A lot of interesting things are happening in Jamaica, but more can be done with your participation. Distributed by Tubemogul.
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Jamaica must not be over develop. we are not in a hurry. The government must put people first. And the people want Jamaica to remain as green and beautiful as ever.
with weed being legalized in America, that business alone would help farmers and the entire economy of Jamaica BUT OF COURSE WITH GREED EGO AND THAT GOVERNMENT guarantee corruption. Gauratee. that one business alone can pull the island out of serious economic depression..Such an EPIC FAIL... with an island that stresses education. Ian Fleming James Bond creator love the island... why on earth the government don't sell that legend more is beyond me. JAMAICANS SPEAK ENGLISH. AMERICAN will end up skipping JA for Cuba... the entire southern Florida feels like English is being eradicated. JAmaica needs to be more prosperous classy island destination..And why Jamaica is not number 1 in sugar cane/ the sugar industry is beyond me. that island produces the very best sugar. sweet!
yeah man !!!!!!!!!! beautiful beautiful jamaica love jamaica
CORRECTION: The website is www.microdac.com (NOT the one listed on the video)
Good question sir, quick profits and kickbacks in ones pocket is the reason why the government allow this desecration of our precious environment and ecology. Every time the government brings up development, they see money and a quick buck for themselves as lobbyist for foreign investors, who rape our natural resources while leaving a land barren forever. The next precious and ecology delicate area been under serious consideration for development, that the Jamaican people will never see any benefit, is the Goat Island off the south coast. The Chinese made Jamaica an offer to turn the Goat Island into the worlds fourth logistical center handling millions of tons of goods plying the Panama Canal route. Once again we are selling our souls for potential riches that'll never trickling down to the common man hustling each day. We've been down this road numerous times, with promises and hopes of economical gains, only to see foreigners being hired to come into Jamaica and work instead of the people who need it the most. That's how our government treat its people and our resources like pawns, while pocketing the difference for themselves. Look around Jamaica today and you'll see, we barely own anything anymore, all resources and arable land are in someone else's hands, not to mention out airlines, banks, factories, airports, cement and bauxite factories. The people are powerless to the oppression and systematic marginalization of our island.
First of all, no bauxite land is capable of growing crops. Such land are barren and cannot grow any food. Reasons are the mining of bauxite is devastating to the soil, because it's process consists of getting rid of the fertile top soil and the drip spread, which essential to plants and crops to grow. After the land have been mined, the bauxite companies tends to pour marl soil on top of the now exposed poisonous bauxite dirt, in hoping it can be reclaim by farmers. But this idea is STUPID at best because for a plant to grow 12 feet, it requires 12 feet of root growth in the top soil, which is very limited on reclaimed bauxite land. Common Sense would tell these idiots that pouring three feet of marl on top poisonous bauxite dirt, only gives farmers three feet of growth, with no drip spread. In other words, bauxite lands are barren and desert like, with no ability to grow crops. Common sense!
@microdac amen.....i agree completely.....i tend to think of this 'stage' as the "awkward teenage years", and look forward to getting past them. i hope you will enjoy many more visits to this unique and wonderful island.
@rootz9 I hear you and that's a shame. I want so much to see Jamaica take the high road in all its dealings with the citizens. Jamaica need not copy the flaws of other countries since Jamaica is unique and absolutely beautiful with its own beautiful people!
@microdac oh dear! you may be more of an 'idealistic dreamer' than i am! am sure the gov't./corporate back scratching that goes on in the US goes on elsewhere as well.....perhaps especially in small '3rd world' nations who seem to consistently aim to please/emulate the US.......the bigger challenge than cleaning up these lands may be to get the gov't to make them readily available to anyone wanting to farm them!
@rootz9 Surely they must be responsible for the cleanup. What government would allow a foreign entity to soil their country (pardon the pun) and not clean up their mess afterwards.
i only know that bauxite mining leaves toxic problems behind. there are ways to remove chemicals from soil (charcoal is the one i know of), tho i don't know specifically about the bauxite residue. i am sure, however, that someone does know how to do it. 'twould also
be a lovely thing if the aluminum companies could be convinced/ordered to pay for it :-)
@rootz9 I didn't think of that. You might have a point. Does any know how toxic these lands are?
@rootz9 I didn't think of that. You might have a point. Does any know how toxic these lands are?
re the unfarmed former bauxite lands. these lands would likely need extensive toxic cleanup
before it would be healthy to farm them.
@pennyredfern I hear what you are saying and so do many Jamaicans. As I see it, there are three major problems: The need for more jobs (there is a direct correlation between lack of jobs and crime). I think Jamaica would do well to use its resources rather than trying to a country that it is not. There is also the chronic LACK of use of native resources. And, the perception that the politicians in Jamaica are more interested in being rich than in developing the country's resources.
@nate42nd The Canon 7D is a GREAT camera. This video was shot with a pocket camera (The Panasonic lumix ZS7) which is not of the caliber of the Canon 7D. I do, occasionally, shoot with teh Canon T1i (the little brother to your camera). Nate, keep shooting!
As always, great video. Thanks for sharing.
I'm a jamaican living in New York. I'm not a business person. I'm more interested in the social development of Jamaica. e.g. the environment and waste disposal and treatment, etc. I get the feeling this govm't is on the right track, but they have made huge mistakes n I hope the people don't hold it against them n give them a chance to build n develop the country
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i would love to go to jamaica one day
What I wonderful place. I don't like to travel. As a photographer that isn't the best policy. I would love to visit here. Also, I wish I had your video camera. I need to learn to use my Canon 7D to shoot better video. It's a capable camera but nothing like this. Good video. Have a good night/day