Goals

The primary goals of ICENS are to:

conduct multi-disciplinary research related to the environment
help provide solutions to developmental problems
contribute to the growth and retention of a cadre of excellent scientists and technologists

Organization

The Board of Governors

The Board of Governors includes Ministers of Government from Third World countries and other distinguished persons. The Prime Minister of Jamaica is Chairman.

The Board of Directors

The Board of Directors consists of at least 15 persons who administer the affairs of the Centre. It includes a representative of the UWI and at least two distinguished scientists - one Jamaican and one from overseas. It is chaired by the Director-General of ICENS.
The members are:

Professor the Hon. Gerald Lalor O.J., Director-General, ICENS - Chairman
Mrs. Sharon Crooks - Financial Secretary, Ministry of Finance
The Hon. Dr. Ronald Robinson - Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Professor I. Kahwa - Head, Department of Chemistry UWI, Mona
Dr. Wesley Hughes - Director-General, Planning Institute of Jamaica
Professor Jerome Nriagu - Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, USA
The Hon. Dr. Carlton Davis - Chairman, Jamaica Bauxite Institute
Dr. Audia Barnett - Executive Director, Scientific Resarch Council, Jamaica
Dr. Leary Myers - National Environmental Protection Agency, Jamaica
Dr. Simon Clarke - Ministry of Education, Youth & Culture, Jamaica
Professor the Hon. Errol Morrison, President, University of Technology
Professor the Hon Edward Robinson O.M. - Department of Geology, UWI, Mona
Mr James Moss-Solomon
Representative - Ministry of Agriculture

The Office of the Director-General

The Office of the Director-General consists of the technical and administrative units which coordinate and implement the activities of the Centre.

Strategies

The strategic research themes of ICENS mainly involve multi-disciplinary studies that are applicable to a number of environmental and resource components: air, water, soils, rocks, sediments, plants, food animals and humans.

The resulting data, stored in on-line multi-purpose databases and coupled with a Geographic Information System (GIS), are being applied to such areas as agricultural development, environmental assessment and protection, land use, natural resource identification, animal and human health and nutrition. ICENS also assists in the development of human resource to make maximum use of these data.

This work presents numerous opportunities for local and international cooperation.

Funding for the development of ICENS and its research has come from many sources. The major donors have been: