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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.

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...

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.

Maritime Authority to Push for Blue Economy Legislation

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. — 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.

Plans Far Advanced to Remove 1.5 Million Tyres from Riverton Landfill

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).

PIOJ to Provide More than 2,000 Reusable Shopping Bags

Stakeholders in attendance at the High Level Symposium for Transport Ministers of the Caribbean Region on Wednesday (February 27), at the Iberostar Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James.

CDB Looking at Blue Economy Satellite Accounts for Member Countries

Vice President of Global Affairs and Executive Director of the Centre for Blue Economy and Innovation at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Ambassador Joachim Schmillen, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

7 years ago EducationEnvironmentJIS Think Tank

CMU Reports Positive Results from Jambin Trials

The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) is reporting positive results from the trials of the prototype of its ocean-cleaning device dubbed ‘Jambin’. An innovation out of the CMU’s recently established Centre for Blue Economy and Innovation, the device is designed to collect debris from the sea. “It is a reinforced household bin; a floating device, which is attached to a dock...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (third from left, standing), with Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, Kitack Lim (second left, standing) and Caribbean Transportation Ministers at a High Level Symposium held at the Iberostar Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James, on Wednesday, February 27.

7 years ago EnvironmentTransportVision 2030

Gov’t Implementing Laws to Support Blue Economy

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, says the Government is implementing legislative measures aimed at supporting a sustainable Blue Economy as a key driver of economic growth. He cited the recent passage of the Ballast Water Management Convention Act, aimed at preventing ships entering Jamaica’s waters from introducing foreign aquatic species and diseases into the marine environment; the...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (left), with Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, Kitack Lim (centre); and Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Peter Brady. Occasion was the High Level Symposium for Transport Ministers of the Caribbean Region on Wednesday (February 27), at the Iberostar Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James.

7 years ago EnvironmentTransport

Gov’t Drafting Legislation to Address Marine Oil Pollution

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, says the Government is currently drafting new legislation that will give Jamaica access to funding in the event of oil spillage at sea. “The Maritime Environmental Fund has over $200 million that Jamaica has signed on to but we haven’t passed the local legislation, so the Government is moving on the legislative...

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

Allocation of $23 Million for Ecosystem Services

The Government has budgeted $23 million to support the development of a payment for ecosystems services (PES) scheme, which is expected to improve the provision of critical ecosystem services in the Hope and Yallahs River watersheds. This is outlined in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives recently. The specific objectives of the programme include decreasing...

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

$60.2 Million for Restoration of Negril Great Morass

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) will be spending $60.2 million in the new fiscal year on the restoration and enhanced management of the Negril Great Morass. The funds will be used to complete a knowledge, attitude practices, and behaviour survey; conclude hydrological assessment and land use survey; commence an ecological assessment; develop and implement a public education programme;...

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

$15 million for Green Climate Readiness Support Project

A total of $15.5 million has been allocated in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure to strengthen the capacity of Jamaica’s National Designated Authority (NDA), under the Green Climate Readiness Support Project. The money will go towards the establishment of an NDA Toolkit and completing the country programme strategy and regional scoping study. It will also be used to host a...

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironmentWater

Project to Protect Hope and Yallahs River Watersheds gets $119 Million

Approximately 120 farmers in the Yallahs and Hope River watershed areas of the Blue Mountains will be trained in land husbandry best practices in the upcoming fiscal year. A sum of $119 million has been set aside in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure to carry out this and other tasks under the Integrated Management of the Yallahs/Hope River Watershed Area...