The 2018 Kingston and St. Andrew Festival Queen, Leneka Rhoden, is undertaking a project to safeguard the Kingston Harbour and stimulate the blue economy. Dubbed ‘iAspire Project Blue’, the initiative,...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell, has called for greater private-sector partnerships in developing initiatives aimed at strengthening climate change adaptation locally and...

Principal Director in the Climate Change Division, Ministry of Economic Growth & Job Creation,  UnaMay Gordon, has called on educational institutions to partner on climate change sensitisation initiatives in western Jamaica,...

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has launched Jamaican Standard (JS) ISO 14005:2017 – Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Guidelines. This international standard provides guidance for all organisations, particularly micro, small...

Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Rear Admiral (Ret'd) Peter Brady, says the agency will be pushing for legislation governing exploration and development of a sustainable blue...

Plans to remove 1.5 million used tyres from the Riverton Landfill in St. Andrew are far advanced, says Government Senator, Matthew Samuda. Speaking at this year’s staging of the Youth...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) will be making more than 2,000 reusable shopping bags available to the public in support of the Government’s ban on single-use plastics. The Institute’s...

Director of Economics at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Justin Ram, says the organisation is considering the establishment of blue economy satellite accounts for borrowing countries. The initiative will...