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The Bermuda National Trust is offering school children the opportunity to get some fresh air and experience the Bermuda environment at its finest this coming Tuesday during the annual Children’s Nature Walk at Spittal Pond in Smith’s.
The annual wal...
DATE: Feb 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Special development orders will soon require parliamentary approval after Government tabled amendments to the legislation yesterday.
Minister for Environment and Planning Walter Roban said the amendments would allow greater transparency and openness....
DATE: Feb 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Birdwatchers yesterday spotted the first longtail of the year, suggesting a cold and rainy winter might be nearing an end.
Andrew Dobson, president of the Bermuda Audubon Society, noticed a longtail in the air near Church Bay yesterday morning.
“Smal...
DATE: Feb 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Plans to develop at Horseshoe Beach should have been open to the public, environmentalists have charged.
A proposal by South Shore Hospitality Group to build a two-storey restaurant in the park is currently before Planning. Environmental activist Gra...
DATE: Feb 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermudian students investigate a previously-unexplored shipwreck in a new film on the Island’s underwater heritage.
‘Reefs, Wrecks and Renegades’ follows middle school students on the Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s Spirit of Bermuda, as they study a wrec...
DATE: Feb 02, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s wetlands enjoy a special anniversary today, with 40 years since an international convention was signed to protect them.
World Wetlands Day marks the 1971 Ramsar Convention, of which Bermuda is a member along with 158 other countries.
Public...
DATE: Feb 02, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Department of Environmental Protection met with local fisherman recently to discuss how recreational fishing is affecting the marine ecosystem.
Department members on Wednesday organised a presentation at the Blue Waters Anglers Club entitled Mana...
DATE: Feb 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Belco representatives said the company is looking at all forms of alternate power to help the Island’s growing energy needs.
Addressing a crowd at Bermuda College, representatives said Bermuda could see major solar and wind power projects come to lig...
DATE: Jan 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Construction of a proposed West End marina could prove to be an ecological disaster, according to Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST).
The organisation said plans approved by Cabinet allow Cross Island Marina to be built on one of t...
DATE: Jan 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A record number of juvenile turtles has washed ashore in Bermuda this winter.
Usually one or two stranded loggerhead turtles are found on Bermuda’s coastline, having been caught up in seaweed.
In the last two months 17 turtles have been brought to th...
DATE: Jan 25, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
