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Cleaner streets ahead
The south coast communities of Whitehouse and Bluefields, known as much for their azure bathing beaches and populous fishing villages as their struggle with solid waste management, are in for a clean-up and education programme over the next year.

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Water expert makes conservation call
On the occasion of World Oceans Day last Friday, water expert Dr Kwame Emmanuel reinforced the importance of the country's water resources and urged Jamaicans to take better care of rivers, streams, underground aquifers, and the sea, while also conserving that which...

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Trimming the waste: UN looks to reduce its environmental footprint
The city of Goma, which lies along the eastern edge of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has for decades been a hub of humanitarian operations in response to conflicts and natural disasters in the region, including neighbouring Rwanda.

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• JA commits to contributing to UN forest targets
• CDB buys electric car
• $500,000 more for Jonathan Grant
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• Jamaica among 10 pilot countries for reducing ship emissions project
• Year of the Bird celebrations now on
• Sea of solar panels turns Mexican desert green
• KFTL joins worldwide effort to end plastic pollution
• 'Prevention better than cure'
• Nature offers better protection
• Clarendon solar farm withstands heavy rains, hurricane winds
• Regional company to add drought, fisheries insurance
• Resilient islands
• Greenpeace leaves SUSTAINABLE WOOD certification group
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• World's top cocoa producers fight to protect forests
• We're losing money because we treat the environment poorly — PIOJ

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