Goals     Organization       Strategies    

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:

• The Hon. Benjamin Clare - Ministry of National Security and Justice, Jamaica
• Mr. William Clarke - Managing Director, Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Ltd.
• Professor Brian Davies - Dept. of Geological Sciences, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA
• The Hon. Dr. Carlton Davis - Cabinet Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister, Jamaica
• Dr. Audia Barnett - Executive Director, Scientific Resarch Council, Jamaica
• Dr. Wesley Hughes - Director-General, Planning Institute of Jamaica
• Professor I. Kahwa - Chemistry Dept., UWI, Mona, Jamaica
• Professor Gerald Lalor - Director-General, ICENS, Jamaica
• Mr. Franklyn McDonald - National Environmental Protection Agency, Jamaica
• Professor Ronald Young - Dean, Faculty of Pure & Applied Sciences, UWI, Mona, Jamaica
• Dr. G. Taylor - Administrator, ICENS, Jamaica
• Miss Shirley Tyndal - Ministry of Finance and Planning, Jamaica
• Dr. Arnoldo Ventura - Office of the Prime Minister, Jamaica
• Dr. Simon Clarke - Ministry of Education, Youth & Culture, Jamaica

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.

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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:

• Environmental Foundation fo Jamaica
• Government of Jamaica
• Inter-American Development Bank
• International Atomic Energy Agency
• University of the West Indies 

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