National Environment and Planning Agency
The National Environment and Planning Agency is a Jamaican government agency responsible for environmental protection, land use, natural resource management, and spatial planning.
It is an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation that became operational on April 1, 2001.
NEPA was founded to carry out the technical and administrative mandate of three statutory bodies:
- the Natural Resources Conservation Authority
- the Town and Country Planning Authority
- the Land Development and Utilisation Commission