St. Maarten
The island of St. Maarten is famous for the fact that it is split in half. One half, St. Maarten, is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands; the other, St. Martin, is a French Overseas Territory. Physically, the west end is an atoll of low land surrounding a lagoon, while the east end is a range of conical hills. The island has white sandy beaches and numerous bays and lagoons.
Natural Pool on South Coast
Photo credit: ยฉ Henkjan Kievit (SHAPE/DCNA)
Nature Park Management
Member Organization
The Nature Foundation is a non-profit organization located on the island of St. Maarten in the heart of the Caribbean. The foundation aims to preserve and enhance the natural environment of St. Maarten for generations to come.
Contact information
For general questions
Telephone: ย +1 721 544 4267
Email: help@naturefoundationsxm.org
Visiting addressย
Wellsberg Street 1A Unit 25-26,
Fishermanโs Wharf Complex,
Cole Bay, St. Maarten
Mon-Fri 09:00-16:00
St. Maarten's Key Species & Ecosystems
Brown Boobies
(Sula leucogaster)
Photo credit: ยฉ Kai Wulf
Gorgonian Corals
(Octocorals)
Photo credit: ยฉ Hans Leijnse (SHAPE/DCNA)
Monarch Butterfly
(Danaus plexippus)
Photo credit: ยฉ Henkjan Kevit (SHAPE/DCNA)
Natural Pool on South Coast
Photo credit: ยฉ Henkjan Kievit (SHAPE/DCNA)
Bananaquit
(Coereba flaveola)
Photo credit: ยฉ Rostislav Stach (SHAPE/DCNA)
Brown Pelican
(Pelecanus occidentalis)
Photo credit: ยฉ
Flamboyant
(Delonix regia)
Photo credit: ยฉ Kai Wulf
American kestrel
(Falco sparverius)
Photo credit: ย ยฉ Diego Marquez
Caribbean Reef Shark
Other Nature Organizations
Latest updates from Nature Foundation St Maarten
๐๐๐๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ @๐๐๐ ๐๐ญ. ๏ฟฝCC1 St. Maarten ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง-๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ!๐๐
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Date: Sunday June 11th
โฐ Time: 8am-10am
This clean-up is in celebration of World Environmental Day (June 5th) and World Ocean Day (June 8th)! ๐๐ Our beautiful beaches deserve our care and attention, and we're organizing a beach clean-up event to celebrate these important occasions. ๐
๐ Location: Belair Beach
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Just show up with your positive energy and a smile!
We'll provide all the necessary cleaning equipment, including gloves, burlap sacks, and litter pickers. Let's roll up our sleeves, put on our sun hats, and work together to make our beaches pristine and safe for everyone. ๐ดโ๏ธ
Spread the word and invite your friends, family, and colleagues to this important event. Together, we can make a significant impact on our environment! ๐๐
๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐๐. Let's show our planet some love and celebrate World Environmental Day and World Ocean Day in a meaningful way. ๐ฟ๐
This clean-up is in line with the In-No-Plastic Project. The Nature Foundation partnered with Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliancee andIn-No-Plastic | H2020 Projectc to decrease the amount of plastic in St. Maarten. In-No-Plastic is a three-year project funded by the European Union in an H2020 research project.
#beachcleanup #WorldEnvironmentalDay #worldoceanday #protectourbeaches #SaveOurOceans #sustainablefuture #CommunityAction #TogetherForChange
๐The Nature Foundation came to the MAC Browlia F. Maillard Campus on Tuesday, May 30th, to give a presentation about the In-No-Plastic Project. ๐
During these presentations, the 50 students learn the importance of reducing our plastic consumption at St. Maarten. They also learned different ways that In-No-Plastic aims to prevent, remove, and repurpose marine plastic litter. We discussed topics about the environmental tasks for the Nature Foundation, In-No-Plastic tasks, the difference between single-use and multi-use plastic, and much more. At the end of the presentation, the students were given a Nature Foundation package which contained a DNCA Bio news Kids Books, Flyers about protecting our Sea Turtles, Reduce and Recycle flyer, pens, and pencils made out of newspaper, and an Eco Bracelets. ๐
The Nature Foundation partnered with Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance and In-No-Plastic to decrease the amount of plastic in St. Maarten. In-No-Plastic is a three-year project funded by the European Union in an H2020 research project.
Learn more by visiting naturefoundationsxm.org/.../in-no-plastic-project/ or our previous social media posts on Facebook and Instagram about how you can help decrease the plastic in our environment.๐
๐คฟ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐
๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐๐ฅ!๐คฟ
๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก, the Nature Foundation will be hosting a Plastic Education Snorkel ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐
๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐
๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ญ๐ก, ๐๐๐๐!!(They have first priority) There is a maximum of 20 spots available on this snorkel so sign up early to reserve your spot.
Please email ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ@๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ฆ.๐จ๐ซ๐ to register with the following information:
- Participant's age
- Participants' school
- Participants' phone numbers (if available)
- Guardian's phone number (if under 18)
- Best email to contact
- 2 Signed liability forms
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
This snorkel is in line with the In-No-Plastic project. The Nature Foundation partnered with Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance and In-No-Plastic to decrease the amount of plastic used in St. Maarten. In-No-Plastic is a three-year project funded by all partners from the European Union H2020 research project.
๐๐๐๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ @๐๐๐ ๐๐ญ. ๏ฟฝCC1 St. Maarten ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง-๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ!๐๐
๐
Date: Sunday June 11th
โฐ Time: 8am-10am
This clean-up is in celebration of World Environmental Day (June 5th) and World Ocean Day (June 8th)! ๐๐ Our beautiful beaches deserve our care and attention, and we're organizing a beach clean-up event to celebrate these important occasions. ๐
๐ Location: Belair Beach
โ
Just show up with your positive energy and a smile!
We'll provide all the necessary cleaning equipment, including gloves, burlap sacks, and litter pickers. Let's roll up our sleeves, put on our sun hats, and work together to make our beaches pristine and safe for everyone. ๐ดโ๏ธ
Spread the word and invite your friends, family, and colleagues to this important event. Together, we can make a significant impact on our environment! ๐๐
๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐๐. Let's show our planet some love and celebrate World Environmental Day and World Ocean Day in a meaningful way. ๐ฟ๐
This clean-up is in line with theIn-No-Plasticc Project. The Nature Foundation partnered with Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliancee andIn-No-Plastic | H2020 Projectc to decrease the amount of plastic in St. Maarten. In-No-Plastic is a three-year project funded by the European Union in an H2020 research project.
#beachcleanup #WorldEnvironmentalDay #worldoceanday #protectourbeaches #SaveOurOceans #sustainablefuture #CommunityAction #TogetherForChange
๐ฆ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐
๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐
๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ!!๐ฆ
๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ-๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ
This is the Pearly-eyed thrasher and it is found on many Caribbean islands from the Bahamas in the north to the Grenadines in the south, with isolated subspecies on Bonaire. This bird is described as an aggressive, opportunistic omnivore that feeds primarily on large insects, but also feeds on fruits and berries, and will occasionally eat lizards, frogs, and small crabs. This species nests in cavities and is even known to compete with the critically endangered Puerto Rican Amazon parrot for nesting sites on that island.
Resources for Community Resilience - R4CR, a program implemented by VNG International and funded by the World Bank Trust Fund for St Maarten, was created to provide assistance to the island after the devastating hurricane Irma in 2017.
Photo by: Kevin Sammy Photography
