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...

Head of the National Land Agency (NLA), Elizabeth Stair, is praising the Public Sector Customer Service Competition as an excellent opportunity for public sector agencies to monitor the type and...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, is leading Jamaica’s delegation to the fourth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM) in Geneva, Switzerland,...