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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

  • 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.

  • Advisory: Long-spined sea urchin die-off affecting Jamaica
    Published Date: April 26, 2022

    Attention: All News Editors                                             KINGSTON, Jamaica 

    (26 April 2022):

    ADVISORY: LONG-SPINED SEA URCHIN DIE-OFF AFFECTING JAMAICA

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    Environmental Permits issued to Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners II
    Published Date: February 09, 2022

    Attention: All News Editors                                      KINGSTON, Jamaica 

    (9 February 2022):

    ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS ISSUED TO NORANDA JAMAICA BAUXITE PARTNERS II

    The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is reporting that it has prepared and issued two environmental permits to Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners II for the very limited geographical area consisting of 1333 hectares of land in the parish of St. Ann. The permits include the GPS coordinates for the boundaries of the area released.