Forestry Department Opens New Training Facility

Kingston, July 19, 2010: The Forestry Department, on Monday July 19, 2010, officially opened its new $12.8M training facility. The facility built by the Government with assistance from the Alcoa Foundation is geared at training its staff in forestry and customer service standards. The Agency, which was designated an Executive Agency on May 1 this year, is embarking on a new operation style that is performance based to provide efficient and effective service by well trained customer-focused staff. Forestry Department and JAMALCo have had a long partnership stemming from the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between both organisations in 2002. Although the focus of the MOU is primarily on the rehabilitation of mined out bauxite lands, when Forestry Department was going to construct the building, JAMALCo through the ALCOA Foundation contributed to the effort. Donovan Stanberry, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, praised the Alcoa Foundation for their investment in the project and encouraged, more companies and Jamaican citizens to become partners in forestry. Click on link below to view more images:- FD Training Facility Opening NB: Preferably viewed in MS Internet Explorer 7 or later and Google Chrome. Adode Flash Player is needed to view picture slideshow. If you do not have it, you can download it at the following: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/   For further information: Contact: Public Relations and Corporate Communications Branch Forestry Department 173 Constant Spring Road Kingston 8, Jamaica Call: 924-2667/8; 578-7155 Facsimile: 924-2626 Email: fblack@forestry.gov.jm DISCLAIMER! The Forestry Department (Ministry of Agriculture, Goverment of Jamaica) will use its best endeavours 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accurate and cannot be held responsible nor liable for any information provided here which proves to be inaccurate or outdated in any respect.