The Caribbean Youth Environment Network In Jamaica is an extension of a larger Caribbean-wide network based in Barbados. The Caribbean Youth Environment Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering young citizens of the Caribbean and their communities to develop programmes and actions to address socio-economic and environmental issues likewise promoting their full involvement in all matters pertaining to the environment, poverty alleviation, youth employment, health, climate change, biodiversity, disaster resilience, integrated water resources management, waste management and other natural resource management issues in the context of sustainable development. The organisation promotes education and training, youth development, Caribbean integration and community empowerment as tools to develop an ethic among young people that assists in the conservation and protection of the environment within the wider Caribbean.