Browsing Knowledge Repository by Subject "Jamaica"
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Assessment of the Economic Impacts of Hurricane Gilbert on Coastal and Marine Resources in Jamaica - CEP Technical Report 04
(1989)This report was originally designed as the first compilation of data and professional opinions on the effects of hurricanes on a wide range of coastal and marine resources in Jamaica. It is intended as a framework for more ... -
Assessment of the Economic Impacts of Hurricane Gilbert on Coastal and Marine Resources in Jamaica. CEP Technical Report No. 4
(Caribbean Environment Programme, 1989)Hurricane Gilbert struck Jamaica on 12th September 1988, causing loss of life and considerable property damage. The Government and the scientific community acted quickly to establish several working groups to assess the ... -
Assessment of the Economic Impacts of Hurricane Gilbert on Coastal and Marine Resources in Jamaica. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 110
(1990)Hurricane Gilbert struck Jamaica on 12th September 1988, causing loss of life and considerable property damage. Government and the scientific community acted quickly to establish several working groups to assess the damage ... -
Charting a New Course for Wastewater Management in the Wider Caribbean Region: GEF CReW’s Journey - CEP Technical Report 94
(2016-05)The proper collection, treatment, and disposal of wastewater is essential to protecting human health as well as to protect the natural environment. The Caribbean Sea Ecosystem Assessment (CARSEA) , 2007, also found that ... -
CityAdapt: Ecosystem-based Adaptation in El Salvador, Mexico & Jamaica 2017-2023 [Factsheet]
(2021)The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region is undergoing urbanization at rates twice the global average. Furthermore, the rapid deforestation in urban areas for farming and agriculture is worsening the impacts of climate ... -
Efficient and Climate Friendly Cooling - [Factsheet]
(2018)The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)'s United for Efficiency and District Energy in Cities initiatives are accelerating the global transition to energy-efficient and climate-friendly cooling. Getting the right ... -
Estado de la Movilidad Eléctrica: América Latina y el Caribe 2019
(2020)Esta es la tercera edición del informe regional sobre movilidad eléctrica en América Latina y el Caribe, para el año 2019, desarrollado por la plataforma MOVE de la Oficina Regional del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para ... -
European Union (EU) Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Project - Jamaica: Final Report and Exit Strategy - CEP Technical Report 79
(2013)This project will contribute further to UNEP‟s Caribbean Environment Programme mandate to develop synergies and to strengthen partnerships including, inter alia; establishment of Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with ... -
Green Economy in the Context of vision 2030: Jamaica
(2015)The purpose of this paper is to support decision makers and leaders from across sectors to use green economy activities to help Jamaica’s Vision 2030 become reality. It builds on the research contained within the Green ... -
Mercury Release Inventory, Waste Storage and Disposal in Jamaica
(2016)Mercury is considered by the World Health Organization (WHO), as one of the top ten chemicals or groups of chemicals of major public health concern. This is primarily because all forms of mercury have been established as ... -
Mercury Release Inventory, Waste Storage and Disposal in Trinidad and Tobago
(2016)Mercury is considered by the World Health Organization (WHO), as one of the top ten chemicals or groups of chemicals of major public health concern. This is primarily because all forms of mercury have been established as ... -
Nature-based Solutions for Wastewater Management: Barriers and Opportunities in the Caribbean
(2021)Wastewater pollution is a serious problem in the Caribbean. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is assessing wastewater management in four island nations—the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Grenada—to understand the ... -
Nutrient Management using Wastewater and Sludge – Jamaica’s Approach
(UNEP, 2013-10)Power Point presentation about the approach used in Jamaica to re-use wastewater and sludge -
Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management (RAPMali) for the Wider Caribbean Region 2014 - CEP Technical Report: 72
(2014)This document provides an update to the 2008 “Marine Litter in the Wider Caribbean: A Regional Overview & Action Plan” (RAPMaLi). The primary action categories addressed in this document include: a) Legislation, Policies ... -
Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan for Jamaica - CEP Technical Report No. 54
(2011)The primary objective of this document is to present a strategy for a national effort to ensure sustained recovery of depleted sea turtle stocks. To reach this objective, the authors of this document, with the assistance ... -
Selected Multilateral Treaties in the Field of the Environment Volume Two
(1991)In the last two decades, the evolution of international environmental law has kept pace with the accelerating momentum of international agreements to protect the environment. -
A Suggested National Soils Policy - Executive Summary
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 1994)The soils policy suggested in this document is meant to be illustrative rather than exhaustive in character, and by no means a substitute for local experience, foresight or prudence. The Suggested National Soils Policy is ... -
A Suggested National Soils Policy for Jamaica
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 1994)The soils policy suggested in this document is meant to be illustrative rather than exhaustive in character, and by no means a substitute for local experience, foresight or prudence. The Suggested National Soils Policy is ... -
Towards a Green Economy in the Caribbean
(2015)This booklet summarizes activities on green economy in the Caribbean -
United Nations Environment Programme Capacity Building and Training Courses - Report for Jamaica
(2018)This report makes reference to the activities carried out during the Capacity Building and Training Course organized for Jamaica in the context of the GEF project entitled "Continuing Regional Support for the POPs Global ...
