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Students To Be Taught How To Preserve Endemic Plants And Animals
The National Museum Jamaica (NMJ), a division of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), has launched a programme to teach students about the preservation of Jamaica’s endemic plants and animals. About 60 students and their teachers from three primary schools, as...
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Beach Licensees Reminded Of March 31 Renewal Deadline
Holders of beach licences are being reminded to submit their applications for renewal before the March 31, 2022, deadline. For the processing of applications for renewal, the licensee is required to submit the completed application form (Parts A through C), pay the required application fee and provide an updated project brief, which will be used to determine whether any operational...
MET Service To Launch Bush Fire Warning Index March 23
The Meteorological Service Division (Met Service) will officially launch the Bush Fire Warning Index on World Meteorological Day, March 23. Establishment of the Bush Fire Warning Index and Management System began in 2019, with the Met Service and Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) compiling information on bush fire occurrences to create a pre-emptive tool for their prediction. “We are now at...
Engineer Emphasises Importance of Groundwater l
General Manager, Engineering, Rural Water Supply Limited, Douglas Wilson, is calling on Jamaicans to “recognise and appreciate the importance of groundwater”. Mr. Wilson told JIS News that although Jamaica is dubbed ‘the land of wood and water’, in reference to our surface water, most of Jamaica’s water resources, which sustain life, are located underground. “The Water Resources Authority actually tells...
Plant Trees On International Day Of Forests
Jamaicans are being encouraged to engage in tree-planting activities on International Day of Forests, March 21. The Day is being observed under the theme ‘Forests and sustainable production and consumption’. Speaking with JIS News about the importance of local forestry, Principal Director of Forest Science and Technology Services at the Forestry Department, Donna Lowe, underscored the need for real appreciation...
UDC To Divest Lands During 2022/23
For the 2022/23 financial year, the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) will focus on the monetisation of its land assets through divestments, as well as the continuation of its project management functions. This is outlined in the 2022/23 Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, tabled recently in the House of Representatives. The document further noted that the UDC will continue...
Jamaicans Will Be Required to Pay for Pollution
Jamaicans will soon be held financially responsible for correcting activities that pollute the environment under the ‘Polluter Pays’ principle. Acting Chief Technical Director of the Policy, Planning and Evaluation Division of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Gillian Guthrie, told JIS News that the principle will be incorporated in all environmental policies and legislation. It emerged from the...
