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An aerial view of a section of Jamaica’s Cockpit Country.

Forest Protection High on Agenda at 32nd Meeting of LACFC

Regional planning for forest-cover protection is important, says Principal Director, Forest Science and Technology Services Division, Forestry Department, Donna Lowe. Speaking in a recent interview with JIS News about the country’s hosting of the 32nd meeting of the Latin American...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says the European funded Budget Support Programme for the forest sector is on track to be "a phenomenal success" in Jamaica as it comes to an end next year. Under the Programme entitled ‘Addressing Environmental and Climate Change Challenges through Improved Forest Management for Jamaica’, the Forestry Department has met all previous annual targets outlined. Photo: Adrian Walker

€14M Forestry Programme On Target For Completion

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

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.

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

5 years ago Environment

Jamaica Advanced In Preparations For COP26

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says that Jamaica is well advanced in its preparations for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). The Minister noted that he recently participated in a high-level ministerial meeting in London “which helped to prepare us to ventilate important discussions, which will ensure...

5 years ago Environment

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

Entities now have until September 30, 2021, to comply with the third phase of the ban on single use plastics following a further three-month extension granted by the Government. Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. made the disclosure during a recent interview with JIS News. “Following discussions with the private sector stakeholders and...

5 years ago 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...

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).

5 years ago 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...

Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (right), in discussion with Operations Director, S&G Road Surfacing Materials Ltd, James Sampson while touring sections of the Port Royal Coastal Revetment Project recently. The World Bank loan-funded development is being coordinated by JSIFand implemented under the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP). The project aims to create protective infrastructure along the Port Royal Street corridor that will safeguard it against the effects of potential storm surges resulting from climate change. This thoroughfare is deemed integral to the east-west transportation network in the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA).

5 years ago Environment

PHOTOS: JSIF Managing Director Tours Port Royal Coastal Revetment Project

Members of the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force plant trees at the Calabar High School in St. Andrew, recently.

5 years ago 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...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon Fayval Williams addresses a virtual post-Cabinet briefing on Wednesday (July 7).

5 years ago 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...