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Senior Director in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Sandra Senior Brown, plants a shrub, during Labour Day activities today (May 25), at the Ministry’s 16a Half-Way-Tree Road premises.

Climate Change Ministry Beautifies Half-Way-Tree Road Premises

Staff of the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change used Labour Day 2015 to clean and beauty its offices at 16a Half-Way-Tree Road. Five offices operating under the Ministry are located at the premises. These are: Land Administration...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), looks on as water gushes from a fire hydrant, at the official commissioning into service of the Gutters/Retirement Water Supply System in West Central St. James on Friday (May 22). Others (from right) are: Minister of State for Industry, Investment, and Commerce, and Member of Parliament for West Central St. James, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams; Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris; and Councillor for the Granville Division, and Deputy Mayor Michael Troupe.

Minister Pickergsill Turns on Gutters/Retirement Water System

Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), interacts with awardees in the Ministry’s Climate Change Division’s logo competition, during the presentation ceremony at the Forestry Department’s head office in St. Andrew, on May 8, at which he was the keynote speaker. The recipients were: Jermaine Levene (left), Meadowbrook High School, St. Andrew, who was third; Sheena McLean (2nd left), Northern Caribbean University (NCU), who placed second; and winner, Dihanroy Mitchell, Green Pond High School, St. James, whose prizes were collected by National Works Agency (NWA) Communications and Customer Service Manager, Stephen Shaw (2nd right), who chairs of the school’s Board.

Greater Youth Involvement in Climate Change Sensitization Being Encouraged

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), presents Ann-Marie Bowley with a certificate of title during a ceremony held at the Bethel Baptist Church in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, on May 1. Ms. Bowley collected the document on behlaf of her mother, Imogene Bowley, who was among the 101 persons issued with land titles under the Government's Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP).

101 Persons Receive Land Titles in Bog Walk

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, delivers the opening address at the Climate Change Resilience and Food Security Workshop held on April 14 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. The event was hosted by the Commonwealth Geographical Bureau (CGB) and the Centre for Environmental Management, University of the West Indies.

Gov’t Studying Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture

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NWC Completes 25 Water and Sewerage Projects

During the last fiscal year (2014/15), the National Water Commission (NWC) completed 25 water and sewerage projects. “Billions were expended by the agency on the continued implementation of water supply improvement projects islandwide,” Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, said as he made his contribution to the 2015/16 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives,...

11 years ago Environment

Manual on Land Divestment Developed

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...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, delivering the keynote address at the launch of the US$3.9 million Yallahs and Hope River Watershed Project, held on April 13, at the Terra Nova Hotel, in St. Andrew.

11 years ago Environment

US$3.9 Million Watershed Project Launched

The Government has launched a US$3.9 million project to protect the Yallahs and Hope River areas from degradation, and improve water resource management. The five-year project, which is funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), through the Global Environment Facility, will also seek to achieve institutional strengthening and capacity building for integrating biodiversity into watershed management. Delivering the keynote address...

Deputy Director General at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in charge of Sustainable Development and Social Planning, Claire Bernard, provides an update on the Government of Jamaica Adaptation Fund Programme (GOJ/AFP) at a JIS Think Tank on April 2, 2015.

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Adaptation Fund Programme Building Climate Change Resilience

The Government of Jamaica/Adaptation Fund Programme (GOJ/AFP), implemented in 2013, is significantly helping to build the country’s resilience to climate change. Deputy Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in charge of Sustainable Development and Social Planning, Claire Bernard, says the programme, funded to the tune of US$10 million, has been pivotal in “helping local communities and institutions...

11 years ago Environment

Dialogue Still on About Negril Breakwater Project

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...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (third right), examines the refurbished Bogue water treatment plant in North East St. Ann, which was officially commissioned into service on April 1. The project was completed at a cost of $467 million. At second right is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy.

11 years ago Environment

Improved Water Supply in North East St. Ann

The refurbished Bogue water treatment plant in North East St. Ann, was officially commissioned into service on April 1, by Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill. Work was undertaken at a cost of $467 million, under the Jamaica Water Supply Improvement Project (JWSIP). The rehabilitated plant, which has a production capacity of six million gallons...

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

11 years ago Environment

Gov’t Taking Steps to Address Environmental Breaches

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, says the Government is strengthening enforcement of environmental laws and has been taking steps to address breaches. He noted that the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), actively prosecutes offenders through the courts, using the provisions of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) and the Town and Country Planning...