| Environment The 
                                                      Chamber joined the World 
                                                      Conservation Union (IUCN) 
                                                      in 1991, the 
                                                      first Jamaican member, and 
                                                      the only, Chamber 
                                                      of Commerce in the World. In 
                                                      1991 Mrs. Sylvie Grizzle 
                                                      was named to the IUCN 
                                                      Commission on Parks and 
                                                      Protected Areas. In 
                                                      addition to undertaking 
                                                      specific programmes for 
                                                      environmental preservation 
                                                      and the monitoring of projects 
                                                      which impacted on the environment, 
                                                      the Chamber also identified 
                                                      problems and referred these 
                                                      to the relevant environmental 
                                                      agencies.  |