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Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses the 32nd meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission (LACFC). Jamaica is hosting the forum, which is being held virtually from September 6-10 .
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses the 32nd meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission (LACFC). Jamaica is hosting the forum, which is being held virtually from September 6-10 .

Jamaica Elected Unopposed To Chair Regional Forestry Commission

Jamaica has been elected unopposed as Chair of the Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission (LACFC) for the next two years. This was at the 32nd LACFC meeting, which is being held virtually from September 6 to 10. Chief Executive...
A Public Education Officer at the Forestry Department plants a Caribbean Pine sapling in the British Forest Estate in Clarendon.
A Public Education Officer at the Forestry Department plants a Caribbean Pine sapling in the British Forest Estate in Clarendon.

Jamaica To Host 32nd LACFC Meeting From September 6 To 10
Principal Director of the Climate Change Division in the Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, UnaMay Gordon.
Principal Director of the Climate Change Division in the Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, UnaMay Gordon.

Jamaica Working Towards Structure For REDD+ By February 2022
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is flanked by Principal Director in the Ministry
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is flanked by Principal Director in the Ministry's Climate Change Branch, UnaMay Gordon (left); and Senior Technical Officer for Adaptation in the Climate Change Division, Le-Anne Roper. Occasion was a high-level ministerial meeting in London, recently, in preparation for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) to be held in Glasgow, Scotland, from November 1-12.

Jamaica Advanced In Preparations For COP26
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.

Entities Now Have Until September 30 To Comply With Third Phase Of Plastic Ban

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Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.
Environment

Citizens Encouraged To Support Plastic Ban-Compliant Businesses

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. is encouraging citizens to support businesses that have retrofitted their operations to be compliant with the government ban on single-use plastics. “I am encouraging citizens to be conscientious in their purchase of goods and services; seek out businesses that are environmentally friendly and using material derived from...
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Customer Relations Officer at North Eastern Parks and Markets (NEPM) Waste Management Limited, Donasha Biggs (right), helping workmen to load 35 bags of plastic bottles onto a Recycling Partners of Jamaica truck in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on Friday (July 23).
EnvironmentLocal Government

More St. Ann Communities Join Plastic Bottle Separation Drive

Customer Relations Officer at North Eastern Parks and Markets (NEPM) Waste Management Limited (NEPM), Donasha Biggs, is reporting that more St. Ann communities have joined the plastic bottle separation drive. She told JIS News that since the initiative’s launch in the parish in February 2020, several other communities have come on board to participate and raise awareness. “This initiative started… in...
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Members of the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force plant trees at the Calabar High School in St. Andrew, recently.
Environment

Members Of Combined Cadet Force Plant Trees At Calabar High

Principal of Calabar High School in St. Andrew, Albert Corcho, is lauding Members of the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force for planting scores of trees at the institution. Recently, the group planted trees at seven other high schools in the Corporate Area. Already, they have planted 500 trees, which is part of an islandwide initiative to plant 1,500 trees. The Principal...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon Fayval Williams addresses a virtual post-Cabinet briefing on Wednesday (July 7).
Environment

Jamaica Hosts 32nd Session Of Latin American And Caribbean Forestry Commission September 6 To 12

Jamaica will host the 32nd session of the Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission (LACFC) virtually from September 6 to 12. This was announced by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, who noted that Cabinet has given its approval for Jamaica’s hosting of the event. Chief Executive Officer and Conservator of Forests in the Forestry Department, Ainsley...
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Environment

Hurricane Warning Replaced by Tropical Storm Warning for Jamaica as Elsa Weakens Further

METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE DIVISION Division of the Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment & Climate Change Telephone: 876-924-8055/924-8404 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Saturday, July 3, 2021 – 11:00 a.m. BULLETIN No: 12 The Hurricane Warning for Jamaica has been downgraded and a TROPICAL STORM WARNING is now in effect as Elsa continues to weaken while approaching the southern coast of Hispaniola. This...
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