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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.

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...

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.

Minister Outlines Objectives Of New Beach Policy

Acting Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Gillian Guthrie. (File Photo)

Virtual Town Hall On Beach Access Policy February 2

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, addressing Wednesday’s (Jan. 20) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St. Andrew.

Cabinet Approves Contracts For Sewerage And Shoreline Protection Works

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.

NROCC Partners With Rotaract Club To Plant Over 400 Trees

Forest Technician with the Forestry Department, Stephen Williams (left), oversees a tree planting exercise involving student volunteers from the University of the West Indies (UWI) Rotaract Club, among other participants, on Saturday (January 9). The volunteers (from second left) are: Roshan Gordon, Valeska Morrison, and Kimona Kenlock. The exercise was undertaken along a section of Highway 2000, in the vicinity of the Linstead Toll Plaza in St. Catherine.

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PHOTOS: Volunteers Participate in Tree Planting Exercise along Highway 2000

(Centre): Charles Johnson, Commissioned Land Surveyor, receives his survey plan, which is the first to be examined within the new Digital Submission of Survey Plans platform from Dr. Glendon G. Newsome, Senior Director, Surveys and Mapping on December 2, 2020. Also in photo (L-R) Edwards Chambers, Manager, Plan Examination and Certification; Milton Saunders, Manager, Mapping Services; and Cynthia Edwards, Manager, Cadastral Mapping.

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National Land Agency launches Digital Submission of Survey Plans and Cadastral Maps platform

Effective Monday, January 4, 2021, Commissioned Land Surveyors will have the opportunity to submit their survey plans digitally for examination. The National Land Agency’s new online platform will allow surveyors, who intend to submit for certification, plans with ten (10) lots or more to submit their plans without having to visit our Office. The Digital Submission of Survey Plans and...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change Hon. Pearnel Charles Junior celebrates with Recycling Partners of Jamaica, Magna Rewards, Lee’s Food Fair and NEPA on the successful launch of the National Supermarket Plastic Recyclables drop off centre programme. Looking on are: L-R- Kashta Graham, Project Manager, Plastic Waste Minimization Project, Lisa Kirkland, Manager, Pollution Monitoring and Assessment Branch, NEPA, Patrick Lee of Lee’s Food Fair Ltd., Jonathan Beckford, Logistics Officer and Candice Ming, Public Relations Manager of Recycling Partners of Jamaica, Avadawn Weir, Accounts Manager, and Sereta Thompson, Senior Accounts Manager of Magna Rewards

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Supermarket Plastic Recyclables Drop Off Programme Launched

On December 9, 2020, the Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) collaborated with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and Magna Rewards Jamaica Ltd. to launch a Supermarket Plastic Recyclables Drop Off Programme. The programme was launched by Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, with a ribbon cutting ceremony at Lee’s Food Fair...

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

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Private Sector Encouraged To Support Third Phase Of Plastic Ban

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is encouraging private-sector stakeholders to support the third phase of the national ban on single-use plastics, being implemented on January 1, 2021. This phase relates to the importation, distribution, manufacture and use of single-use plastic bags of dimension 24”x24” and below, and thickness of 2.5 mils or...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the virtual national launch for the new global ocean action agenda on Thursday (December 10). The agenda, proposed by a High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel) comprising 14 world leaders, including Mr. Holness, aims to sustainably manage the ocean’s resources globally.

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PM Affirms Jamaica’s Commitment To Protecting The Ocean’s Resources

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has affirmed Jamaica’s commitment to sustainably manage 100 per cent of the country’s national waters to aid in protecting the ocean’s resources globally. This is in keeping with a new ocean action agenda focusing on developing a sustainable ocean economy, by effectively balancing conservation and sustainable use of the resources of the sea....

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

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Inaugural Plastic Waste Management Conference A Success

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says the recently held plastic waste management conference was critical and timely as the Government gears up to implement the third phase of the ban on single-use plastics come January 2021. “The conference aimed to create a platform to facilitate the active exchange of information among key...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), addresses the small in-person audience at a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (December 9). Also pictured in the front row (second right) is State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan.

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Government To Roll Out Project To Safely Dispose Of Used Tyres

The Government is to roll out a programme aimed at safely disposing of the millions of used tyres generated in the country annually, which will result in a reduction in costs associated with storing them. This follows Cabinet’s approval of the National Programme for the Environmentally Sound Management of End-of-Life Pneumatic Tyres. End-of-life tyres are those that could not or...