NAME OF FEATURE | THE GLEANER | MONDAY, MAY 30, 2022 9 JAMAICA T 60: TR L WNY Paul H. Williams/Gleaner Writer THE FORESTRYDepartment (FD) is agovernment agency responsible for the management and conservationof the country’s forest resources. Its functions aremandatedunder the1996Forest Act, and are aimed at managing forests on a sustainable basis to maintain and increase the environmental services and economic benefits they provide. It consists of two branches (public relations and corporate communications, and information and communication technology) and four divisions (legal and enforcement, corporate services, forest science and technology service, and forest operations).The latter consists of two zones, Eastern (St Mary, Portland, Kingston, St Andrew, StThomas, St Catherine and Clarendon) and Western (Hanover, St James, St Ann,Westmoreland, St Elizabeth, Manchester andTrelawny). And, recently, TheGleaner chanceduponamonthly meeting that the FD was having with the South East Cockpit Country Local ForestManagement Benevolent Society in the district of Troy in southern Trelawny. We were told the FD collaborate with schools to hold climate-smart training session to encourage young people in high school to learn about sustainable Alda-Unice McNish, treasurer of Local Forest Management Committee Benevolent Society (ILFMC), shows her skills in sewing to the other members of the LFMC South-East Cockpit Country, during a meeting earlier this month in Troy, Trelawny. The LFMC initiative is to educate the youth of Troy, Trelawny, in farming and craft making. NICHOLAS NUNES/PHOTOGRAPHER Forestry Dept executes its mandate in Trelawny PLEASE SEE FORESTRY, 11 jamaica at
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