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Environmental Engineer, National Works Agency (NWA), Dr. Mark Richards, outlining to JIS News the breakwater structures to be constructed to protect the Negril coastline.
Environmental Engineer, National Works Agency (NWA), Dr. Mark Richards, outlining to JIS News the breakwater structures to be constructed to protect the Negril coastline.

Offshore – Breakwater Structure to Protect Negril Coastline

An offshore breakwater system is to be constructed along the Negril coastline, under the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) Adaptation Fund Programme. Grant funding in the sum of US$9.9 million has been allocated to the programme, through the United Nations Framework...
Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), converses with Water Resources Authority (WRA) Managing Director, Basil Fernandez, during the National Environment and Planning Agency’s (NEPA), Public Lecture on Friday (November 8) at the National Housing Trust’s (NHT) head office, New Kingston, to commemorate World Town Planning Day under the theme: ‘Water: Too Much, Too Little, Unusable or in the Wrong Place’.
Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), converses with Water Resources Authority (WRA) Managing Director, Basil Fernandez, during the National Environment and Planning Agency’s (NEPA), Public Lecture on Friday (November 8) at the National Housing Trust’s (NHT) head office, New Kingston, to commemorate World Town Planning Day under the theme: ‘Water: Too Much, Too Little, Unusable or in the Wrong Place’.

Govt to Make Rainwater Harvesting Mandatory for Housing Projects
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), cuts the ribbon to a solar system, to be used for operating the Pleasant Valley Water Catchment Facility in Clarendon, during the handing over of the facility on November 6. Others sharing in the occasion are: Programme Manager for the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica, Allison Rangolan-McFarlane (2nd left); Resident Representative for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Jamaica, Dr. Arun Kashyap (2nd right); and National Coordinator for the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP), Hyacinth Douglass (right).
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), cuts the ribbon to a solar system, to be used for operating the Pleasant Valley Water Catchment Facility in Clarendon, during the handing over of the facility on November 6. Others sharing in the occasion are: Programme Manager for the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica, Allison Rangolan-McFarlane (2nd left); Resident Representative for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Jamaica, Dr. Arun Kashyap (2nd right); and National Coordinator for the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP), Hyacinth Douglass (right).

Minister Pickersgill Appeals for More Rainwater Harvesting
Graduates of the Climate Change Action Training (CCAT) Programme, paying keen attention at their graduation ceremony held at the Girl Guides Association headquarters in St. Andrew on Friday, November 1. A total of 98 persons graduated from the programme which has a 16 module curriculum in climate change developed through extensive community and agency consultations. Also pictured (from second left) are: Senior Technical Director for Mitigation in the Climate Change Division of the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Gerald Lindo; and Office Director, Environment and Health United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Jamaica, Suzanne Ebert.
Graduates of the Climate Change Action Training (CCAT) Programme, paying keen attention at their graduation ceremony held at the Girl Guides Association headquarters in St. Andrew on Friday, November 1. A total of 98 persons graduated from the programme which has a 16 module curriculum in climate change developed through extensive community and agency consultations. Also pictured (from second left) are: Senior Technical Director for Mitigation in the Climate Change Division of the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Gerald Lindo; and Office Director, Environment and Health United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Jamaica, Suzanne Ebert.

98 Graduate from Climate Change Action Training Programme
Director of the Spatial Planning Division of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Leonard Francis (centre), addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on October 31. Others are (from left): Janet Hyde, Snr. Manager in the Spatial Planning Division of NEPA and Geronimo Tuzo, member of the Jamaica Institute of Planners.
Director of the Spatial Planning Division of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Leonard Francis (centre), addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on October 31. Others are (from left): Janet Hyde, Snr. Manager in the Spatial Planning Division of NEPA and Geronimo Tuzo, member of the Jamaica Institute of Planners.

World Town Planning Day to Focus on Water

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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Dr. Alwin Hales (right), in conversation with United Nations Resident Co-ordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme, Dr Arun Kashyap, at a consultation to prepare Jamaica for the 19th Conference of Parties, at the Alhambra Inn, in Kingston on October 31.
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Consultation to Prepare Jamaica for Climate Change Conference

The Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme, hosted a national consultation on Thursday, October 31, to prepare Jamaica for the 19th Conference of Parties, at the Alhambra Inn, in Kingston. The United Nations Climate Change Conferences are held annually and they serve as the formal meeting of the United Nations...
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EnvironmentVision 2030

NEPA Head Hails Contribution of UN to the Environment

Executive Director, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Peter Knight, has hailed the contribution of the United Nations (UN) in addressing a number of issues in Jamaica, particularly as it relates to environmental management. Mr. Knight informed that NEPA has received more than $300 million in support from the international organisation over the last 10 years to carry out its...
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Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Department and Conservator of Forests, Marilyn Headley (left), presents the Community-based Organisation Award to President of the Dolphin Head Local Forest Management Committee, Collette Grant, while Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, shares the moment. Occasion was the Forestry Department’s inaugural Forest Heroes Award 2013, held yesterday (Oct.17), at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston.
Environment

Greater Environmental Protection Stewardship Urged

Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, says Jamaica’s ability to withstand the effects of future natural disasters depends greatly on increased efforts nationwide to preserve the environment. Speaking at the Forestry Department’s inaugural Forest Heroes Awards presentations at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on Thursday (October 17), Mr. Pickersgill stressed the need for citizens to...
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EnvironmentVision 2030

Environmentalist Suggests Rapid Mass Transit System

Environmentalist, Peter Espeut, is recommending the implementation of a rapid mass transit system as a more sustainable means of transportation for Jamaicans, particularly those residing in Portmore, St. Catherine. Rapid transit is a public transport system in an urban area with high capacity and high frequency, which is fast and segregated from other traffic, and includes rail transportation. Responding to...
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Photograph of an illegally captured crocodile in Parrottee St. Elizabeth. Contributed.
Environment

NEPA Investigating Reports of Crocodiles Being Eaten

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is deeply disturbed by increasing reports of crocodiles being eaten by members of the public. NEPA is currently engaged in intense investigations to confirm the identities of individuals involved in the hunt, capture, sale, purchase and consumption of the endangered animal. Reports reaching NEPA are that crocodiles are being hunted and killed for...
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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), with (from second left), Deputy Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Mrs. Elizabeth Mrema; Co-ordinator, Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems Branch, UNEP, Ms. Jacqueline Alder; Minister of State in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Ian Hayles; and Mayor of Montego Bay, His Worship, Councillor Glendon Harris, at opening of Global Conference on Land-Ocean Connections, being held at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in Montego Bay, from October 2 to 4.
Environment

Focus on Environmental Issues Affecting Land and Ocean at Global Conference

Environmental issues affecting the land and ocean and their inter-connectedness, will be the focus of some 250 delegates attending the Second Global Conference on Land-Ocean connections in Montego Bay, St. James. Staged by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the conference is being held from October 2 to 4, at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel, under the theme: ‘Building Bridges...
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