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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), with (from second left), Deputy Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Mrs. Elizabeth Mrema; Co-ordinator, Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems Branch, UNEP, Ms. Jacqueline Alder; Minister of State in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Ian Hayles; and Mayor of Montego Bay, His Worship, Councillor Glendon Harris, at opening of Global Conference on Land-Ocean Connections, being held at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in Montego Bay, from October 2 to 4.
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), with (from second left), Deputy Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Mrs. Elizabeth Mrema; Co-ordinator, Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems Branch, UNEP, Ms. Jacqueline Alder; Minister of State in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Ian Hayles; and Mayor of Montego Bay, His Worship, Councillor Glendon Harris, at opening of Global Conference on Land-Ocean Connections, being held at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in Montego Bay, from October 2 to 4.

Focus on Environmental Issues Affecting Land and Ocean at Global Conference

By: Bryan Miller, October 3, 2013
Environmental issues affecting the land and ocean and their inter-connectedness, will be the focus of some 250 delegates attending the Second Global Conference on Land-Ocean connections in Montego Bay, St....
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Ian Hayles (right) and Head of Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Ambassador Paola Amadei (left) examine the Rainfall Recorder that has been installed at the Cave Valley Health Centre in Hanover. Others (from second left) are: Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Colin Bullock and Hydrologist, Michael Wilson (second right). Occasion was the commissioning and handing over ceremony for Climate Data Equipment in the Royal Palm Reserve in the Negril area, on September 25.

Equipment Installed in the West to Boost Climate Change Project

By: Glenis A. Rose, September 27, 2013
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), raises a point while addressing a ceremony to launch Engineers' Week at his offices in Kingston recently. Listening (from left) are: Past President of the Jamaica Institution of Engineers (JIE), Omar Sweeney; and President Elect of the Institution, Dr. Noel Brown. Engineer’s Week will be observed from September 22 to 29.

Government Forges Closer Collaboration With Engineers

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, September 25, 2013

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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, says a climate change policy will be taken to Cabinet by next week for consideration. The Minister also informed...
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By: Andrea Braham, August 29, 2013