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An environmental group has praised the West End Development Corporation for announcing it would consult the public on the future of the South Basin.
In a statement, the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce stated: “This move on Wedco’s part...
DATE: Mar 21, 2016
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Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Hundreds of people were able to watch the hatching of a cahow chick on Nonsuch Island through a streaming live feed this weekend.
According to Jeremy Madeiros, senior terrestrial conservation officer at the Department of Conservation, the first stage...
DATE: Mar 07, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A seabird native to an island off the coast of Brazil was recently spotted off the coast of Bermuda, flying with a group of cahows.
According to the Bermuda Audubon Society’s winter newsletter, a small group taking part in bird-banding studies on Non...
DATE: Dec 23, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda has so far been spared the effects of an international coral bleaching event brought on by higher than usual sea temperatures.
In October, the United States-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) declared the onset of a ...
DATE: Dec 02, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
“Unprecedented” mechanical issues have hindered trash collection across the Island according to Craig Cannonier, the Minister of Public Works, but efforts are under way to restore normal service.
He said the Bermuda Government had been working closel...
DATE: Oct 30, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ministry of Public Works is working to address complaints about overgrown roadsides.
While the ministry has come under fire in recent months over overgrown grass and trees on the Island’s roadsides, a spokeswoman said efforts were being made to ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The decision to allow agricultural land to be built on as part of the Pink Beach redevelopment has been criticised by the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce.
Grant Gibbons, as the acting Minister of Home Affairs, granted Sardis Developmen...
DATE: Oct 02, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Trunk Island could become the centrepiece of environmental education programmes, according to the Bermuda Zoological Society.
Ian Walker, principal curator of the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo, told Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday that as cahows ret...
DATE: Sep 30, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences has received two new grants to help support climate change research in and around the Island.
According to a BIOS spokeswoman, recent grants from the National Science Foundation will allow the restoration of th...
DATE: Sep 22, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A community garden on the Southlands property will be ready this Autumn but work must still be done before the site can be named a national park.
While the project was described as a step towards the South Shore property becoming a park, Public Works...
DATE: Jul 01, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes