The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has announced the opening of the 2022 Game Bird Hunting Season, which will last from Saturday, August 20 to Sunday, September 25. Under the Wildlife Protection (Game Birds) (Declaration of Shooting Season) Order, 2022, the season’s hunting sessions are from sunrise to 9:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. to sunset on Saturdays, and from...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government remains resolute in preserving and protecting the country’s natural environment. He said institutions such as the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) have been created to act in protection of the environment, while promoting sustainable development. Speaking at the recent joint meeting of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the environmental laws will be amended to impose more stringent fines on persons found guilty of breaches. The objective is to deter illegal activity that pose a threat to the country’s natural resources. Speaking with journalists during a tour of the sand dunes at Great Bay in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth on...

Executive Director of the Montego Bay Marine Park Trust in St. James, Hugh Shim, is extending invitation for grant support for the Trust’s marine initiatives, vital to the conservation and restoration of coastal resources. Mr. Shim was addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the Agency’s Regional Office in Montego Bay, St. James, on Tuesday (June 28). He...

On 21 June 2022, the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and the University of the West Indies– Centre for Marine Sciences (UWI-CMS) planted 450 mangrove saplings along the Palisadoes strip within the Palisadoes-Port Royal Protected Area (P-PRPA) and Ramsar Site. This replanting exercise is part of a larger project continuing from the 2021 National Environmental Awareness Week Mangrove Replanting...

Unless you fall within the vulnerable group of persons with respiratory conditions, not much thought is given to the air we breathe. The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), however, monitors Jamaica’s ambient air to ensure the quality is safe for all and is expanding its monitoring network. The air includes more than the oxygen needed to survive. It also...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is reminding Jamaicans that all life on earth is interconnected and as such, everyone has a responsibility to help safeguard the environment. The reminder comes as NEPA concludes activities to mark National Environmental Awareness Week 2022 from June 1 to 8, which included World Environment Day on June 5, under the theme ‘Only...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is focused on the preservation of critical watersheds under the Jamaican Path from Hills to Ocean (H2O) Project.  Among these are the Mason River Protected Area in Clarendon and Castleton Gardens in St. Mary, which falls within the Wag Water Watershed Management Unit.   “We are also looking at Winns Morass in Trelawny, which...

A task force is being set up to facilitate a national clean-up programme for the country. The task force, which will be seeking to restore public order in the society, will be headed by Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, and will include other Ministers of Government. “I am going to extend an invitation to a...