The Executive committee of the Jamaica Tree Growers Association has
been involved in forestry development for many years and includes:
President - Dr. Gina Green
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Vice-President - Peter Haddad
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Treasurer - Rion Hall
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Secretary - Guy Symes
"I'm a professional forester with many years of forest plantation and
wood industry experience in Jamaica and Ghana. As executive secretary
of The Forest Conservancy, I am particularly interested in mobilising
investment in commercial timber on idle arable lands, integrated
watershed management to mitigate the impact of climate change and the
possibility of bio-energy generation that could enhance Jamaica's
national energy conservation prospects. My involvement in JTGA offers
every scope for realizing these interests by working with members as
well as landowners, investors and commmunities."
Our Regional Delegates/Directors include:
Georgia Benaiah
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Dr. Melton Douglas
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Gulab Dukharan
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Ava-Gail Gardiner
Ava-Gail Gardiner, is the proprietor of Sommerfugl Farm, located in
Cascade, Portland (Blue Mountains). Describing herself as an ‘out of the box’
entrepreneur, Ava-Gail believes that it s possible to run a successful
business which enhances social and environmental goals, and has been
using Sommerfugl Farm to actively demonstrate this. Since buying the
farm in 2003, she has been converting it to an organic system,
undertaking crop diversification and intensive reforestation, while
developing off-shoot businesses which also involve small farmers in the
community.
Trained as a lawyer and anthropologist, Ms. Gardiner has worked in
development for almost a decade, and has a wide range of experience in
project design and implementation, training, and monitoring and
evaluation. Ava-Gail is currently serving as Chairman for the JTGA
Conservation Committee, and is actively involved in the development of
upcoming projects.
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Peter Haddad
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William Masterton
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Dermot John Meany
"Jamaica is fortunate to have the natural recourses it has, however
they are being abused at an alarming rate. One of these resources is
our lumber. With better forest management, replanting and
harvesting techniques the lumber industry will thrive. I am
deeply involved the lumber industry from planting, cutting, selling to
designing and having furniture made and I am very excited to be apart
of the Jamaica Tree Growers Association and the development of the
lumber industry."
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Casuel Pinnock
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Kenneth Snider
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Steve Stedman
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