CONSERVATION PROJECTS
Save the Jamaican Iguana
The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) and its partner the International Iguana Foundation (IIF) are raising awareness about and helping and protecting the Jamaican Iguana - an important endemic Jamaican species.The Jamaican Iguana (Cyclura collei) is endemic to...
read moreSave Jamaica’s Sea Turtles
The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) has worked with communities in Portland, St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland to monitor sea turtle nesting. Community members and NGOs have been trained in sea turtle biology and monitoring, and received equipment such as headlamps,...
read moreThe Pedro Bank & Cays
The South West Cay Special Fisheries Conservation Area is located on the Pedro Bank, some 90 miles south-west of Jamaica. The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) has provided management, patrol, biological monitoring (fish, coral and birds) and educational services to the...
read moreKeep Marine Mammals Free in the Caribbean Sea
The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) has organized campaigns to resist captive dolphin facilities and whaling across the Caribbean. JET has helped coordinate a number of marine mammal stranding rescues with the help of the Caribbean Veterinary Medicine Association. We...
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