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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, is encouraging young persons to play a greater role in protecting the environment. He emphasized that it is imperative that citizens, particularly the youth, take the necessary steps to safeguard the environment, specifically as it relates to the impact of climate change. “I really want to acquaint our populace...

A $73 million project to improve the sewerage system in the Liguanea area of St. Andrew is currently underway, which should significantly protect the aquifers. Three works are included in the project - the $33.7 million Hope Road (side roads) project; the $15 million Swallowfield Road sewerage expansion project; and the $24 million upgrading of the sewerage system serving Seymour...

The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing has been allocated $181 million in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, to commence implementation of a disaster management programme, this year. The programme aims to develop a comprehensive system for dealing with natural or man-made disasters, through the implementation of preventive measures, public education and planned emergency operations, in an effort to mitigate...

Just over $5 million has been set aside in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, to continue measures to phase out the use of ozone depleting substances (ODS), and address the illegal trade of such substances. The initiatives will be carried out under the Montreal Protocol for the Phasing out of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) project,...

The National Environment and Planning Agency’s (NEPA) efforts to strengthen the Operational and Financial Sustainability of the National Protected Area System will be bolstered this year, as some $47.6 million has been allocated to the project. This is contained in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The objectives of the project, which commenced in July...

A total of $169.5 million has been allocated for the implementation of a Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction project, in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. With funding from the European Union, the project is being implemented by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Environmental Management Division, and the Forestry Department. The...

A sum of $11 million has been allocated to the Environmental Management Division’s Regional and National Global Harmonized System (GHS) Projects in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Of the sum, $7 million was given to the Regional GHS project, which seeks to build Jamaica’s capacity to manage chemicals in environmentally sound manner in keeping...

Phase One of a pilot project, aimed at integrating climate resilience in the national policy-making process, should be completed by June 2013. Some $7 million has been set aside in the 2013/2014 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, for the conclusion of studies on the development of Jamaica’s Strategic Programme for Climate Resilience (SPCR) and conduct financial...

The Government has allocated some $121 million to boost activities under the Cadastral Mapping and Land Registration project. This is outlined in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The programme seeks to assist persons, particularly rural residents currently occupying lands but not in possession of titles for those properties, to formalise their holdings by providing...

Activities under the Water Sector Policy and Rural Master Plan project, is expected to be bolstered by the provision of $16.8 million in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. It is being implemented by the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change through funding by the Government and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The...

As part of efforts to mitigate the threat of invasive alien species in the Caribbean, the Government has allocated some $41 million to the project. This is contained in the 2013/14 Estimate of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, being implemented by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), seeks to mitigate the threat to local biodiversity...

The Government of Jamaica is to spend some $25.7 million to conclude work on the Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction project this fiscal year. The sum, which is contained in the 2013/2014 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, will go towards conducting project evaluation; convening project steering committee meetings; and to complete and close the...