Media Releases

  • 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.
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    NEPA Investigating Discolouration Of Outram River In St. Mary
    Published Date: July 29, 2019
    / 14 Jun 20 /

    The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is currently investigating the report of a ‘reddish-pink’ discolouration of the Outram River that runs through Port Maria in St Mary. A joint site visit was conducted by a team from NEPA, the St Mary Municipal Corporation and the St Mary Health Department on July 25, 2019. The team investigated the possible sources of the discolouration and completed ‘ground thruthing’ activities along the corridors of the river aimed at identifying possible anthropogenic (man-made) influences on the river.

  • 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).