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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Government Town Planner, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Peter Knight (centre), emphasises a point during discussion with (from left), Director of the Planning, Projects, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Division, NEPA, Ainsworth Carroll; Lead Consultant for Canadian-based firm, ESSA Technologies Limited, Dr. Ravidya Burrowes; President, EPN Consultants Limited, Beverline Brown Smith; and Director of the Environmental Management and Conservation Division, NEPA, Anthony McKenzie. Occasion was a Stakeholders’ Inception Meeting towards the preparation of NEPA’s 2017 State of the Environment (SOE) Report at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (October 25).

NEPA Preparing State of the Environment Report

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is in the process of preparing the 2017 State of the Environment (SOE) Report, which will outline the entity’s environmental stewardship over the last four years. This was disclosed by Chief Executive Officer...

The Jamaican Iguana is bred and raised in captivity to safeguard the species.

NEPA Safeguarding Future of Endemic Species

Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska (second left), Canada's High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters (stooping), and EU employees and other volunteers display bags of debris that were picked up off the Y-Knot Beach in Port Royal, Kingston, during the EU’s clean-up exercise on Saturday (Oct. 20).

EU Delegation Head Welcomes Proposed Ban on Some Plastic Material, and Polystyrene Containers

Executive Director of the Montego Bay Marine Park Trust, Hugh Shim, demonstrates how the Seabin operates, following the facility’s launch at the Pier 1 Restaurant in Montego Bay, St. James on Friday (October 19).

Caribbean’s First Seabin Installed in Montego Bay Marine Park

Kingston’s Mayor, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, addresses today’s (October 9) sitting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation on Church Street in downtown Kingston.

Watersheds to be Discussed at Multi-Agency Meeting Oct. 10

Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (right) and Chief Executive Officer and Conservator of Forests, Forestry Department, Marilyn Headley (left), engage in conversation prior to the planting of a neem tree at the Donald Quarrie High School, in St. Andrew on October 5. Occasion was the national tree planting day ceremony held at the institution.

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PHOTOS: Ministry of Finance and the Public Service National Tree-Planting Activities

President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Barnett.

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More than 400 Overseas Delegates for Caribbean Water and Wastewater Conference

More than 400 overseas participants from the Caribbean, United Kingdom, Canada and the United States, are expected in the island for the 27th Caribbean Water and Wastewater Conference. The event will be held at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay from October 8 to 12. Dubbed ‘Climate Resilience, Innovation and Partnership for Sustainable Water and Waste...

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PM Holness to Co-Chair UN Climate Change Financing Initiative

Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness has, together with the President of France Emmanuel Macron, been asked by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, to lead a political initiative to mobilise Climate Financing to support the implementation of the Paris Agreement. The invitation to mobilize Government and private sector to build political consensus and increase...

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Plastic Policy Ban Email Established At NEPA

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has established an email address, policyonplasticban@nepa.gov.jm to receive comments and queries on the recently announced ban on single-use plastic bags, Styrofoam and plastic straws, which will take effect on Tuesday, January 1, 2019. The public may use this channel to submit suggestions, comments and queries. Manufacturers and other impacted stakeholders are also encouraged...

University of the West Indies Pro-Vice Chancellor and Mona Campus Principal, Professor Dale Webber (2nd left), listens to a point being made by Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Andrene Collings (2nd right), during the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Climate Smart Agriculture Symposium at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on Friday (Sept. 21). Also listening (from left) are: Executive Director, Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake; and Manager, 4-H Clubs Training and Production Centre, in Denbigh, Clarendon, Geoffrey Gayle.

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Students Encouraged To Engage In Environmental Protection

University of the West Indies (UWI) Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor Dale Webber, is encouraging students to enlighten themselves on environmental protection, and sharing this information with their peers. Professor Webber, who is also the UWI Mona Campus Principal, said this is imperative as students have a responsibility to make an impact on the environment’s management, noting that “you are the conduits...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond Mckenzie, addresses councillors during a special sitting of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation in Water Square, Falmouth, on Thursday (September 13).

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Emergency Response Agencies on Alert

The country’s emergency response agencies are on alert as the country braces for the possible effects of a tropical cyclone, which is expected to pass south of Jamaica over the weekend. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond Mckenzie, made the announcement while speaking at a special sitting of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation on Thursday (September 13). Tropical...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right), loads forage into a silo packer, at the official handover of the equipment at the Bodles Research Station in St. Catherine on Wednesday (September 12). The silo packer, which was acquired through funding from the Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change (Ja REEACH), project, will ensure the provision of high-quality feed for the dairy cattle industry. Chief of Party, Ja REEACH, Karyll Aitcheson (right), and stakeholders in the dairy industry look on.

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Plans for Dairy Sector Revitalisation

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says plans are being put in place for the revitalisation of the country’s dairy industry, which will include technical input from overseas experts. He informed that he has had meetings with Agriculture Ministers from India and Argentina, who have committed to helping Jamaica in a “wide range of areas” to...