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The Dutch Caribbean tropical islands are home to the most diverse and extraordinary ecosystems within the… Read more >

Sabal Palm

(Sabal antillensis)

Photo credit: © John de Freitas

Intervention Needed to Save the endemic Sabal Palm of Bonaire

Bonaire / Curaçao

An update to a 40-year-old Sabal palm survey for the islands of Bonaire and Curaçao highlighted… Read more >

Image credit: © Deviate Design & Mercedes Madriz

Informational material on protected species (CITES) developed for the Caribbean Netherlands

Bonaire / Saba / Sint Eustatius

Informational material for regulations outlined in the Convention of International Trade of Endangered Species of wild… Read more >

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 >

DCNA Produces Natural Disaster Response Manual for Dutch Caribbean Protected Areas

February 15, 2021

The Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) recently released its Disaster Risk Mitigation Manual to be used… Read more >

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

February 9, 2021

On January 7th Minister van Engelshoven of Education, Culture and Science of The Netherlands announced that… 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 >

Tiger Shark

(Galeocerdo cuvier)

Photo credit: © Duncan Brake/DCNA

DCNA and Partners to Conduct Research into Shark in the North Eastern Caribbean

Saba / Sint Eustatius / Sint Maarten

January 28, 2021

The Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA), through the support of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature-… Read more >

Caribbean Reef Shark

Photo credit: © Diego Camejo

Sharks found with dangerously high levels of heavy metals in The Caribbean

January 25, 2021

In a new study, researchers from the non-profit research institute Beneath the Waves (BTW) documented and… Read more >

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