Archived Media Releases

2019 Media Releases

December 6, 2019
Government Maintaining Ban On Expanded Polystyrene Foam Products
November 28, 2019
NEPA Launches National School Environmental Club Programme
October 2, 2019
NEPA To Host CSEC Seminars For Students Across Jamaica
September 27, 2019
Avoid Crocodile Habitats During Heavy Rains
September 20, 2019
NEPA And UDC Cleaning Jamaica One Beach At A Time
August 27, 2019
Environmental Impact Assessment For SML 173 Not Ready For Public Consultation
August 22, 2019
NEPA Briefs Municipal Corporations On Proposed Cockpit Country Protected Area
August 21, 2019
NEPA Drives Youth Empowerment In Trelawny
August 19, 2019
Outram River Discolouration Confirmed As Red Tide
July 30, 2019
Game Bird Hunting Season Begins Saturday August 17 2019
July 30, 2019
NEPA Discusses Development Approvals With New Kingston Residents
July 29, 2019
NEPA Investigating Discolouration Of Outram River In St. Mary
May 13, 2019
Yallahs-Hope Project Trains Farmers To "Farm Out The Drought"

2018 Media Releases

September 26, 2018
Sewerage Network In Seaview Gardens Repaired
September 20, 2018
National Council On Ocean And Coastal Zone Management
September 17, 2018
Advisory: Damaged Sewerage Network in Seaview Gardens
September 14, 2018
UDC And NEPA Partner To Clean-Up Hellshire Bay, St Catherine
September 14, 2018
Avoid Crocodile Habitats During Heavy Rains
August 3, 2018
NEPA Warns Against Illegal Waste Discharge
August 2, 2018
Turtle Killers Arrested And Charged
March 9, 2018
Minister Vaz Calls For Zero Tolerance To Address Air Quality Challenges In Riverton And Surrounding Areas

2017 Media Releases

December 1, 2017
NRCA/NEPA Announce Compliance Drive For Non-Compliant Business Operators
October 06, 2017
NEPA Staff To Be Trained At Regional Coral Reef Workshop In Jamaica, October 10-14, 2017
September 21, 2017
2017 Game Bird Shooting Season Ends September 24
September 15, 2017
NEPA Secures Six Convictions For Breaches Of Beach Control Act
September 15, 2017
Guilty Of Overshooting During The Bird Shooting Season
August 30, 2017
Excessive Seaweed Poses No Threat To Environment
August 24, 2017
Scores Of Police Officers Trained For 2017 Bird Shooting Season Which Is Now Underway
August 24, 2017
Do Not Shoot Protected Birds
August 15, 2017
NEPA successfully secures the conviction of Wataland for environmental breach
August 10, 2017
Polluter Fined Under The Wild Life Protection Act
August 2, 2017
2017 Game Bird Shooting Season To Open August 19
July 19, 2017
Oil Spill In The Vicinity Of Petrojam, Kingston Harbour
July 14, 2017
Crude Oil Spill On North South Highway Is Contained
May 16, 2017
Avoid Crocodile Habitats During Heavy Rains - NEPA
April 19, 2017
Celebrating The Earth Every Day
January 25, 2017
NEPA Satisfied With Black River Oil Spill Cleanup Efforts

2016 Media Releases

December 29, 2016
Update On Oil Spill In Kingston Harbour
September 16, 2016
NEPA Pushes For Responsible Waste Disposal For ICCD
August 12, 2016
NEPA Encourages Stakeholder Participation In Preparing New Portmore Development Order
August 8, 2016
2016 Game Bird Shooting Season To Open On August 20
July 25, 2016
NEPA Pushes Go Green Message At Denbigh 2016
July 1, 2016
NEPA Launches Public Education Initiative To Promote The Use Of Re-usable Bags
June 30, 2016
Hawksbill Turtle Slayer Fined
June 21, 2016
NEPA Reinstates MOU With WRA And MOH For Water Quality Management
June 7, 2016
NEPA Says Crab Migration In St. Thomas Is A Natural Event
June 4, 2016
World Environment Day Focuses On Endemic Species
April 27, 2016
NEPA Supports Dialogue On The Reduction In The Use Of Plastics And Styrofoam In Jamaica
April 19, 2016
NEPA Promotes "No Styrofoam Day"
March 10, 2016
NEPA Names Winners Of World Wetlands Day Photography Competition
March 3, 2016
Customs Has New Tool In Fight Against Illegal Wildlife Trafficking
February 29, 2016
NEPA Urges Public To Give Feedback On Protected Area Management Plans
January 26, 2016
NEPA Calls For Entries In World Wetlands Day Photography Competition

2015 Media Releases

December 17, 2015
NEPA Bird Education Programme Takes Flight
November 20, 2015
Jamaica Hosts Wastewater Management Workshop
November 6, 2015
New Development Orders For Kingston & St. Andrew Offer Incentives To Developers
October 12, 2015
Hawksbill Turtle Slayer Brought Before The Court
September 28, 2015
NEPA CEO Meets With Delegation On Mining In Cockpit Country
September 22, 2015
NEPA Investigates Incident Of Slaughtered Hawksbill Turtle
September 17, 2015
NEPA & UDC Push For Adoption Of Beaches
September 11, 2015
NEPA Urges Jamaicans To Practice Better Sun Habits To Prevent Skin And Eye Damage
September 10, 2015
NEPA Engages Children In Summer Camp
August 13, 2015
2015 Game Bird Shooting Season To Open August 22, 2015
August 12, 2015
NEPA And Seal Sprayed Solutions Partner To Protect The Environment
August 11, 2015
Excessive Seaweed Poses No Threat To The Environment
August 10, 2015
Bird Shooting Season Remains Closed
June 25, 2015
NEPA Working To Resolve Crocodile Menace In Bridgeport Canal, Portmore, St.Catherine
June 16, 2015
NEPA Serves Warning Notice On Digicel
June 5, 2015
NEPA Celebrates World Ocean Day With Palisadoes Clean-Up
May 28, 2015
Rural High Schools Cop World Environment Day Poetry Competition
May 22, 2015
Jamaicans Selected For International Coral Reef Management Fellowship
March 30, 2015
NEPA Serves Wray And Nephew's Appleton Estate Enforcement Notice
March 30, 2015
NEPA Investigates Fish Kill In Portmore
March 27, 2015
NEPA takes enforcement action against a Permanent Secretary and the Commissioner of Lands on Pedro Cays
February 16, 2015
Don't Capture Sea Turtles
February 2, 2015
World Wetlands Day To Focus On Fisheries
January 23, 2015
NEPA Urges Public Not To Capture Crocodiles!
January 8, 2015
NEPA Spreads Christmas Cheer To Best Care Children's Home

2014 Media Releases

December 29, 2014
NEPA Trains St. Mary Police in Environmental Laws
December 16, 2014
Do Not Buy Protected Species As Christmas Gifts- NEPA
December 16, 2014
Breakwaters Approved For Negril
December 8, 2014
NEPA Partners With Mico Primary & Junior High School On Vegetable Garden Project
December 4, 2014
NEPA Advises On Proper Method For Removing Excessive Seaweed From Beaches
November 15, 2014
NEPA's Investigations Dismiss Reports Of Oil Spill In Kingston Harbour
November 6, 2014
NEPA Attributes Strong Odour In Corporate Area To Yallahs Pond
November 4, 2014
"Equality In The City" - NEPA Urges Planning For The Poor, Rich And The Most Vulnerable
October 15, 2014
Jamaica's Biodiversity To Guide Development And Help To Reduce Poverty
October 3, 2014
Focus On Watersheds On National Wood And Water Day - NEPA
October 2, 2014
Tots Turn The Tide On Trash At Hellshire Bay
September 19, 2014
2014 Game Bird Hunting Season To Close Two Charged With Breaches of the Wild Life Protection Act
September 10, 2014
NEPA Partners With UDC To Clean-Up Hellshire Bay
September 10, 2014
Two Prosecuted Under Wild Life Protection Act During Game Bird Hunting Season
September 8, 2014
NEPA Partners With Libraries To Host Environmental Awareness Summer Programme
September 3, 2014
NEPA Investigates Pollution Incidents
August 18, 2014
NEPA Trains Jamaica Constabulary Force Marine Police In Environmental Laws
August 14, 2014
Look Out For Bald Pate With Tracking Device-NEPA
August 14, 2014
2014 Game Bird Hunting Season To Open On August 16
July 30, 2014
NEPA To Focus On Drought Mitigation At Denbigh 201
June 19, 2014
NEPA Says Alumina Hydrate Safely Removed From The Salt River
June 17, 2014
NEPA Analyzes Water Sample To Determine Impact Of Chemical On The Salt River
June 16, 2014
Windalco Truck Overturns - NEPA Warns Of Possible Spillage In Salt River, Clarendon
June 9, 2014
Savanna-La-Mar Primary Wins World Environment Day Debate Competition
June 3, 2014
Children To Take Centrestage On World Environment Day
May 8, 2014
NEPA Warns Against Dynamiting To Catch Fish
April 22, 2014
Boston Bay Beach Closed For Refurbishment
April 22, 2014
NEPA Serves Enforcement Notices On NSWMA & Jamaica North South Highway Company Ltd
April 16, 2014
NEPA Builds Strong Framework To Protect Jamaica's Biodiversity
April 16, 2014
NEPA Clamps Down On Phil's Incoporated
March 19, 2014
NEPA Signs MoU With UTech
March 18, 2014
Negril Renews Fight Against The Lionfish
March 18, 2014
NSWMA Receives Environmental Permits To Operate Riverton Disposal Site
February 28, 2014
NEPA Ramps Up Public Environmental Awareness in St. Thomas
February 12, 2014
NEPA Urges Renewal Of Beach Licence
February 5, 2014
NEPA & PAHO Encourage Reduction in Industrial Pollution
January 28, 2014
New Development Orders Address Age-Old Problems Within Urban Centres
January 22, 2014
NEPA Renews Call For Comments On Development Orders
January 13, 2014
Eight Protected Areas to Receive Management and Business Plans
January 6, 2014
New Wastewater and Sludge Regulations Strengthen Environmental Protection

2013 Media Releases

December 17, 2013
NEPA Improves Enforcement Actions in 2013
December 16, 2013
Selling Endangered Species Is Illegal, Says NEPA
December 12, 2013
NEPA Helps Spear-Fishers to Start Alternative Business
December 4, 2013
Stakeholders to Submit Recommendations to Simplify the Development Approval Process
November 22, 2013
NEPA Hosts Wastewater Consultations
November 15 , 2013
NEPA Strengthens Presence in Negril
November 7, 2013
World Town Planning Day Focuses on Water
October 9, 2013
NEPA Investigating Reports of Crocodiles Being Eaten
October 3 , 2013
NEPA to Observe National Wood and Water Day
September 29, 2013
Game Bird Hunting Season Ends 29 September 2013
September 26, 2013
Jamaica to Host Meeting of Latin American and Caribbean Ozone Officers
September 17, 2013
Update on Odour Across the Corporate Area
September 13, 2013
Hellshire Coast Being Strengthened Against Storm Surges
September 13, 2013
Stakeholder Consultation to Develop Pet Trade Toolkit
September 11, 2013
Sewage Odour Across the City
June 12, 2013
Beware of Crocodiles while Crab hunting
April 3, 2013
NEPA goes cashless for 2013 Lifeguard Examinations
March 12, 2013
Pollution Incident, Central Sorting Office
MArch 1, 2013
NEPA warns the public not to harass nesting crocodiles
February 12, 2013
NEPA reminds the public that killing Crocodiles is illegal
January 30, 2013
Jamaica Reducing Ozone Depleting Substances
January 28, 2013
JET Increases Participation in School Environment Programme (SEP) with NRCA Support
January 17, 2013
NEPA responds to oil tanker spill in Montego Bay… assessing impact of petroleum on the environment

2012 Media Releases

December 28, 2012
Final Reminder to Submit 2012 Hunting Season Report by 31 December 2012
December 28, 2012
Duck Hunting is Illegal says NEPA
November 27, 2012
Statement from Dr.the Hon. Omar Davies Re: Highway 2000 North-South Link
October 29, 2012
No Open Burning of Debris says NEPA
October 11, 2012
NEPA Takes Aggressive Enforcement Actions in 2012
October 5, 2012
National Wood and Water Day…Focus on reforestation (planting of timber trees) in Watersheds
September 11, 2012
Algae Bloom in the Kingston Harbour…no cause for alarm says NEPA
August 17, 2012
2012 Game Bird Hunting Season opens tomorrow Saturday, August 18 absolutely no shooting in Game and Forest Reserves says NEPA
July 26, 2012
2012 Game Bird Shooting Season to open on August 18
July 20, 2012
NEPA serves summons on NSWMA
July 18, 2012
NEPA to serve Enforcement Notice on Windalco
July 6, 2012
Man faces Court for breaching Wild Life Protection Act: NEPA remains tough on breaches!
July 5, 2012
Stonebrook Vista Developers complying with conditions of NRCA Permit – NEPA
July 3, 2012
Dynamiting possible cause of May fish kill in South Negril River
May 11, 2012
NEPA successfully prosecutes environmental breaches in Westmoreland
May 10, 2012
Fish kill reported in South Negril River
April 3, 2012
NEPA warns against out-of-season bird shooting
March 26, 2012
Public asked to desist from injuring owls which are protected under the Wild Life Protection Act
March 13, 2012
NEPA Serves Cessation Order against Clarendon Distillers Limited
March 12, 2012
Rosedale Sewage Treatment Facility in St James pollutes Spot Valley River/new/media_centre/press_releases/releases.NEPA warns nearby communities not to use river
February 14, 2012
No Burning in Kingston says NEPA
February 14, 2012
NEPA successfully prosecutes environmental breaches in Portland
February 13, 2012
NEPA successfully prosecutes environmental breaches…fines amounting to $100,000 imposed
February 8, 2012
Fire at Riverton City Solid Waste Dump
February 2, 2012
NEPA responds to pollution incident in South Negril River, Westmoreland

2011 Media Releases

December 13, 2011
NRCA/NEPA responds to concerns over illegal export of endemic parrots
December 12, 2011
NEPA and UNDP partner to launch State of the Environment and Human Development Reports
December 7, 2011
Jamaica to request return of endemic parrots…confirmation being sought to verify species and numbers
November 30, 2011
Jamaica to host Fifth Pan-American Regional Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention)
October 25, 2011
NEPA to take further action against the Proprietors of Darlington Court
October 13, 2011
Supreme Court Rules that NRCA & NEPA Did Not Breach Statutory Duty in Palisadoes Case
October 11, 2011
NEPA prepares to launch State of the Environment Report in November
October 11, 2011
NEPA to increase surveillance in Galleon Harbour, St Elizabeth to address upsurge in sea turtle poaching
October 10, 2011
Two men charged for possession of turtle shell and meat in St Ann
September 30, 2011
No permission given to clear mangroves in St Thomas - NEPA
September 16, 2011
NEPA and JCDT sign new MOU…two motorcycles to be used to monitor Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park
September 16, 2011
September 16 is International Ozone Day…Jamaica makes plans for phasing out HCFCs starting 2013
September 15, 2011
Jamaica celebrates International Coastal Clean-up Day on September 17… NEPA partners with UDC, schools and corporate entities to clean-up coasts
August 24, 2011
Hunter Caught with Protected Birds
August 15, 2011
NEPA serves NWA with Warning Notice for unapproved work at Palisadoes
August 11, 2011
2011 Game Bird Hunting Season Opens on August 20
August 8, 2011
NEPA takes WINDALCO to Court for July 29 pollution incident
August 3, 2011
NEPA Takes Enforcement Action against WINDALCO
July 27, 2011
NEPA reviews options for safe storage of sodium cyanide from inactive gold mining site
July 27, 2011
NEPA Implementing Watershed Area Management Mechanism (WAMM)
July 25, 2011
NEPA successful with enforcement action in Blue Lagoon breaches
July 15, 2011
Preliminary Work Began at Inactive Gold Mining site in Clarendon: NEPA
July 13, 2011
Gold mining site at Pennants, Clarendon declared restricted area
July 11, 2011
NEPA completes preliminary investigation at Pennants, Clarendon
July 11, 2011
NEPA responds to report about possible hazardous substance leak in Pennant, Clarendon
July 8, 2011
NEPA’s responsibility for the regulations of Bauxite Processing Facilities in Jamaica
June 13, 2011
Jamaican Environmentalists review Caribbean Invasive Species Strategy
June 5, 2011
Crocodile Alert
May 19, 2011
NRCA/NEPA files affidavit in court in response to JET’s request for judicial review of Palisadoes shoreline works
April 28, 2011
NEPA warns the public to avoid crocodile nesting areas… Crocodiles are wild animals and must be avoided
April 5, 2011
NEPA serves Breach Notice against Clarendon Distillery for release of Dunder into Rio Minho River…dunder may be the possible cause of the fish kill
April 4, 2011
NEPA warns the public not to feed or harass nesting crocodiles in Hellshire…crocodiles can be extremely aggressive when nesting
March 30, 2011
Beach Licences Expire by March 31, 2011…NEPA encourages licencees to take steps to renew
March 23, 2011
NEPA to provide technical support for new MOU between NRCA and Negril NGOs… Negril Marine Park to benefit from partnership
February 25, 2011
NEPA and UWI sign MOU
February 18, 2011
NEPA Take Legal Action Against Hill Crest Villas for Illegal Beach Operations
February 9, 2011
NEPA Hosts Inception Workshop for Protected Areas Project
February 1, 2011
World Wetlands Day is Wednesday, February 2, 2011
January 20, 2011
NEPA hosts first Visual Emission Observer Training in Jamaica
January 18, 2011
NEPA Honours IYB Photographic Competition Winners
January 7, 2011
NEPA serves NWC with Enforcement Notice for Polluting the Kingston Harbour
January 3, 2011
Enforcement Notice for Polluting the Kingston Harbour
January 1, 2011
NEPA Identifies Cause of Pollution in the Kingston Harbour