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A team of scientists working to establish the Sargasso Sea as a protected area has just completed the first of two voyages in Bermuda waters collecting marine data.
The Sea Dragon, which is operated by Pangaea Exploration, is here to conduct research...
DATE: Jun 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
BEST has given the thumbs up to a proposal to establish a protected marine area within Bermuda’s Exclusive Economic Zone.
Government and Pew Environment Group should be congratulated for “moving in this direction”, a statement from the Bermuda Enviro...
DATE: May 27, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Aideen Ratteray Pryse was today named the Island’s new Planning Director.
She takes over the post from Trevor Leach, whose contract ends on May 31.
Ms Pryse was Assistant Director of Planning until she left the department in 1999 and launched ARP Co...
DATE: May 23, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Ombudsman Arlene Brock has again called on Government to honour its commitments to the UK Environmental Charter, reiterating that the charter is legally binding.
Last year the Ombudsman said in a report that the then Government had acted unlawfully b...
DATE: May 23, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Almost 500 school students have signed up to learn more about what is potentially the worst ecological disaster to hit the western Atlantic in recent history.
An interactive exhibit on the lionfish, an invasive species depleting juvenile fish stocks ...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Environmental campaigners have renewed calls for Planning procedures to be made more open in a bid to stop developments getting the go-ahead behind closed doors.
The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) spoke out after Environment Mi...
DATE: May 08, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government is to allow fishing in an area that was once closed to fishermen during the summer months.
The decision to amend the boundaries to the southwestern seasonally protected area was made following “thorough research and in-depth consultation” ...
DATE: May 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A proposal by environmentalists to legislate a fee for disposable bags has drawn mixed reviews from the public.
Greenrock and the Bermuda Marine Debris Taskforce are behind a campaign to have shoppers pay 25 cents for disposable bags in an effort to ...
DATE: Apr 29, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda celebrated Earth Day with the official opening of a new nature reserve in Southampton yesterday.
The eight-acre Vesey Nature Reserve has been saved from future development thanks to the generosity of Sharon Vesey, who donated the site to the ...
DATE: Apr 23, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Environment Minister Sylvan Richards carried out plenty of spade work during the Island’s celebration of Earth Day yesterday.
For before planting a tree at a new nature reserve in Southampton yesterday evening, the Minister was on hand to do some mor...
DATE: Apr 23, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
