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Beachfront property along a section of Jamaica’s coastline.
Beachfront property along a section of Jamaica’s coastline.

$400 Million Allocated To Strengthen Agricultural Sector

The Government will continue work during the 2021/22 fiscal year to further enhance the resilience of Jamaica’s agricultural sector and coastal areas. Some $400 million has been earmarked in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure for the initiative, now before the...

Youth Encouraged To Innovate
An aerial view of a mangrove forest in Trelawny.
An aerial view of a mangrove forest in Trelawny.

Progress Being Made In Mangrove Restoration
Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon (left), along with Regional Operations Manager, Western Parks and Market (WPM) Waste Management Limited, Garnet Edmondson show off one of 12 drums, placed in the Meadows of Irwin Community in St. James, as part of a pilot plastic bottle separation project launched in the community on Friday (February 12).
Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon (left), along with Regional Operations Manager, Western Parks and Market (WPM) Waste Management Limited, Garnet Edmondson show off one of 12 drums, placed in the Meadows of Irwin Community in St. James, as part of a pilot plastic bottle separation project launched in the community on Friday (February 12).

Plastic Bottle Separation Project Launched in Meadows of Irwin Community
Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Department and Conservator of Forests, Ainsley Henry (left), and Principal of St. Jago High School in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Collette Pryce (right), observe as Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service, Donna-Marie Rowe, waters one of several tree seedlings that were planted across the campus of St. Jago High School in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, on Thursday (February 11). Occasion was the launch of the Forestry Department’s ‘My Tree Legacy’ project at the institution. All three are distinguished St. Jago alumni.
Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Department and Conservator of Forests, Ainsley Henry (left), and Principal of St. Jago High School in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Collette Pryce (right), observe as Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service, Donna-Marie Rowe, waters one of several tree seedlings that were planted across the campus of St. Jago High School in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, on Thursday (February 11). Occasion was the launch of the Forestry Department’s ‘My Tree Legacy’ project at the institution. All three are distinguished St. Jago alumni.

Forestry Dept. Launches Latest Tree-Planting Project At St. Jago High School

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Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr, speaking during the sitting of the House of Representatives on February 9.
Environment

Progress Made In Arresting Breaches Of Ban On Plastics

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,...
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Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr, speaking during Tuesday
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Gov’t Exploring Measures To Enhance Management Of Disposable Containers

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...
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The Mason River Protected Area in Clarendon, which is co-managed by the Natural History Museum of Jamaica, the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), is currently undergoing an Invasive Species Control and Habitat Restoration project. The area is being rid of the invasive vampire fern (Dicranopteris pectinata) and the Natural History Museum of Jamaica is calling on persons to help protect local wetlands. The Mason River Protected Area has several wetland features and provides water for farming communities in the area.
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Jamaicans Encouraged To Protect Wetlands

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...
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Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., speaks at a virtual public town hall meeting on the draft Beach Access and Management Policy for Jamaica, on February 2.
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Minister Outlines Objectives Of New Beach Policy

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...
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Acting Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Gillian Guthrie. (File Photo)
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Virtual Town Hall On Beach Access Policy February 2

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...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addressing Wednesday’s (Jan. 20) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St. Andrew.
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Cabinet Approves Contracts For Sewerage And Shoreline Protection Works

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...
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Environmental Manager at the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC), Errol Mortley (left), and NROCC Managing Director, Ivan Anderson, participate in a tree-planting exercise along the North-South Highway in the vicinity of the Linstead Toll Plaza, on Saturday, January 9. NROCC partnered with the Rotaract Club to plant more than 400 trees at the site as part of the three-million trees initiative.
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NROCC Partners With Rotaract Club To Plant Over 400 Trees

The National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC), has partnered with the University of the West Indies Rotaract Club to plant more than 400 trees as part of the Prime Minister’s Three Million Trees initiative. The trees are being planted on lands adjacent to the Linstead Toll Plaza on the North South Leg of Highway 2000. In an interview with...
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