Environment

Sandals Foundation's makes CLEAN SWEEP AT ICC 2017

For the sixth-straight year Sandals Foundation organised several clean-up events on International Coastal Clean-up (ICC) Day on September 16. Over 420 volunteers turned out at the nine beach and 10 underwater clean-up sites in the islands of Jamaica, the Bahamas,... Read More

Jamaica Conservation Partners donates US$110,000 to enviro causes
Jamaica Conservation Partners (JCP) yesterday made its first donation of US$110,000 to three charities: Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust (JCDT), and White River Fish Sanctuary (WRFS).... Read More

NEPA secures 6 convictions for breaches of Beach Control Act
National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has secured six convictions totalling $900,000 in fines through the courts in its drive to clamp down on breaches of Jamaica's environmental and planning laws.... Read More

Irma's size, intensity pushed by rising temps
Spanning over 220,000 square miles, and lasting 14 days, almost four of which were spent at Category five, Hurricane Irma is the biggest storm ever recorded, and while climate scientists aren't yet able to say definitively how much of its track and development was as a...... Read More