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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...

A sum of $465 million has been allocated to the National Water Commission (NWC) to fund the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) Water Supply Project. Details of the allocation are outlined in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. With funding support provided by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the project will provide an improved water supply...

Some $13 million has been set aside in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, to continue work on the Water Resources Authority’s (WRA) Evaluating Groundwater Recharge in the Upper Rio Cobre Basin programme. The project seeks to assess the potential for water-related developments and the resource capacity to meet present and future demand, as well...