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Protecting Fish Proven Key in Slowing Down Invasive Seagrass

Aruba / Bonaire

November 8, 2021

New research from Wageningen University, University of Amsterdam and Florida International University highlighted the role herbivorous fish species plays in… Read more >

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New field guide on invasive seagrass flowers

Aruba / Bonaire

Seagrasses are marine flowering plants that can reproduce both sexually (through flowering and subsequent seed formation) and asexually (through clonal… Read more >

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Importance of Seagrass and Macroalgae in the Protection of Coastlines

Aruba / Bonaire

November 1, 2020

Researchers from the Netherlands and Mexico studied three bays on Saint Martin to illustrate the ability of seagrass and algae… Read more >

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Importance of Native Seagrass in the Fight Against Erosion

Aruba / Bonaire

August 17, 2020

A recent study worked to quantify seagrass’s ability to minimize erosion in shallow water of Lac Bay, Bonaire. In addition,… Read more >

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Invasive Seagrass in Lac Bay, Bonaire.

Aruba / Bonaire

BONAIRE - The invasive seagrass Halophila stipulacea has rapidly expanded its distribution and is now found throughout the entire Caribbean region, including Bonaire's waters. Read more >

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STENAPA’s protection of Caribbean Sea turtles

Aruba / Bonaire

Each year, hawksbill and green turtles, and sometimes even leatherback turtles, come to the beaches of Statia to lay their… Read more >

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Island(er)s at the Helm awarded with funding from the NWO Caribbean Research programme

Aruba / Bonaire

February 9, 2021

On January 7th Minister van Engelshoven of Education, Culture and Science of The Netherlands announced that the project Island(er)s at… Read more >

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Sixty Years of Coral Reef Research in Curaçao

Aruba / Bonaire

January 16, 2014

CURAÇAO — Curaçao's coral reefs have been researched for 60 years already, showing that some reefs are as pristine as they were 60 years ago. Read more >

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Season of the Sea Turtle

Aruba / Bonaire

Did you know that…… Sea turtles have lived in the world’s oceans for more than 150 million years? To put… Read more >