Hotel and Resort: Hotel Mockingbird Hill
Address: Hotel Mocking Bird Hill – Port Antonio – Jamaica
e-mail: info@hotelmockingbirdhill.com
Website: http://www.hotelmockingbirdhill.com
“Hotel Mockingbird Hill is Jamaica’s No 1 Eco hotel. Set on a hilltop on Jamaica’s northeast coast between the majestic Blue Mountains and the Caribbean Sea, Hotel Mockingbird Hill is Jamaica’s foremost ‘green’ hotel minutes from the most romantic Frenchman’s Cove Beach.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A6bqT7YutE
Non-profit organization
C-CAM Caribbean Costal Area Management Foundation
“C-CAM is a non-profit organization promoting conservation and sustainable development of coastal Jamaica, while also working on improving the quality of life of residents. Since 1998, they’ve focused their efforts on the conservation of Jamaica dry forests in the Portland Bight Protected Area at the south of the Island, which is Jamaica’s largest protected area.”
Their programs include:
– Biodiversity Conservation
– Dry Forest Conservation
– Jamaican Iguana Conservation
– Caves Conservation
– Fisheries Management
– Management of Forest Recources
– Columbid Gamebirds Management
– Watershed Management
– Climate Change Adaptation
More information at: http://www.ccam.org.jm/
Non-governmental organization
The Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust (JCDT)
Address: 29 Dumbarton Avenue, Kingston 10, Jamaica W. I.
Telephone: 876-960-2848-9
Website: http://www.jcdt.org.jm/index.php
JCDT registered as a charity in 1988. The organization was established by a group of professionals who recognized that economic development in Jamaica will only be sustained if the natural environment is conserved. To promote environmental conservation and sustainable development, with particular emphasis on the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, for the benefit of Jamaica and our people.
Goals (as per Strategic Plan 2010 – 2014):
- Protect and conserve the natural and cultural heritage resources of the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park
- Jamaicans understand the importance of, and are practicing sustainable use of their natural resources in their daily lives
- Jamaicans recognize the importance of the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park as a national asset.
- To enhance the public profile of JCDT
- Improve and maintain an efficiently and effectively managed organisation
- Become financially sustainable within five years.
Northern Jamaica Conservation Association (NGO)
Mailing Address: Sevenoaks, PO Box 212, Runaway Bay, Saint Ann, Jamaica
Telephone: 876-973-4305
E-mail: NJCA@cwjamaica.com
Website: http://n-j-c-a.yolasite.com
NJCA is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation dedicated to the conservation of natural and cultural resources in Jamaica, through education, advocacy and environmental conservation activities.Northern Jamaica Conservation Association (NJCA) is based in Runaway Bay, Jamaica. Founded in 1989, NJCA is registered under the Companies Act of Jamaica as a Limited Liability Company without share capital, governed by a Board of Directors elected by the members – over 200 individuals and organisations.
NJCA helps to facilitate community involvement in environmental monitoring and reporting, wildlife rescue and rehabilitation, environmental education, advocacy, and conservation action.
The Seven Oaks Sanctuary for Wildlife (SOS-Wildlife) is a focal point for NJCA’s efforts to protect rare and endangered species and their habitats. The sanctuary is a volunteer-operated facility that rescues, receives and cares for threatened, endemic Jamaican parrots and other species.
Their mission is the protection and wise use of natural and cultural resources in Jamaica, through education, advocacy and environmental conservation activities.
Jamaica Environment Trust
Address: 58 Half Way Tree Road, Kingston 10, Jamaica W.I.
Telephone: (876) 960-3693 (876) 906-9783 (876) 906-9385
E-mail: jamentrust@cwjamaica.com
Website: http://www.jamentrust.org/index.php
The Jamaica Environment Trust is a non-profit, non-governmental membership organization operating in the island of Jamaica. JET was formed in 1991 and our main focus is environmental education and advocacy. JET operate Jamaica’s largest environmental education program, the Schools Environment Programme, which has been in continuous operation since 1997. JET deliver a legal programme, providing legal advice to communities affected by environmental issues, and we conduct campaigns to protect specific natural resources. JET also organizes field trips; environmental events and an annual beach clean up.
JET vision is as members of a regional and international community, Jamaicans are knowledgeable and concerned about the environment and this is reflected in their lifestyles and behaviour, environmental issues are given high priority and are an integral part of national development objectives, and natural areas are valued, protected and properly managed. JET intends to build a highly successful, action-oriented environmental non-profit, non-governmental organization to play our part in achieving this vision.
This 11 minute video produced by the The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) is a must watch if you are at all interested in the protection of our environment and the responsible development of our tourist industry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Houc0PgAQCQ
Non-profit organization
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
WWF Secretariat – WWF International, Gland
Av. du Mont-Blanc 1196 Gland – Switzerland
+41 22 364 91 11 – +41 22 364 88 36
The WWF was founded in 1961 as a non-profit foundation. It focuses on preserving biodiversity and reducing the anthropogenic ecological footprint. Their ultimate goal is to completely preserve “the integrity of the most outstanding natural places on Earth” and insure “humanity’s global footprint stays within the Earth’s capacity to sustain life and the natural resources of our planet are shared equitably” by 2050. They operate through “innovative partnerships that combine on-the-ground conservation, high-level policy and advocacy, and work to make business & industry more sustainable.”
As of now, They have distinguished Jamaica to be in Critical/Endangered ecological status. Jamaica has a protected area network with 40 parks and reserves, however, these are largely unmanaged, unmonitored, and neither hunting nor habitat encroachment are effectively controlled
The WWF is a non-profit, so any contribution greatly benefits their continuation in leading the global movement for a sustainable and ecologically responsible future. Please consider donating to support them: http://wwf.panda.org/how_you_can_help/support_wwf/donate/
Education: The University of the West Indies, Mona (UWI)
Address: The University of the West Indies
Mona Campus – Mona – Jamaica W.I.
Telephone: (876) 927-1660-9
Website: http://www.mona.uwi.edu
The University of the West Indies plants the first legal ganja tree. UWI campus offers world-class, accredited higher education programmes to Jamaica, the region and the globe. We engage in research and development designed to support the social and economic growth of the Caribbean region, the provision of community service, and the enrichment of the academic. The University of the West Indies (UWI) has planted a ganja plant in the Agora Gardens at the Faculty of Medical Sciences Teaching and Research. As the country takes its first step towards becoming the region’s prime producer of medical marijuana, following the recent legislation changes, the UWI is securing its position as the pioneer and centre of excellence in legally cultivating and researching the benefits of the drug.The UWI and Jamaica’s University of Technology (UTech) are now licensed to grow ganja for research purposes. The UWI will be able to contract farming of cannabis outside of the Mona campus to small holders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZboWmbe_tk
JAMAICAN DRY FOREST 