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Bee Farmer Weighs In On Climate Change
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A BEE farmer for some 15 years, Florizel Thompson is well aware of the potentially devastating impact of climate change on his profession.
"With the large-scale cutting down of trees for charcoal, you have less flowering. Then, because of the less flowering, you have less pollination for people who plant pumpkin and other stuff who depend heavily on pollination. So less bees, less pollination. Less trees, less bees," he said in summing up the issue.
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Group Pushes Rainwater Harvesting Project
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Rainwater harvesting, a strategy used by Jamaicans over many decades, especially in rural Jamaica, to ensure adequate supply of water for domestic and agricultural purposes, is being promoted on a wider scale by the Caribbean Coastal Area Management (C-CAM) Foundation, as it seeks to educate Jamaicans about adaptable and alternative livelihoods in the face of climate change.
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A Bight Without A Boat
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Having signed an agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries in December 2010 to manage three fish sanctuaries within Portland Bight, Jamaica's largest environmental conservation area, the Caribbean Coastal Area Management (C-CAM) Foundation is still not equipped to carry out its mandate effectively.
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No-Fishing Zones Established Under Marine-Protection MOU
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The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and seven state and non-governmental bodies signed an agreement last Thursday for the management and protection of the country's marine resources. The agreement institutes a ban on fishing in some coastal communities.
Under the new partnership, the ministry will invest $23 million in the sanctuaries up to the end of this fiscal year.
