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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), on Wednesday (August 27), commissions into service the Ballater Avenue Well located at 9 Ballater Avenue in Kingston. Looking on is Managing Director, Jamaica Wells and Services Limited, Richard Simpson.
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), on Wednesday (August 27), commissions into service the Ballater Avenue Well located at 9 Ballater Avenue in Kingston. Looking on is Managing Director, Jamaica Wells and Services Limited, Richard Simpson.

NWC Partners with Talawah Investments to Provide Water to Kingston Communities

The National Water Commission (NWC) has entered into an agreement with Talawah Investments to provide water for both domestic and industrial use in sections of the Kingston Metropolitan Area. Under the arrangement, the Ballater Avenue Well, which is owned and...
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Milverton Reynolds (right), hold the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), that will see the distribution of more than 2,000 titles to land owners under the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP). At centre is Director of Communication in the Ministry, Winsome Vanhorne-Christie. The signing was held on August 26, at the Ministry’s head offices in New Kingston.
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Milverton Reynolds (right), hold the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), that will see the distribution of more than 2,000 titles to land owners under the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP). At centre is Director of Communication in the Ministry, Winsome Vanhorne-Christie. The signing was held on August 26, at the Ministry’s head offices in New Kingston.

More Than 2,000 Landowners to Get Help to Acquire Titles
The Government estimates that drought damage is valued at $1 billion inclusive of some 16,000 hectares of farm lands. The parishes hardest hit are St Elizabeth, Manchester, Clarendon, St Thomas, Portland and parts of South St Ann.
The Government estimates that drought damage is valued at $1 billion inclusive of some 16,000 hectares of farm lands. The parishes hardest hit are St Elizabeth, Manchester, Clarendon, St Thomas, Portland and parts of South St Ann.

MET Office Projects Extended Dry Spell: Government Continues to Ramp up Contingency Measures
Director for Environmental Management and Conservation at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Anthony McKenzie addresses a community meeting at Oswald’s restaurant, in Alligator Pond Manchester, where he urged property owners impacted by beach erosion to make contact with NEPA before erecting any personal solution.
Director for Environmental Management and Conservation at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Anthony McKenzie addresses a community meeting at Oswald’s restaurant, in Alligator Pond Manchester, where he urged property owners impacted by beach erosion to make contact with NEPA before erecting any personal solution.

Property Owners Affected By Beach Erosion Urged To Contact NEPA
Cross section of a beach along the coastal border of both Manchester and St. Elizabeth, Jamaica.
Cross section of a beach along the coastal border of both Manchester and St. Elizabeth, Jamaica.

NEPA to meet with Residents of Alligator Pond

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Jamaica to Benefit from Phase Two of Regional Climate Change Project

Jamaica’s ability to effectively respond to the effects of climate change and natural disasters is expected to be boosted through the implementation of phase two of the $75.6 million (€512,000) Mainstreaming Climate Change into Disaster Management (CCDM II) Project. The country is among the 18 regional Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) member states slated to benefit from the 30-month...
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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left ) and Brazilian Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Antônio Francisco Da Costa e Silva Neto (right), hold water management contract, which they signed on August 7 at the Ministry in Kingston. Seated is the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Alwin Hales.
Environment

Jamaica Gets Help from Brazil in Water Management

The island’s capacity to manage its water resources is to be strengthened with the signing of a US$98,000 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Jamaica and Brazil. Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, who signed on Jamaica’s behalf on August 7, at the Ministry, in Kingston, said the project represented the continued commitment of the Ministry...
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CEAC Solutions Limited representative, Jessica Stewart, makes a presentation at a community meeting at the Negril Community Centre on July 29, where the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the construction of breakwaters to protect the Negril coastline was discussed.
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Environmental Stakeholders in Negril Support Breakwater Plan

Two environmentalists in Negril are expressing support for the plan by the Government to construct breakwaters to protect the resort town’s famous white sand beach. Breakwaters are offshore structures of concrete or stone built to protect harbours and marinas from wave action and to help prevent beach erosion. The plan is to construct two offshore breakwater structures in the Long...
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Environment

De-Silting of Hermitage Dam to Start Last Quarter of 2014/15

De-silting of the Hermitage Dam is scheduled to start during the last quarter of 2014/2015 Financial Year. This was disclosed by Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 29. The Minister said it is expected that the works should be completed within 12 months after...
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Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), signs a copy of the $1 billion contract for contstruction of an artificial groundwater recharge system at Innswood, St. Catherine, during a signing ceremony at the National Water Commission
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$1B Groundwater System for Innswood, St. Catherine

The National Water Commission (NWC) will undertake development of a $1 billion artificial groundwater system at Innswood, St. Catherine. The system will better enable the NWC to protect and sustain potable water supply resources in the Kingston Metropolitan Area and St. Catherine. A contract to build the facility was signed during a brief ceremony at the NWC’s corporate offices in New...
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Business Leaders Urged to Include Climate Change in Plans

A call has been made for business leaders to factor climate change into their plans, with the same importance that they attach to investment returns. Making the call, Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, said that given the intensity of natural emergencies, wise business operators must give due consideration for climate risks, which he said...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Ian Hayles, addresses the opening ceremony of the just concluded Climate Investment Funds
Environment

Jamaica Learns Strategies in Building Climate Change Resilience

The Climate Investment Funds’ (CIF) fifth Partnership Forum held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James last month, is being hailed as a success in bringing together stakeholders from across the CIF community to learn and share lessons on building climate change resilience. The event, held from June 23 and 24, was being held for the...
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