Job Opening
	LOCAL FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN CONSULTANT:The Northern Rio Minho Local Forest Management Committee (NRMLFMC) is seeking to recruit a highly motivated professional/s toprepare a Local Forest Management Plan for the Bull Head Forest Reserve....more
Forest Conservation Fund - Forms
	All existing applicants who were approved for funding in the 2007 call, Disbursement and Quarterly Reporting forms are now available. Click Forms.zip for download. To know more information on these forms, write to the FCF Secretariat.
The publication of the Manual of Dendrology - Jamaica
	The Forestry Department takes great pleasure in announcing the release of its landmark publication, Manual of Dendrology - Jamaica. The sole purpose of the dendrology manual is to provide an easy-to-use guide to native trees of Jamaica...click here to know more.
Forest Cover and Deforestation in Jamaica
	A paper written by Forestry Department staff and published in the December 2003 issue of International Forestry Review re-examines the issue of forest cover loss in Jamaica by analysing pre-1990 land use data together with a detailed study of 1989 and 1998 LANDSAT TM imagery of the island. The analysis clearly reveals there were fundamental errors in the data used during the 1990s which characterised Jamaica as having one of the highest deforestation rates in the world. Read the full article here >> JA Forest Cover Change
Maps & GIS Data Service

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