Government has allocated an initial sum of $5 million for clean-up and disposal of the sargassum (a brown seaweed with berry-like air bladders) currently affecting beaches and coastlines across the...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has prepared guidelines for the sustainable removal and disposal of the sargassum (a brown seaweed with bony-like air bladders) currently affecting beaches and...

The Government’s capacity to protect the country’s ecosystem against the threat of foreign plants, animals and pathogens has been boosted with the launch of the Jamaica Invasive Species Database (JISD)....

Fifty-five residents of nine communities in four parishes have been trained and certified as environmental wardens under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP). They hail...

The Central Wastewater Treatment Company (CWTC) Limited, which operates the Soapberry Wastewater Treatment Plant in St. Catherine, is looking into the feasibility of making treated water from the plant available...

Work is to begin shortly on the construction of wastewater treatment plants at Boscobel in St. Mary; and Elletson Flats in St. Andrew. The projects, being implemented by the National...

Jamaicans, particularly those living in urban centres, are being encouraged to plant more trees, in order to offset carbon dioxide emissions, which scientists say, are the main contributor to global...

One hundred and sixty four persons have completed training as Environmental Wardens, through the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP). The wardens were presented with their...