The objective of the initiative is to support national development in the areas of climate change and reforestation efforts to increase forest cover and establish high-value urban green spaces for all Jamaicans. The National Tree Planting Initiative, to plant three million trees in three years, was launched by Prime Minister Andrew Holness on October 4, 2019. The initiative couldn't have come at a better time because we are in the hurricane season and the hurricane season is demonstrating to us that we really and truly need to pay close attention to climate change," he continued. "The partnership with the Jamaica Observer and the Forestry Department, really and truly, is an excellent one. So, the preservation of tomorrow is really dependent on what we do today in order for us to benefit from tomorrow," he told the Sunday Observer. There will be no tomorrow if you don't start today. "The initiative is an excellent one, because we have to preserve the future and to preserve the future, we have to start today. Weir later underscored the importance of the project. The Jamaica Observer Junior Study Centre has partnered with the Forestry Department to distribute and plant Poui and Bride of Barbados seedlings at several schools across Jamaica.ĭonald Quarrie principal Talbert Weir was active in the process - from digging holes with a pitch fork with members of his school staff, to weeding. In recognition of the National Tree Planting Initiative, Donald Quarrie High School opened its gates to the Jamaica Observer and the Forestry Department to plant trees on its compound last Friday. Representatves from the Foresty Department, principal of Donald Quarrie High School Talbert Weir, Kesi Asher-Dawkins, editor of educational publication at the Jamaica Observer, and lower school student of Donald Quarrie.
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