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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill.
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill.

Minister Pickersgill Attending Chemicals Management Conference in Switzerland

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, is leading Jamaica’s delegation to the fourth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM) in Geneva, Switzerland, from September 28 to October 2. Minister Pickersgill is expected...
Acting Mayor of Portmore, Councillor Leon Thomas (left), and Member of Parliament for South St. Catherine, Fitz Jackson (5th right), participate in the International Beach Clean-up hosted by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), and the municipal council on Saturday (Sept. 19), at the Hellshire Bay beach in Hellshire, Portmore.
Acting Mayor of Portmore, Councillor Leon Thomas (left), and Member of Parliament for South St. Catherine, Fitz Jackson (5th right), participate in the International Beach Clean-up hosted by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), and the municipal council on Saturday (Sept. 19), at the Hellshire Bay beach in Hellshire, Portmore.

Acting Portmore Mayor to Engage Citizens on Environmental Issues
Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC) , Everton Hanson, speaking at a cocktail reception to highlight the work of the CCIC, held at the Scientific Research Council (SRC), recently.
Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC) , Everton Hanson, speaking at a cocktail reception to highlight the work of the CCIC, held at the Scientific Research Council (SRC), recently.

CCIC Assisting Innovative Entrepreneurs
Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left); along with Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) office in Jamaica, Denise Herbol (2nd left); and Chairman, Agricultural Cooperative Development International and Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (ACDI/VOCA), Dr. Mortimer Neufville (2nd right), view photo displays being highlighted by Youth Empowerment Officer in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Gihon Mitchell, during the second annual Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change (Ja REEACH) Youth Climate Change Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on September 25. The photos were submitted by secondary school students for a competition staged during the conference, which was attended by approximately 1,000 youngsters.
Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left); along with Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) office in Jamaica, Denise Herbol (2nd left); and Chairman, Agricultural Cooperative Development International and Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (ACDI/VOCA), Dr. Mortimer Neufville (2nd right), view photo displays being highlighted by Youth Empowerment Officer in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Gihon Mitchell, during the second annual Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate Change (Ja REEACH) Youth Climate Change Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on September 25. The photos were submitted by secondary school students for a competition staged during the conference, which was attended by approximately 1,000 youngsters.

High Attendance At Youth Climate Change Conference
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), is in discussion with Deputy Director, Sustainable Development, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Claire Bernard, during the official launch of the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism Project at the Hotel Four Seasons in Kingston today (Sept. 24).
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), is in discussion with Deputy Director, Sustainable Development, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Claire Bernard, during the official launch of the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism Project at the Hotel Four Seasons in Kingston today (Sept. 24).

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Acting Mayor of the Portmore, and Councillor for the Hellshire Division, Councillor Leon Thomas (right), exchanges greetings with Member of Parliament for South St. Catherine, Fitz Jackson (2nd left). The occasion was the Hellshire Bay beach clean-up hosted by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) on Saturday (Sept. 19).
CommunityEnvironment

Acting Portmore Mayor to Look at Regular Cleaning of Beaches

Acting Mayor of Portmore, Councillor Leon Thomas, has welcomed a suggestion from Member of Parliament for South St. Catherine, Fitz Jackson, for more regular cleaning of beaches in the municipality. He said he will be holding discussions at the council level towards the possibility of implementing quarterly clean-up exercises. “It’s a possibility [that] on a quarterly basis we could look...
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The many volunteers who turned out to clean up the Hellshire Beach in St. Catherine on September 19, to observe International Coastal Clean Up Day. The event was organized by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and the Urban Development Corporation (UDC).
Environment

Hundreds of Volunteers Turn Out to Clean Up Hellshire Beach

Hundreds of persons turned out on September 19 to clean up the Hellshire Bay  beach in  St. Catherine, organised by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and the Urban Development Corporation (UDC). Held to observe International Coastal Clean Up  Day,  the activity began  early in the morning with volunteers clearing  debris  from the public beach. Director for Environmental Management...
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Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, addresses the Ministry’s Climate Change Public Campaign Consultation on the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference (COP 21), at the Cecil Charlton Hall, in Mandeville, Manchester, on September 17.
Environment

Govt. Safeguarding Freshwater Resources

Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, says the Government, through the Ministry, is taking the necessary measures to safeguard Jamaica’s freshwater resources, in light of protracted drought conditions. These measures, he informs, include: revision of Jamaica’s 2004 Water Sector Policy and Action Plans, work on which is “far advanced,” and development of the Rural Water Supply...
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Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (2nd left), is assisted by North West Manchester Member of Parliament, Mikael Phillips (3rd right), to unveil sign for the newly renovated 35,000-gallon Ballynure rainwater catchment tank, during a brief ceremony in the community, on Thursday (September 17). The facility, which was renovated at a cost of $9.5 million by Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), under the Ministry’s multi-million dollar Catchment Tank Rehabilitation and Rainwater Harvesting Programme, will be managed by the Manchester Parish Council. Observing (from left) are: Deputy Mayor of Mandeville, Councillor Irving Facey, who represented Mayor, Councillor Brenda Ramsay; and Councillors for the New Green and Mile Gully Divisions, McArthur Collins and Fairbourne Maxwell.
Environment

35,000-Gallon Catchment Tank Repaired in North West Manchester

Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL) has repaired the 35,000-gallon Ballynure rainwater catchment tank in North West Manchester, at a cost of $9.5 million. The tank, which supplies water to approximately 1,500 residents of Harry Watch, Mile Gully, Ballynure, and adjoining communities, is one of five in the constituency to be rehabilitated under the RWSL’s Catchment Tank Rehabilitation and Rainwater Harvesting...
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Environment

NEPA and UDC Push For Adoption of Beaches

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) are encouraging service clubs, community-based organizations and companies to adopt a beach. Both Agencies made the call ahead of International Coastal Cleanup Day (ICCD), Saturday, September 19.  The two Agencies have again partnered to clean up Hellshire Bay, St. Catherine on ICCD. Anthony McKenzie, Director of the...
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A beneficiary of the Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate cHange (Ja REEACH) project, Verol Douglas (left), accepts a plaque from Director of Technical Assistance, Ja REEACH, Dian Dormer, during a partner recognition and project closing luncheon, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, today (September 16).
AgricultureEnvironment

Thousands Benefit From Ja REEACH Project

Thousands of Jamaicans have benefitted from climate change awareness and resilience building strategies, through the Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems Adapting to Climate cHange (Ja REEACH) project. Since the project’s implementation in 2012, Ja REEACH has worked with key partners, impacting rural lives and livelihoods in over 70 communities across the island. Participants in the various programmes were exposed to...
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Environment

FGB Partners With USAID to Provide Loan Facility for the Installation of Climate Smart Technologies

Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Permanent Secretary, Dr. Alwyn Hales, has endorsed the partnership between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and First Global Bank (FGB) in offering loans to businesses and individuals for the installation of climate-smart technologies. “I think this initiative is going to make a big difference. It will provide a sustainable way for...
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