This document provides a summary of the launch of a biodiversity awareness programme at Chandler's Pen Primary and Junior High School in Clarendon, Jamaica. There were welcoming remarks from the school principal and representatives from the Institute of Jamaica, Ministry of Water, Land, Environment, and Clarendon Parish Council. Students performed poems and songs. A biodiversity center was unveiled with remarks from program partners Natural History Museum of Jamaica, TransJamaica Highway, and Jamaica Infrastructure Operator Ltd. The event concluded with viewing of the new biodiversity center and native garden.

1. A Photo Report
of the
Launch of a Jamaican Government – Private
Sector
Biodiversity Awareness Programme
at Chandler’s Pen Primary and Junior High
School
in Chateau, Clarendon
Jamaica
Friday June 8, 2012
Suzanne Davis, Ph.D.
Jamaica Clearing-House Mechanism
Natural History Museum of Jamaica, Institute of Jamaica ©2012

2. Welcome to Chandler’s Pen Primary & Junior High School

3. Chairman for the Outdoor Launch
Mr. Vivian Crawford, Executive Director, Institute of Jamaica

4. Greetings from the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment
Dr. Alwin Hales, Director General

5. Speech Item: “What Biodiversity means to me”
Winner of the School’s Environmental Club Essay Competition

6. Greetings from the Clarendon Parish Council
His Worship, The Mayor, Scean Barnswell

7. Keynote Address
Mr. Collin Murray, Financial & Administrative Manager, JIO Ltd.

8. Project Overview
Ms. Patrice Russell, Acting Education Outreach Officer

9. Poem: Free Land
Composed by Eden Williams, Performed by a member of the Environmental Club

10. School’s Response
Mr. Lindo King, Principal

11. Medley of Folk Songs
School’s Environmental Club

12. Presentation of Tokens to Schools
Mrs. Karen Demetrius, Senior Human Resource Officer, JIO (left)
Ms. Susan Garriques, Financial Controller, TJH (right)

13. Cutting of the Vine across Door of the Biodiversity Centre
From left to right: Mr. Lindo King, Principal Mr. Francois Doreau, General Manager, JIO &
Financial Manager, TJH

14. Unveiling of Biodiversity Centre Plaque
From left to right: His Worship, The Mayor, Scean Barnswell ; Mrs. Dionne Newell, Acting
Director NHMJ; Mr. Francois Doreau, General Manager, JIO & Financial Manager, TJH

15. Viewing of Biodiversity Centre
A collaborative project of the Natural History Museum of Jamaica (NHMJ), TransJamaica Highway
(TJH) and Jamaica Infrastructure Operator Ltd. (JIO)

16. Viewing of Biodiversity Centre

17. Viewing of Biodiversity Centre

18. Viewing of Native & Endemic Garden

19. Additional Notes
Prayer was offered by Dr. Suzanne Davis,
Senior Research Officer – Clearing-House Mechanism
Acknowledgements were made by Mrs. Dionne Newell,
Acting Director, NHMJ
Visiting Schools from south Clarendon:
•Green Park Primary & Junior High School
•Hazard Primary School
•Moore Primary School

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