A research done by a team at the University of the West Indies, Mona, has identified the seaside towns of Annotto Bay, St Mary, and Morant Point, St Thomas - both in eastern Jamaica - as two of the island's communities most at risk from sea-level rise devastation, reports The Gleaner.
The researchers have linked land slippage and other environmental issues to the poor socio-economic conditions that are a common feature of the communities.
These are some of the problems in addition to land slippage that the Trinityville Area Integrated Land Management and Disaster Risk Reduction Project intends to address in order to cushion some of the devastating blows of climate change.
Franklyn Williams, project manager, Trinityville Area Development Committee Benevolent Society, told The Gleaner that the $70-million project funded by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) will benefit more than 10 communities, including Somerset, Mount Lebanus, Font Hill, among others.