Environment

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Daryl Vaz examines a copy of the Program on Forest study on mangroves along with stakeholders at yesterday's Report Launch at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston.

JAMAICA | Mangroves estimated to provide US$32.7 million in protection to Jamaica’s Coastlines

KINGSTON, November 22, 2019 - A study on Jamaica’s mangroves has estimated that they provide approximately US$32.7 million…

November 22, 2019
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UNEP/Shawn Heinrichs Trash at a beach in Bali where the UN Environment Programme launched the Clean Seas Campaign

Microplastics, microbeads and single-use plastics poisoning sea life and affecting humans

UNITED NATIONS, New York, NY, November 4, 2019 - Between 60 to 90 per cent of the litter…

November 4, 2019
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness delivering Jamaica’s Policy statement at the General Debate 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.

JAMAICA | Three Million Trees to be planted in Three Years to Mitigate Against Climate Change

UNITED NATIONS, New York, Ny, September 27, 2019 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced an initiative that…

September 27, 2019
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Gaston Browne also denounced the “strangling effects” of the sanctions on Venezuela. | Photo: teleSUR

ANTIGUA | 'Climate Crisis Is About Our Existence': Antigua-Barbuda PM

On the sidelines of 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly currently happening in New York City, teleSUR met the…

September 25, 2019
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High-Level Panel Calls for Healthy Oceans to Mitigating Against Climate Change

NEW YORK, NY, September 23, 2019 - Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging all stakeholders to unite…

September 23, 2019
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PNP president and Opposition leader Dr. Peter Phillips along with PNP Deputy General Secretary Basil Waite greets Mr. Hugh Dixon of the South Trelawny Environmental Agency (STEA) on a recent visit to the area.

JAMAICA | Phillips joins the fight against mining in the Cockpit Country

ALBERT TOWN, Trelawny, September 17, 2019 - Jamaica's Cockpit Country Coalition, which features environmentalists, residents, small business groups,…

September 17, 2019
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Hon. Daryl Vaz (2nd left) addresses delegates at the United Nations Trade Forum in Geneva, Switzerland.

CARICOM | Amidst Climate Change, Jamaica wants trade concessions for small states

GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 10, 2019 - The Government of Jamaica has made an urgent call for members of…

September 10, 2019
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The ‘reddish-pink’ discolouration of the Outram River that runs through Port Maria in St Mary is due to the overgrowth of specific species of algae resulting in the phenomenon known as Red Tide.

JAMAICA | Outram River Discolouration Confirmed As Red Tide

KINGSTON, Jamaica August 22, 2019 - The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is confirming that the ‘reddish-pink’…

August 23, 2019
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness (second left), speaks to President of the Republic of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta (second right), about some of the country’s agricultural advancements. Occasion was a tour of the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon on Tuesday (August 6), during the 67th staging of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show. President Kenyatta and his delegation are in the island for a three-day State visit. At left is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J. C. Hutchinson.

JAMAICA | The Cockpit Country: An Environmental, Cultural and Historical Asset says Holness

KINGSTON, August 8, 2019 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government of Jamaica is sensitive to the…

August 9, 2019
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JAMAICA | Bartlett Urges Regional Response to Curtail Sargassum Threats

KINGSTON, Jamaica July 27, 2019 -Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, says a strong collective regional effort is needed to…

July 29, 2019
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator Pearnel Charles Jr.

JAMAICA | Jamaica seeks support to revise current NDCs

Jamaica has formally requested support from the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Partnership to undertake a revision process of…

July 3, 2019
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