Efforts by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to strengthen the operational and financial sustainability of Jamaica’s system of protected areas, will be significantly enhanced this year. Just over...

The effort to phase out ozone depleting substances, in keeping with the Montreal Protocol, will continue this year with the allocation of just over $4 million to the cause. As...

To boost agricultural production and farmer incomes through improved irrigation management, the National Irrigation Development Project has been allotted $388 million to undertake a number of critical activities this fiscal...

The Government’s efforts at effecting climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies this year, have been boosted by the provision of  $219 million in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure....

The Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded Focal Point Support Project is slated to receive $783,000 to carry out a number of activities this fiscal year. Being implemented by the Ministry of...

A sum of $23.8 million has been allocated in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, to further fund efforts by the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change to enhance...

The country’s capacity to effect sustainable land management (SLM) has been strengthened by the provision of $25 million in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, currently being reviewed by the Standing...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, says there is need for a strong regional mechanism geared towards facilitating co-operation and collaboration among Small Island Developing...

The Government will continue efforts to protect the island’s ecosystem during the current fiscal year, as just over $55 million has been allocated in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, to...

The Government has allocated almost $200 million for activities under the flood damage rehabilitation projects, being undertaken by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing. This is outlined in the...

Just over $10 million has been earmarked for the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change to undertake an evaluation of groundwater recharge in the upper Rio Cobre River...