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Project Manager for the Plastic Waste Minimisation Project, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA, Kashta Graham (centre), is pictured with (from left) Director of Lee’s Food Fair, Patrick Lee; Customer Service Representative at Magna, Ava Dawn Weir; shopper and participant in NEPA’s recycling drive, Patrick Morgan; and Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) Representatives Elijah Saulas and Jonathan Beckford, at the launch of the ‘Plastic Recycling Eco-Reward Pilot Programme’ at Lees Food Fair on Red Hills Road, St. Andrew, last month.

1,211 Pounds of Plastic Waste Already Collected Under NEPA’S Pilot Programme

By: Colleen Dawkins, November 10, 2020

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has collected 1,211 pounds of plastic waste, to date, under its Plastic Recycling Eco-Reward Pilot Programme, which got under way on October 1....

British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Ahmad. (FILE)

Caribbean Developers Urged To Build With Nature In Mind

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Members of the Kiwanis Club of Discovery Bay, in St. Ann, engage in a beautification project at the Discovery Bay High School, as part of efforts to boost the aesthetics of the institution.

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Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), greets High Commissioner of Canada to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters, during a courtesy call at Jamaica House, on October 21.

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PHOTOS: Minister Charles Jr. Meets with Canadian High Commissioner

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JAMPRO and UDC Promote Investment in Eco-Tourism

First investment opportunity to be at Two Sisters Cave in Hellshire The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) and Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) are partnering to promote sustainable eco-tourism projects for local...

By: Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), October 21, 2020

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.,

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Comments Invited on Draft Biosafety Policy for Jamaica

Members of the public are being invited to submit comments, concerns and suggestions on the draft Biosafety Policy for Jamaica, which was tabled in Parliament in June this year. Minister...

By: Alecia Smith, October 16, 2020

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., speaks with Acting Chief Executive Officer and Conservator of the Forestry Department, Rainee Oliphant (left), in the plant nursery at the Forestry Department on Friday (October 2). At centre is Lois Morgan, who oversees the nursey. The Minister visited the Forestry Department to plant a tree in observance of National Tree Planting Day.

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Persons Must Make Tree-Planting Regular Part of Their Daily Lives – Charles Jr.

As Jamaica observes National Tree Planting Day today (October 2), Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is encouraging Jamaicans to make tree-planting and...

By: Tanesha Mundle, October 3, 2020

Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, and wife of Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left) plants a tree in observance of National Tree Planting Day today (October 2) at the Papine High School. Others (from left) are: Principal of the school, Clayton Christie; St Andrew East Rural youth parliamentarian, O’Neil Dowe; and youth volunteer, Johanna Davy.

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PHOTOS: Mrs. Holness Plants Trees at Papine High School

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr (right), plants a Sweetwood Tree with the help of Principal Director, Forest Operations, Forestry Department, Jerome Smith on the grounds of the Department in St. Andrew on Friday (October 2). The activity was in observance of National Tree Planting Day.

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Senior Manager for Projects at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Gregory Thomas (left), in discussion with Project Manager, Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (IWEco) Jamaica, Loureene Jones, during a recent coral outplanting exercise at the Orange Bay Fish Sanctuary, in Hanover.

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Negril Fisherfolk Called on to Become Better Stewards of the Aquatic Ecosystem

Senior Manager for Projects at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Gregory Thomas, has called on fisherfolk in Negril, Westmoreland, to become better stewards of the aquatic ecosystem, in...

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Director of Environmental Management and Conservation at NEPA, Anthony McKenzie.

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NEPA Reports Positive Trends

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) says it has observed positive trends in the environment amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “During the initial phase of the local outbreak when...

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