Join STINAPA on Tuesday February 14th at CIEE for a presentation on the Great Backyard Bird Count and on February 17th in a Backyard Bird Count event at The Cadushi Distillery in Rincon. Every year, nature lovers all over the world including the Caribbean count birds in their very own backyards during one weekend in… [Read more]
STENAPA: “never endorsed reduction marine park”
Oranjestad – Sint Eustatius National Parks (STENAPA) has never endorsed the reduction of the internationally protected marine park around the island. The nature organization stated this yesterday (Sunday) in a letter to the Executive Council. STENAPA says it was never involved in the design of the amendment to the Marine Environment Ordinance, which reduces the… [Read more]
Fourth hybrid iguana caught in Statia
Oranjestad, Statia- Between January 12 and January 25, 2017, intensive field surveys have been conducted by Stenapa to search for invasive Green Iguanas and their hybrid offspring on Statia. These efforts formed part of a ‘Search and Destroy’ mission funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and facilitated by Wageningen University following the discovery of… [Read more]
Loras difficult to find and count compared to last year
Where have all the loras gone? After a season of more and heavier rains following a multi-year drought, the loras seem to have dispersed around the island, making them more difficult to find and count. During the annual parrot roost count, nearly 700 parrots were counted. That is fewer than in previous years, but it… [Read more]
Washington Park temporarily closed due to muddy roads
Kralendijk- The heavy rains of past weeks have led to the temporary closure of the popular Washington Park. The Park’s management says the roads in the park are very wet with deep gullies streaming across the roads. The roads are now practically inaccessible to traffic. The closure will be, at first instance, for a total… [Read more]
Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire looks back on positive 2016
Kralendijk -Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire (STCB) says to be looking back on a productive 2016 when it comes to the organzations’s conservation efforts. This year, STCB celebrated 25 years of ongoing work protecting endangered sea turtles on Bonaire. Local companies adopted 25 sea turtle nests, and protected a total of 2446 hatchlings. More good news… [Read more]
Garden waste increasingly dumped in public spaces
Kralendijk- An unfortunate development on the island is the fact that more and more garden waste is dumped in public spaces or alongside public roads. Landscaping workers do no longer take the effort to take waste to the landfill, but rather seem to prefer to just dump branches and other waste in a public space… [Read more]
Stenapa with bumper sticker to protect iguanas
Oranjestad- Nature organization STENAPA has developed a bumper sticker to help save the life of iguanas on the island. The sticker has been developed especially for Statia with the help of the International Reptile Conservation Foundation (IRCF). STENAPA hopes that the bumper sticker will motivate drivers to drive slow or stop for iguanas crossing the… [Read more]
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