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Nature news from the six
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Bionews

(Diadema antillarum)

Photo credit: Alwin Hylkema

How You can Help

All DC islands
July 5, 2022
  Help Protect Sea urchins Help us track sea urchin health in the Caribbean by adding your observations… Read more >
Bionews

Long-spined sea urchin

(Diadema antillarum)

Photo credit: Kimani Kitson-Walters

Long-spined sea urchins: not trouble but in trouble

All DC islands
July 5, 2022
Since February 2022 there have been reports of Long-spined sea urchin (Diadema) die off from a… Read more >
Bionews

Red Mangrove

Photo credit: Jasper Raijmakers

New Research on Mangrove Restoration for Bonaire

Bonaire
June 28, 2022
Since 2020, the Mangrove Maniacs have planted over 1500 mangroves along the southwest coast of Bonaire.… Read more >
Bionews

Photo credit: stella Grau

Restoration Efforts

All DC islands
June 15, 2022
The Diadema RAAK Project is a collaborative effort between University of Applied Sciences Van Hall Larenstein, Wageningen… Read more >
Bionews

Long-spined sea urchin

(Diadema antillarum)

Photo credit: Alwin Hylkema

Background and Current State

All DC islands
June 15, 2022
As previously mentioned, a new wave of long-spiced sea urchins (Diadema antillarum) die-offs are happening throughout… Read more >
Bionews

Monarch Caterpillar

(Monarchvlinder Danaus plexippus)

Photo credit: Hans Smulders

Recent Publications

All DC islands
June 9, 2022
Below you will an overview of the reports and publications on biodiversity related subjects in the… Read more >
Bionews

Sargassum influx at Sorobon

Photo credit: Sabine Engel

Sargassum Fertilizer Transfers Heavy Metals to Vegetables

Bonaire
June 9, 2022
A joint experiment between WWF-Mexico and STINAPA Bonaire found that vegetables grown in soil enriched with… Read more >
Bionews, DCNA News

Survey about household on Bonaire – research about climate vulnerabilities

Bonaire
May 23, 2022
The Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA)’s research intern Nina Zander (Master’s student at the University of… Read more >
Bionews, DCNA News

DCNA Launches Dutch Caribbean Climate Action Plan

All DC islands
May 16, 2022
May 16th 2022- Today the DCNA launches a Climate Action Plan for the Dutch Caribbean. This… Read more >

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