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The Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management feels that even though Jamaica is better prepared than before to face disasters, investment in disaster management needs to be continued through infrastructure...
Four communities in Jamaica will benefit from a new Jamaica Community-based Jamaica Landslide Risk Reduction Project according to the Jamaica Observer.'Landslide risk is an incredibly multidisciplinary problem, it's a social problem, it's a technical engineering problem, it's a water problem and a housing problem', said an OPDEM senior director...
The Adaptation Fund Board gave the go-ahead and earmarked US$9.995 million for the implementation of a programme that will enhance the climate resilience of the agriculture sector and improve institutional and local level capacity for sustainable management of the natural resources in disaster risk reduction in Jamaica...
The 30-month Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction project, managed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Planning Institute of Jamaica the (PIOJ), is hoped will increase resilience and reduce risks associated with natural hazards in vulnerable areas...
The Jamaica Observer environmental editor spoke with Jeffrey Spooner, a meteorologist and one of Jamaica's senior climate negotiators, who says that although the outcomes of the recent UNFCCC climate talks weren't all that he'd hoped, 'We had some movement with the low-hanging fruits — adaptation, technology development and transfer, and under finance as well.'...
The Jamaica Observer reports on a new information tool developed by the University of the West Indies, the Natural Hazards Locator System, which aims to help users manage the risk of disasters from earthquakes or other natural hazards...
The Jamaica Observer reports that Dr Barbara Carby will focus on risk management, with an emphasis on risk reduction, which she regards as a critical component of any effort to achieve sustainable development for the region...
A UN environmental expert, Pascal Peduzzi is predicting that several beaches on the western end of Jamaica could disappear within ten years, if no action is taken to protect the environment, citing 'increasing frequency and intensity of disasters, ...resulting in significant social, economic and environmental losses'...
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