Legislation
JAMAICAN LEGISLATION RELATED TO BIODIVERSITY, ITS CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
| STATUTE | COMMENT | ADMINISTERING BODY |
| National Environment and Planning Agency | ||
| The Wildlife Protection Act 1945 | Ammendment order of August 1998 | National Environment and Planning Agency |
| National Environment and Planning Agency | ||
| National Environment and Planning Agency | ||
| Revised from 1937 | Forestry Department | |
| New Fishing Act is forthcoming | Fisheries Division | |
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(replaced the Underground Water Authority) |
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| Town & Country Planning Act 1958 | Town Planning Department | |
| Litter Act 1986 | Parish Councils/ Ministry of Local Government | |
| Public Health Act 1988 | Environmental Control Division | |
| Urban Development Corporation Act 1968 | Urban Development Corporation | |
| Plant Quarantine Act (1993) |
Ammended in 1997 to cover the importation of genetically modified organisms for experimental use only. |
Plant Quarantine Division, Ministry of Agriculture |
| Ammended in 1961 | Veterinary Division, Ministry of Agriculture | |
| Jamaica National Heritage Trust Act |
International Environmental Conventions & Treaties
(Source: Towards a National Strategy and Action Plan on Biological Diversity in Jamaica – July 2003)
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CONVENTION / TREATY |
JAMAICA’S STATUS |
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Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) |
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Convention of Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitats (Ramsar Convention) |
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International Plant Protection Convention |
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Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas |
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Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention) |
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Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife to the Cartagena Convention |
Signatory: 18 January, 1990. |
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Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (as amended) |
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International Convention on the Prevention of Pollution from Ships |
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Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction |
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Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and other weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea Bed and the Ocean Floor and the Subsoil thereof |
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Treaty banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Underwater |
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Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage |
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Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, Bonn 1979 |