Kiwanis Club of Discovery Bay. President of …
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NEPA Completes Socio-Economic Study of Yallahs and Hope Watersheds
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) says it has completed the socio-economic study of the Yallahs and Hope watersheds. This is one of the …
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Persons Being Trained as Environmental Wardens
Approximately 200 residents from six vulnerable communities are being trained as Environmental Wardens, through the solid waste management initiative being implemented by the Jamaica Social …
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Recycling Partners of Jamaica Gets Truck from TPDCo.
The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo.) has handed over a box truck, valued at approximately $7 million, to Recycling Partners of Jamaica Limited (RPJ) as …
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PHOTOS: Minister Charles Jr. Meets with Canadian High Commissioner
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