For previous BioNews editions please see below.

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BioNews 2021 onwards

Please check for all articles published since 2021 the (Bio)News platform

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BioNews collective 2020

• Marine Biodiversity
• Terrestrial Biodiversity
• Management & Awareness
• In memoriam

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BioNews 40

• In loving memory of Paul Hoetjes, a legend in nature conservation
• Bonaire 2050, a nature inclusive vision
• Adopt a proactive attitude towards nonnative Green iguana biosecurity
• Using Digital Footprints to Manage Conservation Efforts
• Watershed-to-Reef: New Approach for Coral Reef Management
• Diurnal reptile is found to be active during full moon

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BioNews 39

• Tracking Sharks around Sint Maarten
• Recovery of Orbicella annularis corals from parrotfish predation
• Importance of Seagrass and Macroalgae in the Protection of Coastlines
• Bonaire’s First Brown Booby Population Count in Over 50 Years

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BioNews SustainableTourism

• Tourism in the Dutch Caribbean
• Current State
• Issues Impacting State of Nature
• Sustainable Tourism
• Sustainable Tourism Indicators
• Recommendations

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BioNews 38

• Assisted natural recovery of sea urchin populations around Saba and St. Eustatius
• Protecting Saba Bank’s Red Hind and Queen Triggerfish Populations
• Using Sound to Track Marine Mammals in Saba Bank
• Discovery of a new host coral for a Caribbean parasitic crab species
• Millions of sightings by citizens contribute to mapping Biodiversity

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BioNews 37

 

 

• • Population Structure and Connectivity of Reef-building Corals in the Southern Dutch Caribbean.
  • Importance of Native Seagrass in the Fight Against Erosion
  • Designing the optimal artificial reef
  • Curacao’s New Underwater Research Station

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BioNews Climate Change

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BioNews 36

 

• • Sunscreen increases the damaging effect of climate change on coral reefs
  • Coral Spawning Predictions for the South Caribbean
  • Eleven Species of Mosquitos found on Leeward Dutch Caribbean Islands
  • Seagrass: Vital for a Healthy Environment and Economy

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BioNews 35

 

• Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire: A Year in Review
  • Drastic effects of coralita on the biodiversity of insects and spiders
  • Nature and Environment Policy Plan 2020-2030
  • Leeward Blindsnake: Native to St. Eustatius

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BioNews 34

• • Protecting Saba’s Painted Black Iguanas
  • Get to Know Bonaire’s Seaweeds
  • New discoveries on relationships between host corals, crabs and christmas tree worms
  • Using Lemon Trees to Combat Coralita on Saba

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BioNews 33

• • Survey of Free Roaming Livestock on St. Eustatius
  • New Butterfly Census for the Dutch Caribbean Windward Islands
  • Sustainable Island Solutions through Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (SISSTEM)
  • Genetic Analysis Finds Link in Coral Diseases

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BioNews 32

BioNews is a free monthly digital newsletter which features recent biodiversity related news items about the Dutch Caribbean islands, as well as recent publications, overviews of current research and monitoring, upcoming events and more.

• • New Plan for Creating Sustainable Fisheries in the Caribbean Netherlands
  • Study Highlights Importance of Restoring Simpson Bay Lagoon, St Maarten
  • Innovative Artificial Reef Structures “IntelliReefs” to Improve Denuded Coral Reefs
  • Unlocking the Evolutionary Secrets of Local Amphibians and Lizards

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BioNews 31

• • Researchers explored deepest and largest underwater sinkholes in the world
  • Scientists study Saba tropicbirds
  • Three New Species of Birds Identified on Bonaire
  • Evaluation of vegetation development on the Dutch Caribbean islands
  • Genetic Testing to Measure Sea Turtle Conservation Success

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BioNews Collective 2019

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Special BioNews: Transboundary species

• International Reports and Long-term Projects
• Birds
• Bats
• Marine Mammals
• Sharks and Rays
• Sea Turtles
• Queen Conch
• Coral Reefs
• Other Marine Ecosystems
• Environmental threats

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Special BioNews: State of Nature BES-islands

• State of Nature: Bonaire
• State of Nature: Saba and Saba Bank
• State of Nature: St. Eustatius
• Conclusions and recommendations

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BioNews 30

• • First Survey of Arachnids on ABC Islands in over 100 years
  • New marine biodiversity discoveries from Bonaire
  • Rise of a new reef coral species on Curaçao
  • Changes in Curaçao’s Fish Population Over the 20^th Century

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BioNews 29

• Invasive Seagrass and its affects on Juvenile Queen Conch
• New Study on Red-Bellied Racer Populations on St. Eustatius
• Human disturbance impedes growth of coral reefs around Bonaire
• New Study Sheds Light on Marine Traffic’s Impact on Whales

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BioNews 28

• Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Management Update
• Presentations, Workshops and Excursions Provide New Nature Conservation Drive in Participants
• Emergency assistance contributes to the spread of invasive exotics
• A Critically Endangered Palm Found Only on Bonaire

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BioNews 27

• Kingdom Report Sounds Alarm on Biodiversity Conservation in the Dutch Caribbean
• AlgaePARC: Bringing Innovation to Bonaire
• Alarming Decline of Bridled Quail-Dove populations on Statia
• New Diadema project aims to restore sea urchins in Saban and Statian waters
• The Path to Coral Recovery: Scientific Foundations and Practical Lessons
• Marine biodiversity research expedition on Bonaire

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BioNews Safeguarding Nature Projects

• Safeguarding Nature Projects: Bonaire
• Safeguarding Nature Projects: Saba
• Safeguarding Nature Projects: St. Eustatius

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BioNews 26

• Status of nature: Bonaire
• Satellites and Sharks: Latest in Saba Bank Shark Research
• Rodent Control Implemented to Help Save Tropicbirds on Statia
• Dutch Caribbean Biodiversity Database: The Future of Data Sharing

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BioNews 25

• At least ten reef-associated shark species in the Dutch Caribbean
• Dutch Government Announces New International Shark Strategy
• Kick off for the 2019 Sea Turtle Nesting Season
• Crowdfunding: movie Tortuga ‘The survival of humanity’
• Bonaire Caves and Karst Nature Reserve Update

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BioNews 24

• State of Nature in the Caribbean Netherlands: Saba and Saba Bank
• New and Very Abundant Microbe Found Living in Corals
• Environmental DNA FOR Lionfish Mapping
• 40-year study: Changes on the Coral Reefs of Bonaire and Curaçao
• Bonaire Welcomes Back Indiana University

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BioNews 23

• State of Nature in the Caribbean Netherlands: St. Eustatius
• A Decade of Lionfish Management on Bonaire
• Study reveals large number of new bird species for Saba
• Tree Adoption website to help heal Bonaire’s dry forests
• Job opportunities

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BioNews 22

• Nature in the Dutch Caribbean is critically threatened and intervention is necessary
• Call of action to reduce plastic pollution on St. Maarten
• Call of action to salvage St. Maarten’s coral reefs from new disease
• Visitors Yarari can help record sightings marine life
• Two species of endangered elasmobranch are recommended to receive additional protection in the Caribbean

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BioNews 21

• Unexpected high number of endemics for the windward Dutch Caribbean Islands
• Invasive seagrass Halophila stipulacea discovered on Saba
• Coralita, we’re gonna beat ya!
• 71st annual conference of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
• Sargassum management Brief
• Vegetable cultivation on Bonaire

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Special BioNews: Yarari

• Protection
• Marine Mammals
• Sharks & Rays
• Management Priorities

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BioNews Collective 2018

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BioNews 20

In BioNews 20 you will find articles on:

• • New research in the conservation of sea turtles on their nesting beaches
  • Dutch Caribbean: “home” of unique, and likely vulnerable, populations of Bryde’s and humpback whales
  • Three new exotic gecko species identified on Curaçao
  • Monitoring Statia’s marine ecosystems
  • Saba: Sea & Learn

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Special BioNews: NICO expedition

• Introduction
• Mesophotic reefs, Cyanobacteria mats and Submarine Groundwater Discharge around the ABC-islands
• Mapping the Sea Bottom
• Eddies: influence on marine mammals and seabirds
• Saba Bank
• Exploring the Saba Bank’s Deep Sea
• Mapping and Studying Changing Coral Reefs:  Is the Saba Bank still growing?

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BioNews 19

• • Coral Restoration Bonaire
  • Eustatius: Bridled Quail-Dove Population Continues Declining
  • Two Dutch Caribbean Tagged Tiger Sharks Follow Similar Migration Patterns in the Caribbean
  • St Maarten: Adopt a Shark Program
  • Erosion around Kralendijk, Bonaire
  • Crowned Slaty Flycatcher: another new bird for Bonaire and for the Kingdom of the Netherlands

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BioNews 18

• • St. Eustatius joins Yarari Marine Mammal and Shark Sanctuary
  • Aruba’s Value of Nature
  • Mapping and Studying Changing Coral Reefs: Is the Saba Bank still growing?
  • St. Maarten: Post Hurricane Coral Assessment
  • Unwelcome guests: Stakeholder perspectives on non-native seagrasses and macroalgal ‘nuisance’ species in Bonaire
  • Caribbean Marine Park Managers Dive Into Fisheries Management

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BioNews 17

• • Global Defaunation and Plant Invasion: seagrass ecosystem services
  • Exploring the Saba Bank’s Deep Sea
  • Microplastic Contamination on Beaches of the Lesser Antilles
  • How to Respond to a Sargassum Influx
  • Health is Wealth: control vector-born diseases and promote sustainability

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Special BioNews: Dutch Caribbean Reefs

• Bonaire
• Curaçao
• Saba
• Saba Bank
• St. Eustatius
• St. Maarten

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Special BioNews: Saba Bank

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BioNews 16

• Exciting Rare Sightings: the Antillean manatee
• Bonaire’s Cargill Salt Ponds Designated a Shorebird Site of Regional Significance
• Bats of St. Eustatius
• Restoration of Key Biodiversity Areas of St. Maarten

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Special BioNews: the Nature Funding Projects

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BioNews 15

• Bonaire’s Yearly Parrot Count
• Sunscreen Awareness Bonaire- Moving towards a oxybenzone free island
• Molluscs of the Dutch Caribbean Islands
• AcroporaNet Symposium

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BioNews 14

• Environmental DNA Reveals Tropical Shark
• Nico Expedition: Eddies
• Bonaire Caves and Karst Nature Reserve

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BioNews 13

• New Sea Turtle Monitoring Methods
• NICO Expedition: Mapping the Sea Bottom
• POP Bonaire: Rural Development Program
• Conservation action urgently needed to save the Lesser Antillean Iguana

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BioNews 12

• Nico Expedition: ABC island projects
• Aruba: Shoko conservation project
• Statia: Invasive species workshop
• Saba Bank: Silky shark sighting

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BioNews 11

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BioNews 10

 

• Bonaire: Ecological restoration of Lac and south coast Bonaire (Nature Fund)
• Bonaire: Restoring dry forest at Rooi Sango, Bonaire [EU BEST project]
• St Eustatius: Nature awareness project
• Windward islands: Status of Queen Conch populations
• Naturalis’ Dutch Caribbean Species Register

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BioNews 9

 

• Climate change: Green Turtles suffering from warming seas
• Saba: Goat buy back project
• Statia: Hurricane impacts on Bridled Quail Doves
• Saba: Horticulture project

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BioNews 8

 

• Status of reefs on the Saba Bank
• Economic value of sharks
• EEA Shark Conference
• Natuurgelden: Bonaire combating erosion and nature restoration

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BioNews 7

 

• Status of St. Maarten’s coral reefs
• St Maarten: impact of hurricane Irma
• St Maarten: EPIC restoration project
• Marine Protected Areas: interactive on line maps
• Bonaire: World Heritage nomination

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BioNews 6

 

• Saba: hurricane impact
• St Eustatius: rat control programme
• Bonaire: field work on invasive seagrass
• Video message from Statia’s local iguana

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BioNews 5

 

• Status of St Eustatius’s coral reefs
• Dutch Caribbean: Baited Remote Underwater Video (BRUV) work
• Bonaire: Feral Pig Control Programme
• Bonaire: Impact of Terrestrial Grazers: case study
• St Eustatius: nature hit hard by hurricanes

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BioNews 4

In BioNews 4 you will find articles on:

• Status of Curaçao’s coral reefs
• Flamingo tongue species: three in one
• Biodiversity of Dutch Caribbean reefs

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BioNews 3

In BioNews 3 you will find articles on:

• Status of Bonaire’s coral reefs
• Nature Fund (Natuurgelden) projects: Coral restoration on Bonaire + St Eustatius
• Coastal Dynamics and Ecosystem Change conference

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BioNews 2

In BioNews 2 you will find articles on:

• Nature Funding (Natuurgelden) projects
• Restoring Bonaire’s dry forest
• Great news for shark and ray conservation (SPAW-STAC)
• Tiger shark crosses thirteen maritime boundaries in four weeks
• Listening to the Caribbean’s Humpback Whales with CHAMP
• UV- filters in sun care products: an emerging risk for coral reefs
• Volunteers counting endangered species on St. Eustatius (Anemoon)
• Sustainable Island Management students, St Eustatius

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BioNews 1

BioNews 1 is a bumper edition focusing on the Saba Bank:

• The Netherlands largest National Park
• Exploring the Saba Bank
• Managing the Saba Bank
• Saba Bank: coral reefs
• Saba Bank: fisheries
• Saba Bank: sharks
• Saba Bank: marine mammals
• Saba Bank: recommendations
• Saba Bank: Symposium, Den Helder 2016

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2016

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