Sign Petition to Save Jamaica’s Cockpit Country – Deadline September 30
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Jamaica’s Cockpit Country is under immediate threat from bauxite mining, which would remove forest cover, block and pollute waterways, displace residents, threaten agricultural livelihoods, compromise air quality and threaten the health and wellbeing of thousands of Jamaican citizens.
Cockpit Country supplies critical fresh water for Jamaica, estimated at 40% of the water needs of six western parishes, and 40% of all Jamaica’s underground water resources. This clean water is generated and accumulated by the forests of Cockpit Country. The water then soaks down into rivers, sinkholes, caves and the aquifer deep underground. A list of all the rivers, streams, upwellings, springs, ponds and glades that rise or flow out of Cockpit Country runs to almost 40, including the Great River, Martha Brae, YS River, Black River and Rio Bueno in the east.
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Jamaica became independent for a reason and its definitely not this!!!!!!!! Jamaica is our country and not theirs so its a big no to this. I LOVE JAMAICA!
Please stop removing our natural resources.
I cannot believe that we are people that are so educated but make such poor decisions. It is imperative that we do not deplete the resources to become a concrete Jungle. Concrete does not produce oxygen. There will be so many environmental issues you create as a result of making such a silly decision.
STOP!!! CEASE AND DESIST!!!!!
It is always an awesome feeling when all Jamaicans come together for the better of our beautiful country. Jamaica land we love! Save our cockpit!
The Jamaica gov. Knows what they are doing. It is never about the country it is always about the money. We need to unite and stand up for this little Island or we will be divided by our own….
We must save our cockpit country. We must save our beloved country JAMAICA LAND WE LOVE. CUT OT THE MINING WE NEED WATER.
Mcy mother is 82 she does not understand email so she used mine is that a problem.
Preserve our heritage.
God Help Jamaica …God save The Cockpit..
I visited the Grand Canyon recently and it was an awesome and amazing experience. Those who seek to destroy the Cockpit Country need an awakening of that sort.
Save the Cockpit Country for our Children’s children to see and enjoy. And remember say ” A nuh same time leave go a wata bottom it rattn.
Save our water shed and our cockpit country.
I am tired of these so-called leaders ( Politicians) all they do is wreck the country. I hope they will not reck our historic habitat, “The Cockpit Country”.
We need a referendum on any cockpit mining
What we do today determines our “tomorrow” that will leave either a good or bad legacy for our descendents.
I say leave a good legacy; Save our cockpit country.
The old ancient men in parliament need to step aside for people that think in the 21 – 22 century. Aren’t they rich yet of the resources of our beautiful country..
Save our cockpit country Bx NY
I love my country.the government mean us no good and we still a vote. We need to boycott.them.none of should not vote.
I believe protecting our cockpit country means everything to us…they won’t realize it until it’s too late.
Saving it means everything: it means continued protection from hurricanes, from volcanic eruptions, saving the watersheds, protecting the flora and fauna, protecting our underground and surface waters, the air we breathe, supporting climate change activities. GOD KNOWS, IT MEANS MUCH MORE. It also means less money in the politicians’ pockets, less taxing of the overtaxed populace.
WE NEED A REFERENDUM ON THIS!!! Let the people decide!!!??????
Save the cockpit country
Let’s save our cockpit country
We can’t sit back has Jamaican and all company to mine the cockpit country in the lotter days our water is going to become save and we are going to say if we had known so lets just save our cockpit country #
#savethecockpitcountry
Why is the government allowing our natural resources, habitat and beauty to be destroyed for small term gains. Haven’t we seen what years of bauxite mining has done to our country side.
100% correct
The place/ country I want to live as long as am alive. Save our Cockpit.
unable to sign on
I am not able to use the link to sign:( please fix soon….
Something has happened to the link. It will no longer let you sign. It is not yet 30 th September. Is this something government hackers have done to stop fullfilling to target????
The petition link has been frozen for the last 24 hours but its now working again. Can you let everyone know. http://opm.gov.jm/participate/jamaica-house-petition/sign-petition/?pet=18
The petition link has been frozen for the last 24 hours but its now working again. Can you let everyone know.
The Cockpit Country is extremely imoortant, we need to save it
We must make every effort to preserve Jamaica’s natural resources before it is too late. Stop destroying our beautiful country for monetary gain.
Protect our environment, protect our future, leave the cockpit country alone.
We need to save our water supply for future g nerations
We need to save our water source.
The welfare of our nation is of critical importance. We have got to limit what happens in our country and not allow it to be so uncontrollably divested that we’ll be in a nation whose future is more severely marginalized.
This is our country so we need to take a stand and protect what is ours and our future.
whatever we do today will determine the future. Save cockpit country
Save our Cockpit or we wont have a future
I strongly believe it’s duty as Jamaica to protect the future for our grandchildren. We must prepare for tomorrow today.
Data where our real food is people of the cosmic
I love my Jamaica and we need to save our cockpit country’s environment our government need to stop this from destroying our fish habitat
We have to save the water shed
I love Jamaica