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Mangrove in Lac Bay

Photo credit: © Hans Smulders

Healthier Mangrove Key in Managing Our Carbon Footprint

Healthy mangroves act as carbon sinks, storing a variety of greenhouse gases. As mangroves degrade this… Read more >

Coral Reef

Photo credit: © MMBockstael-Rubio

DCNA Concludes Management Success Project for Dutch Caribbean Protected Areas

February 8, 2021

In December 2020 the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA), through its contractors Nature2 and Coastal Zone… Read more >

Blenny

(Blenniiformes)

Photo credit: © Rudy van Gelderen

Using Digital Footprints to Manage Conservation Efforts

December 1, 2020

Researchers from Wageningen University and Research compiled thousands of photographs taken on Bonaire to analyze tourist… Read more >

Bonaire 2050, a nature inclusive vision

December 1, 2020

Results from a series of designs sessions, workshops and interviews describe a vision for Bonaire in… Read more >

DCNA's first virtual board meeting

DCNA Hosts First Virtual Board Meeting

November 26, 2020

The Board of the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance recently held their online Board Meeting in a… Read more >

Yellow Crowned Night Heron

(Nyctanassa violacea)

Photo credit: © Rostislav Stach (SHAPE/DCNA)

Conservationists Seek Legal Protection for Bonaire’s Freshwater Wetlands

November 11, 2020

Bonaire has a number of important nature reserves and the majority of them enjoy legal protection.… Read more >

Lettuce Coral

Agaricia undata with associated gall-crabs (yellow arrows and ellipses) and gall-like structures (white arrows)

Discovery of a new host coral for a Caribbean parasitic crab species

October 2, 2020

Scientists from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Naturalis Biodiversity Center and the ANEMOON Foundation discovered a… Read more >

Red Hind

(Epinephelus guttatus)

Photo credit: © Hans Leijnse

Protecting Saba Bank’s Red Hind and Queen Triggerfish Populations

October 2, 2020

Wageningen Marine Research and the Saba Bank Management Unit (SMBU) recently published an evaluation of the… Read more >

Together We Can Build Resilience Against Climate Change

The Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) released a special edition of their free digital newsletter… Read more >