The Forestry Department and St Patricks’ Rangers gather for a photo after cleaning up the Old Harbour public beach in St Catherine on International Coastal Cleanup Day, Saturday, September 21, 2024.
Michael Gordon, chairman of the Emergency Service Section of the Jamaica Red Cross (left), works with Forestry Department volunteers, including (from second left) Shanieka Mighten, forest technician; Ainsley A. Henry, CEO & conservator of Forests; Renee Richards, communications consultant for the Jamaica Mangroves Plus Project; and Larson Higgins to collect waste littering mangroves along the Old Harbour public beach in St Catherine on International Coastal Cleanup Day on September 21, 2024.
As Jamaicans celebrated International Coastal Cleanup Day this year, a team from the Forestry Department was among those out in their numbers to help address the prevailing pollution problem.
