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Environment
News about Environmental Issues in Jamaica
Cornwall College wins Sandals environmental debate
Thursday, June 13, 2013
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Cornwall College walked away champions in the Sandals Environmental Debate competition held last week at the Mount Alvernia High School in Montego Bay, after defeating neighbours Mount Alvernia High. During the debate, hosted by Sandals resorts in the Montego Bay region, Mount Alvernia and C ...more
27,100 plastic bottles in six weeks
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
WHITEHOUSE, Westmoreland — The Bluefields community in eastern Westmoreland became the third district to join the Sandals Whitehouse Plastic Recycling Project when it was launched to dozens of residents on World Environment Day.
Bluefields joi ...more
St Jago Prep does it again!
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
FOR the third consecutive year St Jago Cathedral Preparatory School has won the primary level category of the Urban Development Commission's (UDC) 2013 Hellshire Schools Environment Competition.
In a further coup to the other contenders, the Spanish ...more
UNEP CEP celebrates World Envirornment, Oceans days
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Last week the world commemorated two events which were very important to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) — World Environment Day, on June 5 and World Oceans Day on June 8.
The themes for this year urge global collective respons ...more
From cooking oil to biodiesel
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
WHAT did you do with the oil left over from the chicken you fried for dinner on Sunday?
Storing it for reuse is not good, neither is dumping it in the backyard or throwing it down the drain. The best option, according to scientists, is not only envi ...more
What are you doing to help create a better environment?
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Regina Bennett, 23 - Student I always try to recycle and reuse my bottles by refilling them with water, etc. I always use garbage bins instead of throwing garbage through windows or on the road. Leeroy Fagan, 54 ...more
Reef Worlds to the rescue
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
TROUBLED by what it describes as half-star waterfronts at several resorts around the world, including the Caribbean, Reef Worlds has designed a plan that will see it pumping US$4.5m into recreating marine habitats in the region.
Mike Wallace, direct ...more
CARIFORUM completes training in adaptation planning
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
STARTING today, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) will host a one-week regional training workshop intended to educate CARIFORUM countries about conducting vulnerability and capacity assessment (VCA) studies. The workshop, which ...more
Towards the future we want
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
ON the occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity, Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon is urging parties to the convention to ratify the Nagoya Protocol adopted in October 22, 2010 in Nagoya, Japan.
The protocol aims at s ...more
Celebrating biodiversity
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
JAMAICA has been ranked fifth among islands of the world in terms of endemic plants. The country also enjoys a high level of endemism for animal species. It has:
* 98.2 per cent of the 514 indigenous species of land snails and
* 100 per cent of the ...more
2013 Environment Calendar
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
May 22 — International Day for Biological Diversity June 01-30 — Disaster Preparedness Month June 01- November 30 — Atlantic/Caribbean Hurricane Season June 02- 08 — National Environmental Awareness Week June 05 — Wo ...more
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