This report assesses and identifies solutions with special relevance for smallholder farmers: DRR good practices that work at farm-level and which, with small investments, can have a significant positive impact on the resilience of their livelihoods. It evaluates the cost-effectiveness and socio-ecological suitability of different specific DRR interventions, with the …
This report assesses and identifies solutions with special relevance for smallholder farmers: DRR good practices that work at farm-level and which, with small investments, can have a significant positive impact on the resilience of their livelihoods. It evaluates the cost-effectiveness and socio-ecological suitability of different specific DRR interventions, with the …
This report assesses and identifies solutions with special relevance for smallholder farmers: DRR good practices that work at farm-level and which, with small investments, can have a significant positive impact on the resilience of their livelihoods. It evaluates the cost-effectiveness and socio-ecological suitability of different specific DRR interventions, with the …
Non-native plants invade some tropical forests but there are few long-term studies of these invasions, and the consequences for plant richness and diversity are unclear. Repeated measurements of permanent plots in tropical montane rain forests in the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park in Jamaica over 24 to 40 …
This document summarizes the key points of the full State of the Climate Jamaica 2015 report, in order to provide a methodology for incorporating the wealth of information in decision making. The full State of the Climate Jamaica 2015 report was produced because of a growing recognition that climate data …
Richard Pandohie reckons that the eight initiatives under the Economic Growth Council’s 5 in 4 plan are lacking focus on Jamaica’s agricultural sector. The chief executive officer of Seprod Ltd who recently announced plans to partner with the Government, private sector and farmers across the island in an effort to …
THE Transport Authority is seeking to collect millions in road licence fees owed by public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators for March 2014 to March 2016 by extending an amnesty, which will run from February 6 to March 31. “Under the expired road licences amnesty, the vehicle must meet the authority’s …
Climate variability in the Caribbean may cause tropical storms and hurricanes to become more intense in the future, although perhaps not more frequent. Intense storms carry extreme, flood-inducing rainfall, and cause storm surges that can inundate coastal lowlands, affecting tourism, agriculture and major infrastructure. Although maps showing potential flood areas …
The Government of Japan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will this morning launch the Jamaican component of the US$15-million Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (J-CCCP) at the Spanish Court Hotel. The project will award $72 million to two vulnerable communities to support on-the-ground work to help them cope with …
90 per cent of Jamaica's energy currently comes from imported petroleum, leaving the country vulnerable to external shocks. Improving energy efficiency and increasing the supply of renewable energy are vital to greening Jamaica's economy and making it more resilient, according to a new study released. The Green Economy Scoping Study …
ST JAMES, Jamaica (JIS) – As of September 1, it will be mandatory for all commercial and residential housing developments in St Elizabeth to have provisions for rainwater harvesting, whether or not they are connected to a central water supply system. The policy currently requires people undertaking developments to provide …
THE National Water Commission (NWC) will, in another two weeks, be starting clean-up work on wastewater systems in eight communities across Kingston, St Catherine, and Clarendon. Under the US$12-million pilot programme, some facilities will be rehabilitated, while others will be rebuilt, or decommissioned. The ultimate aim, said the commission, is …
THE Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) says more than $10 million has been spent to implement 1,600 projects in four parishes under the European Union (EU)- funded Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP). Approximately 1.6 million Jamaicans from 544 communities have, to date, benefited under the programme which has been channelled through …
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The World Bank is providing a US$ 6.8 million grant to help Jamaica improve the quality and use of climate related information for effective planning and action at local and national levels. The bank said that approximately 60 per cent of Jamaica’s 2.8 million residents …
JAMAICA has recorded an afforestation rate of 0.41 per cent, a turnaround in the pattern of forestation since it was first checked in 1998. At that time it was revealed that the country was being impacted by a deforestation rate of 0.1 per cent, losing some 336 hectares of forests …
With hundreds of acres of forest cover lost since the start of the year due to bush fires, Conservator of Forests, Marilyn Headley, is imploring citizens to desist from lighting fires in and around wooded areas. “In May, you’ll recall we lost about 367 hectares of forests (960 acres). Since …
Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC) Dr Cliff Riley (left) and SRC Board director Dr Lanie Oakley- Williams (right) examine a tissue culture specimen, at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between NEPA and the SRC for the protection of Jamaica’s biodiversity, at the SRC offices at …
Frantic efforts to avoid adverse status for reef which could foil government plans to open up vast region in Queensland for new coal mines The Australian government is undertaking frantic diplomatic efforts to avoid the Great Barrier Reef being listed as “in danger” by the UN, amid rising international concern …
WHAT is the equipment cost for this massive over-abundance of solar and wind we talked about last week? The 700MW of solar energy would cost some US$1,400 million, give or take, or about 14 months of imported electricity fuel savings. Another 700MW of large-scale wind would be a little cheaper, …
The speed of implementation of solar-PV projects surpasses all other competing power technologies, bar none. (Inset) David Cooke. THE simple answer: solar-photovoltaic (solar-PV) is now the least expensive way of providing electricity for your home or business. It's cheaper than the fossil-fuel based energy supplied by Jamaica Public Service (JPS), …
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Government spent an estimated J$235 million to extinguish the recent 12-day fire at the Riverton landfill. Director General at the Office of Disaster of Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) Major Clive Davis made the disclosure at a Jamaica House press briefing in St Andrew today. Davis said …
