The Minister was addressing the final evaluation workshop of the project on October 2 at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston. Under the initiative, funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Global Environmental Facility (GEF), small grants of up to US$50,000 were provided to community-based and non-governmental organisations, to assist communities in implementing various activities to reduce their vulnerability to the impacts of climate change.
Minister Pickersgill noted that the project has given Jamaica the opportunity to carry out interventions that have made a difference to the communities involved in terms of building resilience, capacity and also livelihood prospects.
He lauded the Glengoffe community, one of several rural area participants, for the commendable way that it conducted its project and the strong sense of voluntarism that emerged. "They have been able to tackle issues to improve the lives of the community and build their resilience to climate change impacts while developing new means of livelihood," the Minister said.
Under the project, the Glengoffe established soil management through contour farming, gully plugging and the use of barrier crops and reforestation with native lumber species to alleviate erosion. It allowed for participants to benefit socially and economically through farming....
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