News from Bonaire, St. Eustatius & Saba
STINAPA invites the Bonairean community to come and join them on a walk on Sunday March 12th from 5pm to 8pm, and have some healthy fun under the full moon. Bring your family and friends and let’s make it a fabulous night. The route will be the Lagadishi … [Read more] about Walking under the full moon at the Washington Slagbaai National Park
Connecting people with nature: Monitoring Bonaire's Coral Reefs (2003 - 2017): Challenges and changes over the past 14 years Dr. Robert (Bob) Steneck (coral reef ecologist from the University of Maine) is coming to Bonaire once again with his graduate … [Read more] about Monitoring Bonaire’s Coral Reefs (2003 – 2017): Challenges and changes over the past 14 years
Kralendijk - Commissioned by the public entity Bonaire, the Echo foundation has begun with reforestation efforts on the Seru Largu. The foundation will start its work near the lookout point among the ring road on the hill. This location is one of the ten … [Read more] about Echo Foundation with new reforestation project
Mid-February 2017, Stinapa published warnings about jellyfish in the waters around Bonaire. Through a combination of plankton blooms, which attracts jellyfish, and wind reversals, large numbers of jellyfish washed up on the west coast, including some that … [Read more] about Info about Jellyfish surrounding Bonaire
Kralendijk- STINAPA warns for the presence of the Bonaire Banded Box Jellyfish (Tamoya Ohboya) in the beaches or the water around Bonaire. The warning by STINAPA comes after reports of the jellyfish on the beach and in the water at Sorobon. STINAPA urges … [Read more] about Stinapa warns for Bonaire Banded Box Jellyfish
Oranjestad- According to STENAPA, St. Eustatius has a particularly rich underwater nature. However, marine life is under pressure of human activities. The ANEMOON Foundation will now start a project to make an inventory of the underwater nature with citizen … [Read more] about Volunteers to help with counting of endangered species in Statia
Kralendijk- The Police Force for Caribbean Netherlands (KPCN) are urging goat owners who have been confronted with the theft of their animals over the last two weeks to come forward and report any missing animals to the Police. Goat owners are thereby also … [Read more] about Police urge goat owners to report stolen animals
The Bottom, Saba- On Tuesday morning, February 14th 2017, a fire was discovered at Saba’s landfill on the Fort Bay. Over the next few hours, the Fire Department with the help of Public Works and equipment of private contractors worked to get the fire under … [Read more] about Landfill fire Saba causes lots of smoke and airport closure
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 … [Read more] about Great Backyard Bird Count
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 … [Read more] about STENAPA: “never endorsed reduction marine park”