Jamaica taking steps to address environmental breaches – Minister Pickersgill

MONTEGO BAY – Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, says the Government is strengthening enforcement of environmental laws and has been taking steps to address breaches.

He noted that the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), actively prosecutes offenders through the courts, using the provisions of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) and the Town and Country Planning Authority (TCPA) Acts.

He informed that over the past eight years, court actions have increased thirty-fold, while the use of cessation orders, notices, stop orders and other environmental instruments have seen a 600 per cent increase in enforcement actions.