Representatives from six Caribbean territories are meeting in St. Martin to launch a new network of marine protected areas: The Reserve Naturelle organizes the first exchange meeting for marine protected areas of St. Martin, St. Maarten, St. Barths, Anguilla, Saba and Statia. The four-day meeting started [on Monday] with a lunch at the Mercure hotel, [...]
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Caribbean territories represented at European Union climate change workshop
Several Caribbean territories were represented at a recent European Union climate change workshop: The “Islands and Adapting to Climate Change” workshop … was geared towards small islands, addressed challenges and applicable tools that overseas territories can implement to manage climate change adaptation initiatives and strategies. In attendance were representatives from The Cayman Islands, Aruba, Bonaire, [...]
Using GIS to map nature in the Dutch Caribbean
In their latest blog post the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) explains some of their recent conservation work, monitoring and mapping flora and fauna in Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten: Protecting this paradise is the goal of the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA), a partnership organization made up of the islands’ [...]
The Incomplete Guide to the Wildlife of St. Martin
Mark Yokoyama of Les Fruit de Mer (LFDM) (previously mentioned in a Green Antilles post about a shallow water mangrove survey in St. Martin) have produced an Incomplete Guide to the Wildlife of St. Martin: The Incomplete Guide to the Wildlife of Saint Martin is a 124 page wildlife guide to the animals of St. [...]
Suriname Conservation Foundation and Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance provide good practice examples of conservation trust funding
A recently published study about the long term benefits of permanent conservation endowments includes case studies and examples of best practice from Suriname and the Dutch Caribbean. I’ve embedded the full paper below, and here’s one of the relevant excerpts: A remarkable thing has occurred with most of the Conservation Trust Funds we have observed. [...]
Shallow-water mangrove habitat survey in St. Martin
Les Fruits des Mer, which calls itself the “world’s first extreme shallow snorkeling team”, recently carried out a survey of the shallow-water habitat of Grand Ilet, in the Simpson Bay Lagoon in St. Martin: Les Fruits de Mer made what I believe is our first official scientific expedition, to conduct a survey of fish, invertebrates [...]
EPIC fundraiser for the Simpson Bay Lagoon
St. Maarten-based conservation group Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) will be having a fundraiser in aid of the Simpson Bay Lagoon and its water quality: Come on out April 2nd at 7pm to Isle de Sol Yacht Club in Simpson Bay to join EPIC and friends celebrate the Simpson Bay Lagoon and to help [...]
Clean regattas in the Caribbean
Once again this year, the British Virgin Islands Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival has committed to participating in the Sailors for the Sea Clean Regattas programme, which means that there will be measures in place to reduce the event’s environmental impacts. The recently held St. Maarten Heineken Regatta was also a certified clean regatta. As [...]
Invasive seagrass species found in St. Maarten’s waters
The St. Maarten Nature Foundation is concerned about the presence of a non-native seagrass species: The Nature Foundation was able to [identify] extensive beds of the invasive seagrass Halophilia stipulacea, a native from the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, in four locations in the Simpson Bay Lagoon. This seagrass was more than likely introduced to [...]
