Category: Environment

The word is out on climate change and its many harmful effects, current and prospective, and Jamaican entertainers are beginning to hear it. A group Continue reading

A regional search and rescue course will be held in Montserrat from February 15th to 24th 2009 to help boost the Caribbean’s preparation for coping Continue reading

Like George Bush, Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding is a tough talker. He is the Big Man who went on BBC Television and told the Continue reading

Blue Mountains, from the Hollywell National Park taken on Oatley Mountain trail inside the park. Jamaica’s master plan for the management and protection of its Continue reading

The Jamaica Environmental Trust (JET) has launched “Jamaica for Sale”, a 92 minute video documentary highlighting disturbing issues behind the island’s normally rosy sun, sea Continue reading

Killing rivers could kill livelihoods. (Panos) – Illegal river poisoning and run-off from coffee farms seem to be posing a serious threat to the health Continue reading

Jamaica’s ability to respond to pressing environmental challenges including emerging climate change threats will be severely undermined unless ways can be found to keep local Continue reading

Residents of several communities in Jamaica’s north coast parish of St. Ann gathered in Claremont on September 4 to seek information from Miss Lisa Hanna, Continue reading

Google Map of the area from which the sand was stolen. The rip of tons of white sand from a prized beach along Jamaica’s north Continue reading

Mud washed down from the surrounding hills covers the streets of Ocho Rios after April flood rains. Prevention better than cure. The mantra is just Continue reading