Cabinet this week approved the appointment of new members to the board of the Natural History Division, for three years, effective December 15.

They are: Professor Ronald Young, chairman; Marigold Harding, deputy chairperson; Tracey Cammock, director of the Natural History Division; Dr Eric Garraway, Department of Life Sciences at the University of the West Indies (UWI); Althea Heron, Ministry of Tourism; John Maxwell, environmental specialist; Laleta Davis Mattis, executive director, Jamaica National Heritage Trust; and Vivian Crawford, executive director, Institute of Jamaica.

Other members are: Peter Knight, director of environmental health, Ministry of Health; Merline Bardowell, executive director, National Commission on Science and Technology, Office of the Prime Minister; Catherine Levy, bird specialist; Dr Arthur Geddes, geologist at the UWI; Susan Otukon, executive director, Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust; Cecily Pobish, botanist; and Doreth McFarlane, science teacher, Denham Town Primary School in Kingston.

The Natural History Division falls under the Institute of Jamaica.