Jamaica hurrying to restore mangroves: Death of a 1000cuts

MINISTER with responsibility for the environment, Senator Matthew Samuda says work to protect mangroves should have started decades ago but because of a lax approach, Government and other stakeholders are scampering to put things in place to restore those that are either dead or dying.

The issue was raised on Thursday during a Jamaica Observer Press Club at the Halse Hall Great House in Clarendon. The Halse Hall Great House is being used as a base for a multi-billion-dollar Mangrove Restoration Project in south Clarendon, which is being run by The University of the West Indies' (The UWI) Solutions for Developing Countries (SODECO).

Mangroves are tropical trees that grow in mud, mostly on the coast, and which have roots that are above ground.

Partners in this project are SCJ Holdings Limited, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), the Ministry of National Security, the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, the Planning Institute of Jamaica, and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

"We haven't done the right things over 50 to 60 years and we don't have 50 or 60 years to correct those mistakes, certainly [not] in [regards to] ensuring environmental, social and economic balance. Jamaica has to go fast and far. We have to find a way to bring people together and bring stakeholders together in a way that this project has done because we have a long way to go and we don't have a lot of time to get there," Samuda warned.

"Many of your 2030 projections by climate scientists and engineers and others are coming through earlier. You'd recall the argument of climate departure made as early as 2013 by some scientists for Kingston and St Andrew. We could have possibly reached that point. With climate departure comes serious issues," he added.

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