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Back row: Damion Whyte, Environmental Officer, UDC; Dr Sean Townsend, Manager, Natural Resource Management & Environment Planning; Kevin Douglas, Project Manager, Jamaica Red Cross- Resilient Islands by Design Project; Kimmoy Tulloch, Field Officer Jamaica Red Cross- Resilient Islands by Design Project. Front Row: Dr Natainia Lummen, Climate Change Adaptation Specialist, Resilient Islands by Design Project; Loy Malcolm, Deputy General Manager, Planning Development and Project Management, UDC; Donna Blake, Jamaica Programme Director, TNC; Sara Simpson, Director, Natural Resource Management & Environment Planning, UDC.
Back row: Damion Whyte, Environmental Officer, UDC; Dr Sean Townsend, Manager, Natural Resource Management & Environment Planning; Kevin Douglas, Project Manager, Jamaica Red Cross- Resilient Islands by Design Project; Kimmoy Tulloch, Field Officer Jamaica Red Cross- Resilient Islands by Design Project. Front Row: Dr Natainia Lummen, Climate Change Adaptation Specialist, Resilient Islands by Design Project; Loy Malcolm, Deputy General Manager, Planning Development and Project Management, UDC; Donna Blake, Jamaica Programme Director, TNC; Sara Simpson, Director, Natural Resource Management & Environment Planning, UDC.

Goat Islands Wildlife Sanctuary Gets Support

Approximately USD$50,000 in services from The Nature Conservancy The Urban Development Corporation’s (UDC) Goat Islands Wildlife Sanctuary project has received technical services from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) valued at approximately USD$50,000. The conservation organization has supported UDC’s work at Goat...
Manager of the Air Quality Management Branch at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Fayona Lewis.
Manager of the Air Quality Management Branch at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Fayona Lewis.

Moderate Air Quality Throughout Weekend – NEPA
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz.

Jamaicans Encouraged To Protect Country’s Biodiversity
Acting Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC), Gillian Guthrie.
Acting Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC), Gillian Guthrie.

Week Of Activities To Mark International Day For Biological Diversity
National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Board Member, Linley Reynolds (second right), is in discussion with NSWMA Customer Care Officer, Daminique Buchanan (left); Customer Relations Officer with Metropolitan Parks and Markets Waste Management Limited, Opal Davis (partially hidden, second left); and Enforcement Officer, Reynauld Abrahams, prior to the distribution of garbage bags for plastic separation during a sensitisation exercise in Havendale, St. Andrew, in January.
National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Board Member, Linley Reynolds (second right), is in discussion with NSWMA Customer Care Officer, Daminique Buchanan (left); Customer Relations Officer with Metropolitan Parks and Markets Waste Management Limited, Opal Davis (partially hidden, second left); and Enforcement Officer, Reynauld Abrahams, prior to the distribution of garbage bags for plastic separation during a sensitisation exercise in Havendale, St. Andrew, in January.

NSWMA Collects Over 3,500 Pounds Of Plastic Under Pilot Project

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Acting Chief Technical Director in the Policy, Planning and Evaluation Division, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC), Gillian Guthrie
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

Update Of National Climate Change Policy Framework In Progress

The Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation is currently in the process of finalising the update of the National Climate Change Policy Framework, says Acting Chief Technical Director in the Policy, Planning and Evaluation Division, Gillian Guthrie. “We thought it was prudent to revise and update the policy to respond to emerging issues as well as the new developments...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a digital press conference on Wednesday (March 25) at the Ministry in New Kingston.
CoronavirusEnvironmentHealth & Wellness

Dr. Tufton Appeals For Private Property Owners To Come Forward

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is appealing for private property owners to come forward as the Government seeks appropriate space to accommodate persons who are in isolation, quarantine or recovering from the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Government is seeking 600 rooms across the four health regions to be used as transitional houses for such persons. Speaking...
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Gov’t Moves To Establish Goat Islands As Wildlife Sanctuary

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) will seek to develop eco-tourism in the Goat Islands, as the Government moves to establish the area as a wildlife sanctuary. He noted that while the aim of the Goat Islands Wildlife Sanctuary is to preserve the island’s biodiversity, eco-tourism will provide an avenue for some economic...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivering his Budget presentation in the House on Thursday (March 19). At left is his wife, the Most Hon. Juliette Holness, who is Member of Parliament for St. Andrew East Rural.
Budget 2020/2021EnvironmentParliamentPrime Minister

Forestry Dept. Meets Conditions For EU Funds

The Government has reported that during the fiscal year 2019/20, the Forestry Department satisfactorily met the conditions to access the first tranche of €2 million under the four-year European Union-funded Budget Support Programme. With this, the organisation is now on its way to achieving associated year-two targets for all eight indicators under the programme. This was disclosed by Prime Minister,...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivering his Budget presentation in Gordon House, on Thursday (March 19).
Budget 2020/2021EnvironmentFinance & Public ServiceParliamentPrime Minister

Increased Access To Climate Finance

The Government has increased access to climate finance and finalised the development of Jamaica’s country programme for engagement with the Green Climate Fund, with a pipeline of projects totalling more than US$200 million. This investment, which was done in 2019, will help to improve access for funding climate investments in both adaptation and mitigation actions. Additionally, the Government developed tools...
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Acting Chief Executive Officer and Conservator of Forests, Rainee Oliphant (left), in discussion with Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, Jolita Butkeviciene (centre), and Head of the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Jamaica, the Turks and Caicos, the Cayman Islands and The Bahamas, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, during Monday’s launch of €850,000 (J$128 million) ‘EU Budget Support Programme for the Forest Sector Project’, at Hope Gardens in St. Andrew.
AgricultureEnvironment

Forestry Department Receives Technical Assistance From EU

The Forestry Department has received technical assistance support from the European Union (EU) totalling €850,000 (J$128 million) that will significantly boost the agency’s work in relation to the management and conservation of Jamaica’s forest resources, over the next three years. The provision, to be administered through the ‘EU Budget Support Programme for the Forest Sector’ project, will facilitate the development...
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Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre, front row), responds to questions from members of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, who reviewed the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, during Tuesday’s (March 3) meeting at Gordon House. With him are representatives of the Ministry, as well as Departments and Agencies under his portfolio.
Budget 2020/2021EnvironmentLocal GovernmentParliament

Church Corner Landfill In St. Thomas To Be Relocated

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says land has been identified to relocate the Church Corner landfill in St. Thomas, while an alternative location is being sought for the Doctors Road disposal site in Portland. He was speaking at Tuesday’s (March 3) meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House, whose members were reviewing the...
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