Media Releases

  • Photograph showing a White-crowned Pigeon (locally known as the Baldpate).
    Game Bird Hunting Season Begins Saturday August 17 2019
    Published Date: July 30, 2019
    / 30 Jul 19 /
    The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) announces the dates for bird shooting season. The 2019 Game Bird Shooting Season is slated to open on Saturday August 17, 2019 and close on Sunday, September 22, 2019.
  • Leonard Francis (standing), Director, Spatial Planning, NEPA making a presentation during the New Kingston Citizens’ Association meeting held on June 25, 2019.
    NEPA Discusses Development Approvals With New Kingston Residents
    Published Date: July 30, 2019
    / 30 Jul 19 /
    A team from the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) met with over 50 residents in the New Kingston area on Thursday, July 25, 2019 to discuss development approvals of concern to the community.
  • Public Advisory: Sargassum Influx On Jamaican Coastline
    Published Date: June 14, 2019
    / 07 Aug 20 /

    Attention: All News Editors KINGSTON, Jamaica                                                                            (June 14, 2019):

                                                PUBLIC ADVISORY: SARGASSUM INFLUX ON JAMAICAN COASTLINE

    The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is advising the public to expect an influx of mats of the brown seaweed known as Sargassum along several beaches across the island in the upcoming months.

  • NEPA Celebrates National Environmental Awareness Week (NEAW) 2019
    Published Date: May 31, 2019
    / 07 Aug 20 /

    Attention: All News Editors                                                                                          KINGSTON, Jamaica

    (May 31, 2019):

                                                                     NEPA Celebrates National Environmental Awareness Week (NEAW) 2019

    The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) - and other regulatory stakeholders- will celebrate National Environmental Awareness Week (NEAW) from June 2-9, 2019. The theme for the week is, “A Better Environment = A Better Life… Do the Right Thing!”

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    Yallahs-Hope Project Trains Farmers To "Farm Out The Drought"
    Published Date: May 13, 2019
    / 13 May 19 /
    Over 500 farmers in 13 communities in the Yallahs and Hope Rivers Watershed Management Unit (WMUs), in St. Thomas and St. Andrew have been trained in better land management practices to prevent soil erosion, increase crop yields, improve their livelihoods and the quality of water supplied to the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA).