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for Environmental Management and Conservation at the National Environmental and Planning Agency (NEPA), Anthony McKenzie speaking about increase in Sargussum (seaweed) on Jamaica’s coastlines at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) head office during a Think Tank session on October 20.

NEPA Targets Multi-Agency Response to Reduce Sargassum Build-Up

The National Environmental and Planning Agency (NEPA) will be using a multi-agency approach to reduce the accumulation of sargassum (seaweed) along Jamaica’s coastline. Speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, at the agency’s head office in Kingston,...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment And Climate Change Hon. Robert Pickersgill (2nd left), turns on the Cassava Pond water supply system in North West St. Catherine, during a commissioning ceremony on Thursday (October 22). Others (from left) are: Managing Director of the Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), Audley Thompson; Mayor of Spanish Town, Norman Scott; Commissioner at the RWSL, Debbie-Ann Kerr-Scott; and Councillor for the Lluidas Vale Division, Hugh Graham.

Cassava Pond Gets $9 Million Water Supply System

Chief Executive officer of the National Irrigation Commission (NIC), Dr. Mark Richards, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank. Looking on are Director of Engineering and Technical Services at the NIC, Milton Henry (left); and Design Engineer a the NIC, Renford Smith.

NIC to Continue Consultations on Proposed Piped Irrigation System for Hill Run

Dried Sargassum seaweed along the at the Hellshire Bay Beach in St. Catherine, where volunteers participated in clean-up activities for Coastal Clean-up Day in September.

Government Allocates Initial $5 Million for Removal of Sargassum

Senior Research Officer, Jamaica Clearing House Mechanism, Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), Dr. Suzanne Davis (left), points out aspects of the Jamaica Invasive Species Database (JISD) to Deputy Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Dr. Elsie Laurence-Chounoune (centre), and Executive Director, IOJ, Anne-Marie Bonner. Occasion was the launch of the database at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston on October 14.

Jamaica Invasive Species Database Launched

10 years ago Environment

US$8.73 Million in Contracts Awarded For Upgrade of Sewage Plants

Contracts totalling US$8.73 million have been signed for upgrading and improvement works at six wastewater treatment facilities in the parishes of Kingston, St. Catherine and Clarendon. Of the total allocation, US$5 million is for the decommissioning of the Acadia, Bay Farm Villas and Hughenden facilities as well as the design and construction of three wastewater conveyance systems and pump stations, which...

10 years ago Environment

Guidelines Prepared for Removal of Sargassum

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has prepared guidelines for the sustainable removal and disposal of the sargassum (a brown seaweed with bony-like air bladders) currently affecting beaches and coastlines around Jamaica and the Caribbean. This was disclosed by Director of Environmental Management at NEPA, Anthony McKenzie, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on October 20. “The sargassum seaweed has...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), presents the top male trophy to Carlington Miller from Russia, Westmoreland. Occasion was the graduation ceremony for 55 new Environmental Wardens under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP), held on October 9, at the Wexford Hotel, Montego Bay.

10 years ago EnvironmentVision 2030

55 Environmental Wardens Trained and Certified

Fifty-five residents of nine communities in four parishes have been trained and certified as environmental wardens under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP). They hail from Canaan Heights, York Town , Bucknor, and Treadlight in Clarendon; Steer Town, St. Ann; Anchovy, Barrett Town, Flanker, Granville and Retirement in St. James; and Russia in Westmoreland. The...

Managing Director of Central Wastewater Treatment Company (CWTC) Limited, Keith Goodison, addresses a JIS Think Tank on October 7.

10 years ago Environment

Soapberry Operator Looking At Providing Treated Water For Irrigation

The Central Wastewater Treatment Company (CWTC) Limited, which operates the Soapberry Wastewater Treatment Plant in St. Catherine, is looking into the feasibility of making treated water from the plant available for irrigation purposes. This was disclosed by Managing Director of CWTC Limited, Keith Goodison, at a JIS Think Tank on October 7. “We’re doing a study and we expect to...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), and Country Manager, Vinci Construction Grands Projets, Timothee Delebarre, symbolically exchange signed copies of the contract for the replacement/upgrading of the Boscobel and Elleston Flats Wastewater Treatment Plants. The signing ceremony was held today (October 7), at the National Water Commission’s (NWC) offices in New Kingston.

10 years ago Environment

Work to Begin on US$4.2 Million Sewage Treatment Plants

Work is to begin shortly on the construction of wastewater treatment plants at Boscobel in St. Mary; and Elletson Flats in St. Andrew. The projects, being implemented by the National Water Commission (NWC) at a cost of US$4.2 million, include the design, construction, installation, testing and commissioning of the plants. The contractor for the undertaking is Vinci Construction Grands Projets....

Students of St. Andrew Technical High School plant a tree at the launch of National Tree Planting Day on Friday (October 2), on the schools grounds on Spanish Town Road. National Tree Planting Day, which is its 13th year, is an initiative of the Forestry Department.

10 years ago AgricultureEnvironment

Plant Trees to Reduce Effects of Climate Change

Jamaicans, particularly those living in urban centres, are being encouraged to plant more trees, in order to offset carbon dioxide emissions, which scientists say, are the main contributor to global warming and climate change. The heat-trapping emissions, released from activities such as electric power generation, factory operations and transportation, are a key driver of rising temperatures that could lead to...

10 years ago CommunityEnvironmentLocal Government

164 Persons Trained As Environmental Wardens

One hundred and sixty four persons have completed training as Environmental Wardens, through the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP). The wardens were presented with their certificates at a graduation ceremony, held on September 30, at the Trench Town Multi-Purpose Centre, in Kingston. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, who addressed the...