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Deputy Director General, Sustainable Development and Social Planning, at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Claire Bernard (left), presents trophy to members of the winning team from Guy’s Hill High School (from left), Okeve Hemans, Tajeic Adams and Mikael Milford, in the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Climate Smart Technology Competition. The ceremony was held at the PIOJ in Kingston today (May 21).

Guy’s Hill High School Wins Climate Smart Technology Competition

Guy’s Hill High School in St. Catherine has emerged winner of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Climate Smart Technology Competition. Herbert Morrison Technical High in St. James and Manning’s School in Westmoreland, copped the second and third places, respectively. The teams...

Farmers from Pleasant Valley, Clarendon, share plants in a National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA)/Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) tree-planting exercise in the community in 2009.

Harker’s Hall Farmers To Plant Fruit Trees May 22

(FILE) Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness,

PM Announces Initiatives to Improve Water Supply to Corporate Area

Students from the James Hill Primary School in Clarendon are assisted in spotting and identifying birds during a bird-watching session hosted by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) earlier this year as part of its Bird Sleuth Programme.

NEPA to Engage Students and Teachers in Protecting Birds

Agriculture Students Charged to Find Climate Change Solutions

Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) 2018 Kingston and St. Andrew Festival Queen, Leneka Rhoden, addresses the official launch of her outreach initiative

7 years ago Environment

Kingston & St. Andrew Festival Queen Launches Project to Safeguard Kingston Harbour

The 2018 Kingston and St. Andrew Festival Queen, Leneka Rhoden, is undertaking a project to safeguard the Kingston Harbour and stimulate the blue economy. Dubbed ‘iAspire Project Blue’, the initiative, which began in September 2018, seeks to raise awareness about the historical and cultural significance of the harbour to Jamaica as well as the effects of pollution on the important...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell (second left), shares in conversation with (from left) Government Senator, Matthew Samuda; Principal Director of the Climate Change Division in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, UnaMay Gordon; and Country Dialogue Specialist with the Green Climate Fund (GCF), Jessica Jacob, during the opening of the three-day GCF Caribbean Private Sector Engagement Workshop, at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay, St. James, on Tuesday, April 2.

7 years ago Environment

Private Sector Urged to Increase Engagement in Climate Change Adaptation

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell, has called for greater private-sector partnerships in developing initiatives aimed at strengthening climate change adaptation locally and regionally. She said the impact of climate change is threatening the stability and security of Jamaica and its Caribbean partners and “we must act decisively and collectively” to reverse the...

National Coordinator for the Japan Caribbean Climate Change Partnership, Ayesha Constable (centre), interacting with Green Pond High School students, Shymel Hylton (left), and Andre Harriott, at the Post Conference of Parties (COP) Youth Consultation on Climate Change, held at the Wexford Hotel, in Montego Bay, St. James, on March 29.

7 years ago EducationEnvironment

Schools Encouraged to Partner in Projects to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Principal Director in the Climate Change Division, Ministry of Economic Growth & Job Creation, UnaMay Gordon, has called on educational institutions to partner on climate change sensitisation initiatives in western Jamaica, in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. Addressing a Post Conference of Parties (COP) Youth Consultation on Climate Change at the Wexford Hotel, in Montego Bay, St. James, on March...

Minister of Industry, Commerce Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), engages with Director, Environmental and Engineering Managers Limited, Ianthe Smith (centre); and Executive Director, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Hopeton Heron, at the launch of Jamaican Stanadrad (JS) ISO 14005:2017 – Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Guidelines, at the BSJ’s Winchester Road offices on March 27.

7 years ago Environment

BSJ Launches Environmental Management Systems Standard

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has launched Jamaican Standard (JS) ISO 14005:2017 – Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Guidelines. This international standard provides guidance for all organisations, particularly micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), on the phased development, implementation and maintenance of an EMS within their entities. Importantly, it will assist organisations in adequately observing the ban imposed on plastics...

Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Peter Brady (right), with Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (centre); and Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Kitack Lim; at the High Level Symposium for Transport Ministers of the Caribbean Region, held recently at the Iberostar Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James.

7 years ago EnvironmentTransport

Maritime Authority to Push for Blue Economy Legislation

Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Rear Admiral (Ret'd) Peter Brady, says the agency will be pushing for legislation governing exploration and development of a sustainable blue economy. The blue economy refers to the utilisation of the resources of the ocean for economic benefits, while ensuring the sustainability and productivity of those same resources. It includes tourism;...

Senator Matthew Samuda (left) in dialogue with environmental activist and Chief Executive Officer of Environmental Solutions Limited, Eleanor Jones (right), at the Youth Climate Action Expo, held at Campion College in Kingston on March 16.
Also involved are Founder and Director of the Jamaica Climate Change Youth Council, Eleanor Terrelonge; and Chief Executive Officer of Solar Buzz Jamaica Ltd., Jason Robinson.

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Environment

Plans Far Advanced to Remove 1.5 Million Tyres from Riverton Landfill

Plans to remove 1.5 million used tyres from the Riverton Landfill in St. Andrew are far advanced, says Government Senator, Matthew Samuda. Speaking at this year’s staging of the Youth Climate Action Expo, hosted by the Jamaica Climate Change Youth Council at Campion College on March 16, Senator Samuda said there is a programme that will come on stream in...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry (left); and Director of the Environmental and Conservation Division at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Anthony McKenzie (right), look on as Government Senator, Matthew Samuda (second left), examines one of the reusable shopping bags being provided by the Institute for public distribution. Programme Director, Vision 2030 Jamaica, Elizabeth Emanuel, highlights the features. The first 500 of 2,000 bags were presented to Senator Samuda during a ceremony at the PIOJ’s Oxford Road offices in St. Andrew on Monday (March 4).

7 years ago EnvironmentVision 2030

PIOJ to Provide More than 2,000 Reusable Shopping Bags

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) will be making more than 2,000 reusable shopping bags available to the public in support of the Government’s ban on single-use plastics. The Institute’s Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry, symbolically handed over the first 500 bags to Government Senator, Matthew Samuda during a ceremony at the PIOJ’s Oxford Road offices in St. Andrew on...