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JAMPRO and UDC Promote Investment in Eco-Tourism

First investment opportunity to be at Two Sisters Cave in Hellshire The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) and Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) are partnering to promote sustainable eco-tourism projects for local and international investment, with the first being the opportunity at...
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.,
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.,

Comments Invited on Draft Biosafety Policy for Jamaica
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., speaks with Acting Chief Executive Officer and Conservator of the Forestry Department, Rainee Oliphant (left), in the plant nursery at the Forestry Department on Friday (October 2). At centre is Lois Morgan, who oversees the nursey. The Minister visited the Forestry Department to plant a tree in observance of National Tree Planting Day.
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., speaks with Acting Chief Executive Officer and Conservator of the Forestry Department, Rainee Oliphant (left), in the plant nursery at the Forestry Department on Friday (October 2). At centre is Lois Morgan, who oversees the nursey. The Minister visited the Forestry Department to plant a tree in observance of National Tree Planting Day.

Persons Must Make Tree-Planting Regular Part of Their Daily Lives – Charles Jr.
Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, and wife of Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left) plants a tree in observance of National Tree Planting Day today (October 2) at the Papine High School. Others (from left) are: Principal of the school, Clayton Christie; St Andrew East Rural youth parliamentarian, O’Neil Dowe; and youth volunteer, Johanna Davy.
Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, and wife of Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left) plants a tree in observance of National Tree Planting Day today (October 2) at the Papine High School. Others (from left) are: Principal of the school, Clayton Christie; St Andrew East Rural youth parliamentarian, O’Neil Dowe; and youth volunteer, Johanna Davy.

PHOTOS: Mrs. Holness Plants Trees at Papine High School
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr (right), plants a Sweetwood Tree with the help of Principal Director, Forest Operations, Forestry Department, Jerome Smith on the grounds of the Department in St. Andrew on Friday (October 2). The activity was in observance of National Tree Planting Day.
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr (right), plants a Sweetwood Tree with the help of Principal Director, Forest Operations, Forestry Department, Jerome Smith on the grounds of the Department in St. Andrew on Friday (October 2). The activity was in observance of National Tree Planting Day.

PHOTOS: National Tree Planting Day

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Senior Manager for Projects at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Gregory Thomas (left), in discussion with Project Manager, Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (IWEco) Jamaica, Loureene Jones, during a recent coral outplanting exercise at the Orange Bay Fish Sanctuary, in Hanover.
EnvironmentFisheries

Negril Fisherfolk Called on to Become Better Stewards of the Aquatic Ecosystem

Senior Manager for Projects at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Gregory Thomas, has called on fisherfolk in Negril, Westmoreland, to become better stewards of the aquatic ecosystem, in order to maintain a healthy marine environment and sustainable fisheries. In an interview following a recent coral outplanting exercise, at the Orange Bay Fish Sanctuary, in Hanover, Mr. Thomas said...
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Director of Environmental Management and Conservation at NEPA, Anthony McKenzie.
Environment

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 positive changes concerning the air quality and we have documented that,” Director of Environmental Management and Conservation at NEPA, Anthony...
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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.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

GIS Users Invited to Test Spatial Planning Information Technology Platform

Local users of geographic information systems (GIS) are being invited to test and provide feedback on the National Spatial Planning Information Technology (NSPIT) Platform, which is in the final stages of completion. The platform will be used for the dissemination of planning information to guide spatial development at the national and local levels. It will be accessible to the general...
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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.
Environment

NEPA Calls on Negril Residents to Help Restore Great Morass

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is imploring residents and stakeholders in Negril, Westmoreland, to support efforts by the agency to restore the Negril Great Morass and improve the management of the Negril Environmental Protection Area. Dubbed ‘Biodiversity Mainstreaming in Coastal Landscapes within the Negril Environmental Protection Area of Jamaica’, this is a subproject of the ‘Integrating Water, Land...
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Public Education Officer at the Forestry Department, Daniel Dunkley, plants a Caribbean Pine in the British Forest Estate in Clarendon.
Environment

Jamaicans Encouraged to Plant Trees on October 2

The Forestry Department is encouraging Jamaicans to plant trees at home or in their communities on National Tree Planting Day, October 2. “We are encouraging members of the public, if you plant even on the lead up to, please share your photographs with us. We will be hosting a virtual tree-planting event and we will be uploading images and videos...
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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.
Environment

NEPA Replants Reef at Orange Bay Fish Sanctuary

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), on Friday (September 25), planted some 150 pieces of corals onto the reef at the Orange Bay Fish Sanctuary, as part of efforts to restore the reef systems in Negril, Westmoreland and surrounding areas. The out-planting exercise, conducted in partnership with the Negril Area Environmental Protection Trust (NEPT) forms part of the Integrating...
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Senior GIS Manager and Trainer at the National Spatial Data Management Branch (NSDMB), Simone Lloyd.
Environment

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...
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