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Jamaica's
Strategic Forest Management Plan - Final Draft |
The Forestry
Department is committed to our mission to manage, protect and conserve
the country’s forest resources, in accordance with national
environment policies, for the
benefit of present and future generations. The management of forests
on a sustainable
basis is essential to protect watersheds, conserve biodiversity, and
to maintain and
increase the economic benefits that forests provide. The Strategic
Forest Management
Plan 2009-2013 underscores the Department’s commitment, as it
articulates the current
state of our forest environment as well as sets targets by which our
performance can be
measured...click
here
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The
publication of the Manual of Dendrology - Jamaica
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The
Forestry Department takes great pleasure in announcing the release
of its landmark publication, Manual of Dendrology - Jamaica.
The sole purpose of the dendrology manual is to provide an easy-to-use
guide to native trees of Jamaica...click here
to know more. |
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Forest
Cover and Deforestation in Jamaica |
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A
paper written by Forestry Department staff and published in the December
2003 issue of International Forestry Review re-examines the issue
of forest cover loss in Jamaica by analysing pre-1990 land use data
together with a detailed study of 1989 and 1998 LANDSAT TM imagery
of the island. The analysis clearly reveals there were fundamental
errors in the data used during the 1990s which characterised Jamaica
as having one of the highest deforestation rates in the world. Read
the full article here >> JA
Forest Cover Change |
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Maps & GIS Data Service
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Data
on Jamaica's forest cover, landuse and geography are available on
maps published using the ArcXML protocol employed by ESRI's ArcIMS
software. A copy of the 1998 Landuse/Cover of Jamaica is now available
for download. Click the link above to download. |
DISCLAIMER!
The Forestry Department (Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Jamaica)
will use its best endeavors to ensure that all news and information provided
on this Web site (www.forestry.gov.jm) is accurate and current. However,
The Forestry Department does not guarantee that all the information provided
here is current and accurate and cannot be held responsible nor liable
for any information provided here which proves to be inaccurate or outdated
in any respect.
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| The Trees for Tomorrow Project
(TFT) was initiated in 1992. Its goal is to improve the management
and conservation of forests and tree crops for the sustainable benefit
of the people of Jamaica...more |
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Dolphin
Head Project |
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proposed Dolphin Head National Park is an area of high botanical
diversity...more |
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