The Forestry Department, on Thursday (February 11), launched its ‘My Tree Legacy’ Initiative, its latest project through which it will afford past students the opportunity to plant trees on the campuses of their alma maters. Unveiled at St. Jago High School in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, the project is in support of the Government’s ‘Three Million Trees in Three Years’...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is reporting that 42 prosecutions and 27 convictions have been effected for breaches of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (Plastic Packaging Materials Prohibition) Order, 2018, since the institution of the ban on select categories of single-use plastics two years ago. This was disclosed by Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change,...

The Government is exploring measures that can be incorporated in the management of polyethylene and polypropylene containers that have replaced the expanded polystyrene foam containers on the domestic market. This was disclosed by Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr, during Tuesday’s (February 9) sitting of the House of Representatives. “We acknowledge that this...

The Natural History Museum of Jamaica (NHMJ) is calling on Jamaicans to play their part in protecting and conserving wetlands as it carries out habitat restoration work in the Mason River Protected Area. Speaking at the second Wetlands Awareness Virtual Engagement (WAVE) on February 9, Assistant Botanist at the NHMJ, Sashalee Cross, cited several threats the Mason River Protected Area...

The Government, through the draft Beach Access and Management Policy for Jamaica, is seeking to increase access to and improve the standard and maintenance of beaches available to the public. Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., gave details on the policy during a virtual public town hall meeting, held on February 2. “The...

The Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change will stage a virtual town hall on the Beach Access and Management Policy on February 2. Members of the public can watch and participate in the event, which will begin at 6:00 p.m. on the Ministry’s Facebook page and the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Facebook and YouTube pages. Acting Chief...

Cabinet approved three contracts totalling $906.5 million for sewerage construction and improvement works as well as a shoreline protection project. Details of the undertakings were provided by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, during Wednesday’s (Jan. 20) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St. Andrew. She informed that Cabinet gave approval for a $649.4 million contract...