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Micro-check Dams Among Others Are Funded by Jamaica s $244 Million Climate Resiliency Budget
The government and the Inter-American Development Bank are supplying the financing.
Activities completed by the end of December 2020 include crop resilience/sustainability modeling activities, the Upper Rio Minho Watershed Sediment budget monitoring program, seven technical papers to endorse the National Spatial Plan s development, and the policymakers and government ministries climate change awareness program.
In addition, 1,595 micro-check dams have been installed to limit the influx of flood waters in the Upper Rio Minho Drainage Region on slopes and rivers (drains).
2021-2022
The plans for the 2021/2022 financial year include the introduction of vulnerability assessments for five sectors, the development of a policy and action plan for the climate change market, and the installation of an additional 205 micro-check dams in Upper Rio Minho Watershed Area. ....

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