A sum of $110.23 million has been allocated for the Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (IWEco) Project. Objectives of the project include...

Destination Jamaica has been endorsed as one for “all the world’s people to enjoy [its] friendship and hospitality” by Assistant Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Dr. Wenjian Zhang....

The NEPM Waste Management Limited is taking a proactive approach in reducing the impact of electronic waste (e-waste) on the local environment, through collections and public sensitisation across the region....

Some 20 loads of garbage were removed from the WPM region during a two-day exercise carried out by ‘Operation SWEEP COP’. The exercise was undertaken across Trelawny, St. James, Hanover...

Stakeholder efforts to stem beach erosion in Jamaica are progressing with the help of imagery being captured via a monitoring tower installed at Hellshire Beach in St. Catherine, under the...

A major urban tree planting thrust will kick off with the planting of 3,000 saplings along Lady Musgrave and East King’s House Roads in St. Andrew. This undertaking forms part...

A project aimed at protecting the coastal town of Annotto Bay from storm surges, is scheduled to begin in June. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement...

Businesses in the local forestry sector are being encouraged to put sustainable management practices in place ahead of the implementation of a new European Union (EU) measure related to forestry...