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A bid to introduce vertical farming to Bermuda has yet to bear fruit – but the Government said discussions continued. The Government earlier announced that a proposal would go before the Cabinet Committee for Economic Development last November. But W...

Bad weather has led to hold-ups in the upkeep of the showpiece Botanical Gardens, the public works ministry said yesterday. A spokesman said that regular maintenance of the park’s maze area, including the use of weedkiller and hedge planting, was del...

The traditional harbingers of spring returned to Bermuda last week. The first longtails of 2021 were spotted by sharp-eyed nature photographer LeShun Smith, although the group of about 15 birds were well offshore of Church Bay, Southampton. Mr Smith ...

The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo has invited the public to an online lecture on the protection of the island’s reefs against invasive lionfish. Weldon Wade, the founder of the marine protection group Guardians of the Reef, will give a status upda...

A survey on the public’s use of Bermuda’s marine areas will close next Monday. The Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme survey was set up to identify the top conservation, fishing and recreation areas as part of a bid to develop a marine management pla...

A plant to process material for backfill has been proposed for a property on Marsh Lane in Devonshire. According to a planning application, Kip Froud of Invisible Trenching Ltd has sought planning permission to run a crushing and sifting plant at #10...

A moratorium may be lifted on introducing 5G wireless technology to Bermuda, the Regulatory Authority announced last night. In a preliminary report, the telecommunications watchdog said it was proposing to lift the temporary moratorium imposed on fif...

A survey designed to map important marine areas is to close next week. The Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme poll was set up to identify the top conservation, fishing and recreation areas. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said: “I encoura...

An international project to help protect the Sargasso Sea received $3 million through a first-of-a-kind grant. The Sargasso Sea Commission was given the cash fund from the Global Environment Facility. The cash will be accompanied by $25 million of fi...

Ocean pollution has reached “crisis proportions”, the former head of an environmental charity has warned. Anne Hyde, who stepped down as executive director of Keep Bermuda Beautiful last week, said Bermuda had to balance on-island environmental probl...