In a move to make land divestment transparent, fair and equitable, the Government has produced the Land Divestment Policy Framework and Procedures Manual. Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, who made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2015/16 Sectoral Debate in the House on April 29, said the document provides a guide to all...

The Government of Jamaica is working to address concerns raised by members of the Negril community in order to move ahead with the proposed Negril reef extension/breakwater project. The project, which falls under the US$10 million funded Government of Jamaica Adaptation Fund Programme, was proposed to be completed in 2016. However, Deputy Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the first ever Inter-American Congress on the Environmental Rule of Law, which is being held in Montego Bay, St. James, will go a far way in strengthening environmental laws, policies and institutions across the Americas. Addressing the opening of the Congress at the Secrets Resorts on March 30, Mrs. Simpson Miller said...

The National Irrigation Commission (NIC) has expanded its drought management plan, to improve service to its more than 3,600 customers. Last year the agricultural sector was significantly impacted by drought conditions and word out of the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change is that Jamaica is one of those countries to be impacted by climate change, hence drought...

Clients of Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) are being encouraged to capitalise on the $90 million grant funding that will assist them in completing the process to acquire their titles. The money is being facilitated through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Development Bank of Jamaica. This was disclosed by Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change,...

Jamaica is taking advantage of critical environmental and atmospheric information and research in order to strengthen the country’s capacity to mitigate the effects of hazards associated with climate change. Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, said with Jamaica listed as having the second highest economic risk to hazards, the country’s preparedness and action “must be...

SCJ Holdings Limited (SCJH) is anticipating positive and favourable public response, particularly from young people, to its national ‘Navel String’ project, which targets the cultivation of one million trees islandwide, over the next four years. This optimism stems from what the company’s Chief Executive Officer, John Gayle, says is a growing appreciation by Jamaicans of the importance of trees in...