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Director of Environmental Management and Conservation at NEPA, Anthony McKenzie.

NEPA Reports Positive Trends

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) says it has observed positive trends in the environment amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “During the initial phase of the local outbreak when businesses and schools shifted their operations online, we saw some...

Spatial Plan Coordinator at the National Spatial Data Management Branch (NSDMB), Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Raymond Poyser, addresses the second Jamaica Virtual GIS User Conference on September 24.

GIS Users Invited to Test Spatial Planning Information Technology Platform

Senior Manager with responsibility for Projects at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Gregory Thomas, during a coral out-planting exercise at the Orange Bay Fish Sanctuary in Hanover on September 25.

NEPA Calls on Negril Residents to Help Restore Great Morass

Public Education Officer at the Forestry Department, Daniel Dunkley, plants a Caribbean Pine in the British Forest Estate in Clarendon.

Jamaicans Encouraged to Plant Trees on October 2

Project Manager, Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (IWEco) Jamaica, Loureene Jones displays coral pieces during a coral out-planting exercise at the Orange Bay Fish Sanctuary in Hanover on September 25.

NEPA Replants Reef at Orange Bay Fish Sanctuary

Senior GIS Manager and Trainer at the National Spatial Data Management Branch (NSDMB), Simone Lloyd.

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GIS User Conference slated for September 23-24

Persons interested in geospatial technologies, such as geographic information systems (GIS), are invited to learn more about these by participating in the Jamaica GIS Virtual User Conference 2020, slated for September 23-24. The Conference, which is being held for the second time since 2017, will be hosted by the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation through the National Spatial...

Ozone Officer, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Vivian Blake.

6 years ago Environment

Jamaica a regional leader in ozone protection

Jamaica continues to be a regional leader in complying with provisions aimed at reducing and eventually eliminating ozone-depleting substances under the Montreal Protocol, says Ozone Officer at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Vivian Blake. Speaking during a JIS Studio 58A interview on World Ozone Day on September 16, Mr. Blake said that while there are some areas of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, and former Chief Executive Officer & Conservator of Forests at the Forestry Department, Marilyn Headley, assist a student from the Jamaica House Basic School to plant a Jamaican mahogany tree for National Tree Planting Day 2019, and the launch of the Three Million Trees National Tree Planting Initiative.

6 years ago Environment

Forestry Department to distribute seedlings Sept. 23 to Oct. 7

The Forestry Department has announced that the seedling distribution period for National Tree Planting Day (Friday, October 2) will commence on September 23 and end on October 7. Members of the public will be able to collect seedlings from three of the Forestry Department’s nurseries at Head Office, 173 Constant Spring Road in Kingston; Williamsfield in Manchester; and Moneague, St....

Beaches Coordinator at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Chalene Roye-Myrie, speaks at a JIS Think Tank.

6 years ago Environment

Persons invited to adopt a beach to mark ICCD

Members of the public are being invited to adopt a beach in commemoration of International Coastal Cleanup Day (ICCD) on September 19, as national beach clean-up activities have been postponed. The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) says it will not be hosting a beach clean-up on ICCD this year, as it is heeding the advisory issued by the ICCD...

Director of Environmental Management and Conservation, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Anthony McKenzie. (JIS File Photo)

6 years ago Environment

NEPA encourages proper disposal of single-use face masks

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is encouraging citizens to properly dispose of single-use masks in order to prevent them from becoming pollutants. “We want to be proactive and encourage citizens to be mindful of how they dispose of single-use masks amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. We are aware that improper disposal of these masks has become an environmental...

6 years ago Environment

Enforcement action taken for Sand Mining in the Rio Grande River

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has issued two site warning notices to Agro Expo Farms Limited following an investigation into a video circulated on social media on September 10, 2020, showing two of the company’s trucks carrying out sand mining in the Rio Grande River in the parish of Portland. The notices were served during a visit to...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), congratulates Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., after presenting him with the Instrument of Office, at the swearing-in ceremony for Cabinet Ministers at King’s House on Sunday (September 13).

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Minister Charles Jr. says providing affordable housing solutions will be a key priority

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says providing practical, affordable and accessible housing solutions for all Jamaicans will be one of the key priorities for the Ministry. At the same time, he said the Ministry will be seeking the support of the private sector to help make this priority a reality, as the...