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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

Approximately 1,000 students from secondary schools islandwide attended the second annual Youth Climate Change Conference, which was held, on September 25, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, under the theme: ‘Our Changing Climate – Trusting Youth to Act for...

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).

Key Sectors to Benefit from Climate Resilience Project

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).

Acting Portmore Mayor to Look at Regular Cleaning of Beaches

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).

Hundreds of Volunteers Turn Out to Clean Up Hellshire Beach

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.

Govt. Safeguarding Freshwater Resources

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.

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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...

11 years ago 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...

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).

11 years ago 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...

11 years ago 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...

11 years ago Environment

NLA Welcomes New Surveyors

Chief Executive Officer of the National Land Agency (NLA), Elizabeth Steer, says the recent commissioning of two new land surveyors is a welcome addition to the group and a definite boost to the work of the NLA, especially in light of the Government’s push for the regularisation of land. Mrs. Steer, who spoke with JIS News at the commissioning ceremony,...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left) and State Minister, Hon. Ian Hayles (right), share a light moment with recently commissioned land surveyors Andy Jackson (2nd left); and Glen Watson at a commissioning ceremony at the Ministry on September 2.

11 years ago Environment

Land Surveyors Urged To Assist the Landless

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, is imploring land surveyors to render assistance to the country’s landless poor. “I need not tell you how important a title is to a Jamaican and I implore you, not only to be mindful of that fact, but to do your utmost to assist the vulnerable among us,” he...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (sixth left), addresses a meeting of heads of agencies and department, held recently, at the Ministry in Kingston.

11 years ago EducationEnvironment

Provision of Water to Schools a Priority – NWC

With the 2015/16 academic year set to get underway in less than two weeks, the National Water Commission (NWC) says it will be treating as priority, the provision of water to schools faced with a shortage of the commodity. NWC President, Mark Barnett, gave the commitment to the Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, while addressing...