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Drax Hall Manor resident, Barbara Brown (front left), cuts the ribbon to commission into service three plastic disposal bins in the St. Ann community on Friday (June 4). Applauding the occasion are residents and representatives from the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) and North Eastern Parks and Market (NEPM) Waste Management Limited. The commissioning of the plastic disposal bins was part of activities by the NSWMA to mark National Solid Waste Week 2021.

NSWMA to Double Communities Participating in Plastic Separation and Recycling

Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, says the entity plans to double the number of communities participating in its plastic separation and recycling campaign by the end of June. Speaking to JIS News during...

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

Minister Charles Jr. Urges Greater Focus On Restoring Ecosystems

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr (front, centre) plants a tree at the Jamaica Producers (JP) Group farm in St. Mary on Wednesday (June 2). Looking on are Chairman, JP Group, Charles Johnston (left) and Manager, Forestry Department, Glen Ivey. In the background, a member of the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF) holds a tray with tree seedlings. Cadets will be planting 550 trees on the JP property in support of the national tree-planting programme.

Gov’t To Embark On Parish Tree-Planting Project

Managing Director of Jamaica Infrastructure Operators, Angelica Wollenweber and Managing Director of Trans Jamaican Highway, Ivan Anderson plant a tree on the Melrose Hill Bypass on Saturday, May 22. Observing (from left) are Country Manager, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), Bi Dangran; Acting Managing Director of the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC) George Nicholson and NROCC Environmental Manager, Errol Mortley.

NROCC And Partners Plant Trees On May Pen To Williamsfield Highway

National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) Public Education and Corporate Communications Manager, Ollyvia Anderson, says the agency will participate in both online and offline activities in observance of National Environmental Awareness Week 2021, being observed June 1-8 under the theme: 'Ecosystem Restoration'.

Online And Offline Activities For National Environmental Awareness Week

Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Special Projects Officer, Christine Ade-Gold (left), is assisted by Forest Manager, South West Region at the Forestry Department, Ann-Marie Bromfield, in planting one of the dozens of seedlings on the compound of the Mt. Olivet Boys’ Home in Manchester. The Home was adopted by the JIS in 2009 as their main corporate social responsibility project, and representatives visit the Home three times each year.

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Initiative To Plant Three Million Trees On Track

The Three Million Trees in Three Years initiative is enjoying a high level of success, with the Forestry Department expressing confidence that the goal could be surpassed. Forest Manager in the South West Region at the Forestry Department, Ann-Marie Bromfield, is upbeat about the response from the public and how well the programme has been doing. “We have been getting...

Environmental Wardens for the August Town community, at the launch of the project, on Monday (May 17).

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Environmental Warden Project Launched In August Town

Thirty-four Environmental Wardens have been certified for the community of August Town and its surroundings, under the National Solid Waste Management Act. The Environmental Warden Project was launched in the community on Monday (May 17), with Member of Parliament for St. Andrew Eastern, Hon. Fayval Williams; Systems Operation and Environment Manager of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dr. Milton...

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Work Ongoing To Identify Disaster Prone Areas In Jamaica To Reduce Risk To Citizens – Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal Environment and Climate Change, HURECC, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has emphasized the need for increased awareness, preparedness prediction, and warning systems considering the risks posed by a changing climate. According to Minister Charles, natural hazards are becoming a regular part of life for people worldwide and have the potential to destabilize the socio-economic fabric of...

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More Protection For Cockpit Country

The US$49-million ‘Conserving Biodiversity and Reducing Land Degradation Using an Integrated Approach’ project to be undertaken within the Cockpit Country is to commence this year. The objective of the project is to address the negative impacts of unsustainable development practices by establishing and operationalising a comprehensive landscape approach in the Cockpit Country that harmonises socio-economic development, sustainable management of natural...

Staff from the Public Health Department of the NSWMA/Western Parks and Markets (WMP) Waste Management Limited remove bulky waste from a mini dump site in Irwin, St. James, during a community clean-up and sensitisation exercise recently, in observation of Earth Day 2021.

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Clean-Up Exercise In Several St. James Communities

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA)/Western Parks and Markets (WMP) Waste Management Limited conducted a successful community clean-up and sensitisation exercise across several communities in St. James recently. The activity was carried out in recognition of Earth Day 2021, under the theme ‘Restore Our Earth’. Communities such as Irwin, Retirement and Gutters in the parish were among the areas...

Participants in the U.S. Embassy’s #300Trees Initiative (l-r) Standpipe Community Representatives Lavern Johnson and Doreen Moodie, Representative of the Mona Primary School, Alex Hepburn, Principal, Hope Valley Experimental, Anthony Grant, Media Personality and co-host of Farm Chicks Debbie Bissoon, Executive Marketing Advisor, Operation Help the People, Carlyle Grant, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy, Robert ‘Bobby’ Adelson, Petagay Gentles and Jovaughn Neil of the University of the West Indies Guild of Students.

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U.S. Embassy Supports Jamaica’s National Tree Planting Program through #300Trees Initiative

On Tuesday, May 4, the U.S. Embassy in Kingston distributed 300 locally grown ornamental and fruit trees to persons in communities across Kingston, St. Andrew and St. Catherine, in support of the Government of Jamaica’s National Tree Planting Program. Recipients included members of the Embassy’s local community namely residents of Standpipe, the University of the West Indies Guild of Students,...

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National Tree Planting Initiative Targeting The Creation Of Sustainable Partnerships

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says the National Tree Planting Initiative (NTPI) represents more than the planting of trees. “We are ensuring that the process of engagement and the partnerships that we create [also] lead to… an understanding of the importance of trees and the synergy between human and plant life [as...