TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change Matthew Samuda has announced that Jamaica’s critically endangered iguana population, now estimated at more than 400, is projected to grow to between 3,000 and 4,000 within the next decade as conservation efforts continue.

Samuda made the disclosure while responding to a question from a delegate identified only as Lewis of the Rotary Club of Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos Islands during the Rotaract District 7020 Conference held at Ocean Coral Spring Resort in Trelawny last Friday.

The conference, staged under the theme, “The Nexus 360° Experience,” attracted 135 delegates from Jamaica, Haiti, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and Montserrat.