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Five receive JIEP environmental awards

Published:Friday | June 10, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Marcia Creary (third right), president of the Jamaica Institute of Environmental Professionals (JIEP) with the Association’s 10th anniversary awardees, from left: Dr Margaret Jones-Williams, Peter Reeson Award for Service to the JIEP; Eleanor Jones, JIEP Outstanding Environmental Professional Awardee; Diana McCauley, JIEP Environmental Ripple Achievement Awardee; Barry Wade, Lifetime Achievement Awardee and representing Sandals Resorts International, Corporate Awardee, Belinda Nethersole. The awards were presented at the JIEP’s president’s reception and 10th anniversary awards on June 6, at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel.

Issues affecting the development and sustainable use of Jamaica's natural resources and strategies for achieving balance between national development and environmental protection took centre stage at the Jamaica Institute of Environmental Professionals (JIEP) fifth Conference on the Environment, which was titled, 'Balancing National Development and Environmental Protection', from June 6-8 at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel.

The highlight of the conference was the honouring of five distinguished environmental professionals at the president's reception and 10th Anniversary Awards Ceremony on June 6.

Awards were presented as follows: Eleanor Jones: Outstanding Environmental Professional Award; Diana McCauley: Environmental Ripple Award; Dr Barry Wade: Lifetime Award, Sandals Resorts International: Corporate Award, Dr Margaret Jones-Williams: Peter Reeson Award for Service to the JIEP.

Sponsors of the event

The conference saw presentations on a range of related topics. Sponsors of the event, which also included site visits to the Port Royal Biodiversity Centre and the Urban Development Corporation Biosphere Reserve properties in Ocho Rios, included: the University of the West Indies/Environmental Foundation of Jamaica, the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica, the Nature Conservancy, the Forest Conservation Fund, the Urban Development Corporation, United Nations Development Programme, the University of the West Indies, CL Environmental, ECCO Magazine, Spanish Court Hotel, World Resources Institute, Environmental Solutions Limited, the Centre for Marine Sciences, Supreme Ventures Limited, Petrojam, and the National Environment & Planning Agency.