ROUGHLY 490 of 1,800 micro-check dams have been constructed in the Upper Rio Minho Watershed Area (URMW) of Clarendon to reduce flooding and build climate resilience in the area. The…
A Climate Impact Assessment workshop was held on December 10th to introduce ACCEPT to stakeholders in the Jamaican agriculture sector, including representatives from MICAF, CARDI, CASE, MEGJC, PIOJ, and the…
FIFTEEN COMMUNITIES in the Upper Rio Minho Watershed (URMW) area of Clarendon are now better able to plan for climate impacts and hazards via the development of risk profiles, disaster…
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Fifteen persons, comprising engineers, developers, students and water experts, graduated from a 16-week rainwater harvesting and grey-water recycling training programme, recently. The training programme was organised by…
Drafting an advocacy letter to the mayor. Improving computer skills. Collecting and coordinating entries to a competition. Learning about greenhouse gases and climate change. These are just some of the…
Kemaly Simpson has two occupations: he is a hardworking, young farmer from Red Bank, St Elizabeth, and he is the aspiring reggae artiste I-Knowledge who dreams of being a star…
THE DISABLED population in St Elizabeth will have increased access to vision and hearing screening among other health services, together with climate change education when the Nathan Ebanks Foundation hosts…
Alleng and a team from the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism (AP&FM) of the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) were doing a tour of the Reforestation and Agroforestry initiatives…
Published:Thursday | September 26, 2019 | 12:24 AM Dr Arpita Mandal (right) in discussion with team members inside the Upper Rio Minho Watershed. RESEARCHERS FROM The University of the West…
A draft of the National Spatial Plan (NSP), which will outline the governance framework for the optimal and effective use and management of Jamaica's natural resources, is to be completed…
