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Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Dr. Cliff Riley (right) and Chief Executive Officer of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Peter Knight (left) sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the protection of Jamaica’s biodiversity, at the SRC, Hope Gardens, on June 4. Looking on are SRC Board member, Dr. Lainie Oakley-Williams (standing, right) and Director, Legal and Enforcement Division at NEPA, Morjorn Wallock (standing, left).
Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Dr. Cliff Riley (right) and Chief Executive Officer of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Peter Knight (left) sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the protection of Jamaica’s biodiversity, at the SRC, Hope Gardens, on June 4. Looking on are SRC Board member, Dr. Lainie Oakley-Williams (standing, right) and Director, Legal and Enforcement Division at NEPA, Morjorn Wallock (standing, left).

SRC and NEPA Sign MoU to Protect Endemic Plants

The Scientific Research Council (SRC) and the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to protect the country’s rich biodiversity. The MoU focuses on four primary areas: protecting the Jamaican endemic plants using Tissue...
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Ian Hayles (left, head table), with stakeholders at a recent Drought Management Committee meeting at the Ministry, recently.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Ian Hayles (left, head table), with stakeholders at a recent Drought Management Committee meeting at the Ministry, recently.

MPs to Play Greater Role in Distribution of Water
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), exchanges Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jamalco’s Chief Executive Officer, Antonio Melo, after the signing on May 29 at his New Kingston offices. The MoU should see Jamalco expediting titles for 1,500 persons on the company’s resettlement programme.
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), exchanges Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jamalco’s Chief Executive Officer, Antonio Melo, after the signing on May 29 at his New Kingston offices. The MoU should see Jamalco expediting titles for 1,500 persons on the company’s resettlement programme.

1,500 Persons to Get Land Titles
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, urging residents of St. James to pay their water bills, in order to reduce the $2 billion owing to the National Water Commission (NWC) by them. The Minister was addressing a ceremony in Gutters, Granville, in St. James, where a water supply system was officially commissioned into service on May 22.
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, urging residents of St. James to pay their water bills, in order to reduce the $2 billion owing to the National Water Commission (NWC) by them. The Minister was addressing a ceremony in Gutters, Granville, in St. James, where a water supply system was officially commissioned into service on May 22.

Minister Pickersgill Urges Residents To Pay Their Water Bills
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.
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

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Administrator-General Bill Will Enable Productive Use of Land – Pickersgill

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, has hailed the passage of the Administrator General (Amendment) Act 2015, noting that it will allow ordinary Jamaicans to use inherited assets, particularly land, in a productive way. He was contributing to debate on the Bill, which was recently passed in the House of Representatives. The Act seeks to,...
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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.
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Minister Pickergsill Turns on Gutters/Retirement Water System

Residents of Gutters, Retirement and adjoining communities in West Central, St. James, now have access to more reliable water supply. This follows the competition of work on the Gutters/Retirement Water Supply System at a cost of $26.3 million. The project, undertaken by the Rural Water Supply Limited, involved installation of over six kilometers of pipelines to provide potable water to...
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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.
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Greater Youth Involvement in Climate Change Sensitization Being Encouraged

Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, is encouraging the nation’s youth to become more informed and involved in educating the public about climate change adaptation. He made this call while addressing a presentation ceremony for winners in the Ministry’s Climate Change Division’s logo competition, at the Forestry Department, Constant Spring Road, St. Andrew, on May 8....
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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
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101 Persons Receive Land Titles in Bog Walk

Another 101 Jamaicans are now proud owners of land in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, after being presented with registered titles on May 1. The certificates of title were issued through the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP), during a ceremony at the Bethel Baptist Church, in Bog Walk. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, who handed out several...
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Environment

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,...
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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...
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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.
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Gov’t Studying Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture

The Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, is investigating the impacts of climate change on domestic and export crops and meat production. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, said that study, being undertaken by the Climate Studies Group at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, is part of measures being undertaken by the Government to strengthen the...
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