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Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), presents newly appointed land surveyor, David Gordon (centre), with his Instrument of Commission, during a brief presentation ceremony at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday (September 30). Mr. Gordon was one of four newly commissioned land surveyors presented with instruments at the ceremony. Looking on is State Minister, Hon. Ian Hayles.
Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), presents newly appointed land surveyor, David Gordon (centre), with his Instrument of Commission, during a brief presentation ceremony at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Tuesday (September 30). Mr. Gordon was one of four newly commissioned land surveyors presented with instruments at the ceremony. Looking on is State Minister, Hon. Ian Hayles.

Minister Highlights Importance of Land Surveyor’s Work

By: Douglas Mcintosh, October 1, 2014
Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill,  has underscored the importance of  the work carried out by land surveyors, particularly in the  process of sustainable development, incorporating...
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Lt. Col. Oral Khan (left), in discussion with other Ministry executives (from centre) Director of Communications, Winsome Vanhorne-Christie; and Director General, Dr. Sharon Crooks. Occasion was a stakeholder consultation on the Green Paper on the Dolphin Policy for Jamaica, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on September 24. This was the third in a series of consultations being hosted by the Ministry in collaboration with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA).

More Time for Comments on Dolphin Policy

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, September 25, 2014
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, addesses participants in the inaugural Youth Climate Change Conference on September 19, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.

Minister Pickersgill Stresses Need to Manage Water Use

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, September 22, 2014

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Manager of the Ecosystems Management Branch at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Andrea Donaldson, welcomed the increased interest in International Coastal Clean-Up Day, at a JIS Think Tank held on September 10.
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Thousands of Jamaicans to Clean Beaches

Thousands of Jamaicans are expected to participate in the removal of garbage and other debris from the nation’s beaches, as Jamaica observes International Coastal Clean-Up Day on Saturday, September 20....
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By: Rodger Hutchinson, September 12, 2014