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  • Game Bird
    Game Bird Hunting Season opened on Saturday 20 August 2022
    Published Date: August 24, 2022

    MEDIA RELEASE

    Attention: All News Editors                                                     

    15 August 2022

    Kingston, Jamaica

    GAME BIRD HUNTING SEASON OPENS SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2022

    The 2022 game bird hunting season is declared to open on Saturday 20 August 2022. The season closes on Sunday 25 September 2022.

  • Mangroves
    450 Mangroves saplings replanted along the Palisadoes strip to support ecosystem restoration
    Published Date: June 24, 2022

    Attention: All News Editors                      

    KINGSTON, Jamaica

    24 June 2022

     

  • Jamaica Zoo to be closed to the public for breaches of the environmental permit
    Published Date: June 01, 2022

     

    The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) / has issued a Notice of Intention to Suspend to Jamaica Zoo Attractions Limited  Environmental Permit No. 2016-11017-EP00004 for the operation of a zoo. The Zoo is therefore ordered closed to the public effective 1 June 2022 until the company complies with the conditions sited in the Notice.

  • NEPA Media Release NEPA investigating possible fish kill in Dawkins Pen
    Published Date: June 10, 2022

     

    KINGSTON , Jamaica

    Attention: All News Editors                                            

    (10 June 2020):

     

    ADVISORY: NEPA INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE FISH KILL IN DAWKINS PEN, KINGSTON HARBOUR

    The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) received reports of a fish kill within the Kingston Harbour in the vicinity of the mouth of the Dawkins Pond in the Port Henderson area. The report was received at approximately 9:30 am on Friday, 10 June 2022.

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    NEPA Advises of "New Normal' Sargassum
    Published Date: June 10, 2022

     

    KINGSTON, Jamaica

    Attention: All News Editors                                            

    10 June 2022

    NEPA ADVISES OF ‘NEW NORMAL’ SARGASSUM