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Meet the Clearing-House Mechanism Team

"Together we make it happen."

The Jamaica Clearing-House Mechanism (CHM) is the 5th department of the Natural History Division.Depending on the biodiversity information request, the CHM along with the relevant Natural History department(s) utilize in-house expertise, database and library resources or network with collaborating agencies to meet the requests.

 

Suzanne Davis, Senior Research Officer

Suzanne Davis returned as the National Focal Point for Jamaica’s Clearing-House Mechanism (JA CHM) and Biosafety Clearing House in 2009 after pursuing Ph.D. Studies in Canada. Her Ph.D. research focus at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario was on the management of protected areas systems in tropical islands.She previously obtained a M. Phil. in terrestrial ecology at the University of the West Indies, Mona

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Tracy Commock, Director of Natural History Division - Botanist

As Director of the NHD, Mrs. Tracy Commock is responsible for ensuring the efficient management of the national collections of plants and animals and researching, documenting and disseminating information on biodiversity. She has also been employed as a botanist IOJ and plans to pursue further studies on the genus Phyllanthus in the Euphorbiaceae.

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Dionne Newell, Senior Research Officer - Entomology

Mrs. Dionne Newell joined the Institute of Jamaica in 1999 as the Senior Research Officer (Entomology) in the Natural History Division (NHD) with a mandate to preserve and maintain the national zoological collections. Her duties include conducting research, collecting specimens and curating the collections.

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Keron Campbell, Assistant Botanist

Keron Campbell is the Assistant Botanist in the Natural History Division at the Institute of Jamaica. He is currently pursuing a Masters of Science (M.Sc.) in Natural Resource Management at the University of the West Indies (Mona) with a schedule date of completion in 2005. He has completed a Bachelor’s degree with honours at UWI (Mona), majoring in the field of Botany and a minor in Zoology. 

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Elizabeth Morrison, Zoologist

Elizabeth is a specialist lecturer for the Tourism Product Development Company specializing in Flora and Fauna. Currently, she is the technical advisor for a joint project between the Natural History Society of Jamaica and the Institute of Jamaica, which explores and documents the unique links between folklore and Jamaican Natural History.

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Sherene James, Education Officer - Geologist

Sherene is a Geologist by training with a Bachelor’s degree in Earth Science from the University of the West Indies, Mona and is currently completing a PhD in Geology also at the University of the West Indies, Mona, part of which was carried out at the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom on a Commonwealth Split-Site Scholarship.

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