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 News and Events
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Hundreds participate in Forest Trek 2012
The Forestry Department’s second staging of Forest Trek 2012 was a resounding success with more than 600 persons turning out to participate in the 12 km hike to and from the Cinchona Botanical Gardens in the Blue Mountains.
This year’s staging of the event had a truly international flavor with participants hailing from Asia, North America, Central America, Europe and the Caribbean.
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Smithfield Community partners with Forestry Department to manage forest
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More communities islandwide are signing up to co-manage the forest resources in their area through the establishment of partnerships with the Forestry Department.
On Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at the Cascade Complex, Smithfield in Hanover became the eleventh community to enter into such a partnership with the Agency with the official launch of a Local Forest Management Committee (LFMC) in the community. Five additional LFMCs are expected be launched in the coming financial year.
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Constitution Hill and Dallas Castle get Local Forest Management Committees
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The government has reaffirmed its commitment to the sustainable use and preservation of the environment as it seeks to improve the standard of living and quality of life for all Jamaicans.
Hon. Robert Pickersgill, Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, stated the Government's commitment while speaking at the launch of the Dallas Castle and Constitution Hill Local Forest Management Committees (LFMCs). Both LFMCs were established by the Forestry Department in collaboration with the and the launch was held recently at the Rehoboth Apostolic Church in Lindo's Gap, St. Andrew.
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FAO to Fund review of Forest Policy
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The Forestry Department has embarked on an initiative to amend Jamaica’s 2001 Forest Policy and the 1996 Forest Act with funding from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations.
The support to amend the forest sector policy and legal framework was guaranteed when a letter of Agreement (LOA) between the Forestry Department and the FAO was signed on October 8, 2010 Rome, Italy. Read more
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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 2010-2014 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
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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 |
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 here for more on how to download. |
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