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The Bermuda National Trust wants to make a Warwick nature reserve a stronghold for native and endemic species, according to a Conservation Management Plan.
The voluntary plan, submitted to the Department of Planning this week, is intended to set ...
DATE: Dec 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A call for beach and park services has been issued for 18 of the island’s public spaces in time for the summer of 2023.
Concessionaires are sought by the Department of Parks for services to operate from next March 1 to the end of 2023. The locations ...
DATE: Dec 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An overview spanning decades of fishing in Bermuda lends credence to a sweeping marine conservation plan covering Bermuda waters
DATE: Dec 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Volunteers are welcome for Keep Bermuda Beautiful’s clean-up drive in the aftermath of a family-friendly Christmas Day tradition on the South Shore.
The impromptu gathering that sees hundreds of people celebrate Christmas at Elbow Beach is not organ...
DATE: Dec 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A fishing industry group has served Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, with a request to discuss “revising the methodology” for a controversial marine conversation plan.
The letter from the Fishermen’s Association Bermuda, sent yesterday, sugge...
DATE: Dec 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A clean-up campaign has cleared more than 50 abandoned boats from the island’s waters in the past seven months.
The Abandoned Boats project was launched by the environmental charity Keep Bermuda Beautiful in conjunction with the Government, and raise...
DATE: Dec 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A government official urged fishermen to “come back to the table” after a major representative group snubbed an offer to join conservation talks.
A response to a letter of objection sent out on Thursday by the Fishermen’s Association Bermuda also...
DATE: Dec 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A young bald eagle that arrived on the island in March was still on the hunt this autumn, according to the Bermuda Audubon Society.
The society said the predator was last spotted over the Mid-Ocean Golf Club in mid-November.
In the autumn edition of ...
DATE: Dec 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Environmental groups have launched formal objections in an effort to halt the construction of a parking lot and events lawn on a national park.
The Bermuda Audubon Society and the Bermuda National Trust have objected to the proposal’s use of the sout...
DATE: Dec 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Birdwatchers are set to have a busy week as 25 citizen scientists with the Bermuda Audubon Society carry out the annual bird count.
The weeklong event started on Wednesday, with the main count day taking place on today.
A spokeswoman for the society ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes