Organization : National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA)
Facility : Jamaica’s Million Tree Challenge
Country : Jamaica
Website : http://nepa.gov.jm/new/services_products/subsites/miltrees2/index.php
NEPA Million Tree Challenge
The Jamaica Million Tree Challenge is a national initiative that encourages Jamaicans to plant a tree to improve the island’s natural biodiversity, green coverage and our overall resilience to the impacts of climate change.
Related : Track Application Online Jamaica National Environment & Planning Agency : www.statusin.org/28783.html
The call to action is a continuation of the ‘Trees for Life’ campaign campaign which was launched in October 2016 by NEPA’s Integrated Management of the Yallahs and Hope River Watershed Management Areas Project (Yallahs Hope Project).
Trees planted may be fruit, ornamental or timber but must be native or suitable to the area’s natural landscape.
The Million tree challenge was launched on May 22, 2017 to commemorate International Day for Biological Diversity and is aimed at planting 1-million trees by June 30, 2019. Registered trees must be planted between January 1, 2016 to June 30, 2019.
The Importance of Trees :
Trees are home to our wildlife, they improve our air and water quality, provide food, oxygen, help stabilize our soil, support economic activities and local livelihoods and among other things – store carbon dioxide which is a contributor to climate change.
Million Tree Partners :
In support of the island’s annual Labour Day activities, and in recognition of the country’s 55 years of independence, which was also being recognized in 2017, the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport became the campaign’s first official Million Tree partner by committing to plant 155,000 trees.
About Us
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) was established in April 2001 as an Executive Agency under the Executive Agencies Act.
NEPA was founded to carry out the technical (functional) and administrative mandate of three statutory bodies “the Natural Resources & Conservation, Authority (NRCA), the Town & Country Planning Authority (TCPA), and the Land Development & Utilisation Commission (LDUC)”.
** Conservation & Protection (Natural Resources Management)
** Environmental Management
** Spatial Planning
** Compliance & Enforcement
** Applications Management
** Public Education
Planning & Development
NEPA role in Development Planning :
Town Planning, Spatial Planning or Urban and Regional Planning is one of the major functional areas of the National Environment and Planning Agency’s (NEPA) mandate. The applications review process, plan preparation and enforcement are important aspects of this functional area of the agency’s role.
The National Spatial Plan, development plans, development orders and other planning documents such as the Investment Manual are critical tools to guide land use planning in Jamaica.
What is a Development Order?
A development order is the legal document used to guide development in the area covered by the order. Currently the Agency is involved in the preparation of the Draft Clarendon Parish Development Order. Several previously drafted Development Orders are currently being reviewed.
National Spatial Plan :
NEPA is currently involved in the preparation of components of the National Spatial Plan. This document will provide the spatial framework for future national development in keeping with Vision 2030 Jamaica National Sustainable Development Plan vision statement to make “Jamaica the place of choice to live, work raise families and do business”
Contact Us :
National Environment and Planning Agency,
10 & 11 Caledonia Avenue,
Kingston 5.
Telephone :(876) 754-7540
Toll Free : 1-888-991-5005
Fax : (876) 754-9575
Email : pubed@nepa.gov.jm