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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 >

Adopt a proactive attitude towards nonnative Green iguana biosecurity

December 1, 2020

Mainly since the 60’s has the green iguana continuously expanded its nonnative range, especially throughout the… 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 >

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 >

Brown Boobies

(Sula leucogaster)

Photo credit: © Kai Wulf

Bonaire’s First Brown Booby Population Count in Over 50 Years

November 1, 2020

Between 2008 and 2010, STINAPA Bonaire and volunteers took to counting Brown Booby seabirds along the… Read more >

Importance of Seagrass and Macroalgae in the Protection of Coastlines

November 1, 2020

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

Stoplight parrotfish

(Sparisoma viride)

Photo credit: © Hannah Rempel

Recovery of Orbicella annularis corals from parrotfish predation

November 1, 2020

Orbicella annularis is an important reef-building coral and an endangered species. Previous studies suggest it is… Read more >

Caribbean Reef Shark

Photo credit: © Diego Camejo

Tracking Sharks around Sint Maarten

November 1, 2020

The St. Maarten Nature Foundation recently retrieved acoustic receivers (loggers) to learn about the movement patterns… Read more >

Humpback whale breaching

Millions of sightings by citizens contribute to mapping Biodiversity

October 2, 2020

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) provides a global platform for citizen scientists to upload biological observations… Read more >

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