The Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust (JCDT)

Title: The Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust (JCDT) Category: Business / Agriculture and Forestry Added on: Apr 4, 2012

The Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust (JCDT)/Green Jamaica is a not-for-profit environmental, non-government organization, was established in 1988 by a group of professionals who recognized that economic development in Jamaica would only be sustained if the natural environment is conserved. JCDT is a membership organization, led by a Board of Directors appointed annually at its Annual General Meeting. The JCDT is the designated NGO responsible for the co-management of the Jamaica’s Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (BJCMNP) along with the Forestry Department and the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA). Over the past 21 years, the organization has been a leading environmental NGO in the areas of environmental education, active protected areas management, community involvement in protected areas management, advocacy and representation of NGO views and interests to advance environmental conservation in Jamaica.