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An offshore trimaran destined for Bermuda is taking part in a scientific sailing expedition to safeguard the oceans from plastic pollution.
The Multi One Design 70 or MOD 70 trimaran, Race for Water is participating in the Race for Water Odyssey that...
DATE: Mar 18, 2015
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Environment
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Non-Bermudians owned 2,174 acres of Bermuda’s land as of October 31, 2014.
However, the figures do not include holders of permanent resident certificates.
Junior Minister of Environment Sylvan Richards provided the numbers in the House of Assembly in...
DATE: Mar 13, 2015
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Environment
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The winners of this year’s Keep Bermuda Beautiful awards have been unveiled at the charity’s 51st annual general meeting.
The charity’s prize-giving at Masterworks was attended by Minister of Public Works, Craig Cannonier and Senator Lynne Woolridge
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DATE: Mar 13, 2015
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Environment
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New data about Bermuda’s sea turtles, including research tracing the journey of young animals from Bermuda to foreign shores, is to be presented at an upcoming talk.
Bermuda Turtle Project co-ordinator Jennifer Gray will host the talk at the Bermuda ...
DATE: Mar 13, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Island’s waste recycling service will continue “as far as we know”, according to Waste Management’s education and enforcement officer, Vanese Gordon.
But recycling is doomed to remain a money-losing enterprise, especially for an Island jurisdicti...
DATE: Mar 11, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Students are being offered the chance to learn about the Island’s marine environment from world-class South African free diver Hanli Prinsloo.
She is taking part in the upcoming Kids on the Reef programme, in which middle school pupils practice skil...
DATE: Feb 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Plans to erect a mobile cell tower in Devonshire have again been submitted to the Planning Department.
The application, received by the Department on February 13, proposes the erection of a 65-foot “cell-site on wheels” capable of extending to 100ft,...
DATE: Feb 24, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Island’s first sighting of a razorbill was reported yesterday.
Audubon Society member Paul Watson spotted the bird on the Great Sound in the morning.
He was soon joined by the group’s president, Andrew Dobson, to get photographic evidence of the ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Green group BEST has called for a more extensive environmental survey to be conducted on the South Basin marina project.
Chairman Stuart Hayward said parts of the existing report had been taken from a previous Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) co...
DATE: Feb 23, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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All five winners of the inaugural Winter Lionfish Derby have been announced and about 100 lionfish were caught in total.
As revealed in The Royal Gazette this month, Mark Outerbridge won the free diving category, bagging 53 lionfish during the three-...
DATE: Feb 16, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
