Conserving the Environment does not mean no development
An interesting piece from the BBC’s The Green Room given the current debate in Jamaica over raping the Cockpit Country in the hope of mining bauxite – yet another foray into giving away our natural resources at the expense of our Environment and future. For some to say that going into the Cockpit Country is … Read more
Keeping the pressure on
Bahia Principe hotel operators under fire from environmentalists An environmental group is raising more concerns about operations at the Bahia Principe Hotel in Pear Tree Bottom, St. Ann. This time the Northern Jamaica Conservation Association has fears about a white sand beach created by the developers of the property, which opened its doors last week.Executive … Read more
We need to protect our interests…
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061212/lead/lead1.html …so that we don’t get raped of our natural resources yet again. This is a perfect way to initiate significant R&D and utlize the science brains we keep churning out from high school and university but who we continuously lose to U.S. universities & companies. As JCA says, we don’t want to end up … Read more
