Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT)

The primary functions of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust are :

• To promote the preservation of national monuments and anything designated as protected national heritage for the benefit of the Island;
• To conduct such research as it thinks necessary or desirable for the purposes of the performance of its functions under the Jamaica National Heritage Act;
• To carry out such development as it considers necessary for the preservation of any national monuments or anything designated as protected national heritage;
• To record any precious objects or works of art to be preserved and to identify and record any species of botanical or animal life to be protected.