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A hurricane hindered efforts to return a native species of fern to Bermuda’s wild areas.
Efforts to reintroduce the Governor Laffan’s Fern, considered extinct in the wild, to various sites around the island had mixed results last year, after the isla...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An environmental group celebrated Earth Day yesterday with a tree-planting programme.
The Bermuda Climate Action Network said the reduction of travel and closure of factories in the fight against Covid-19 had resulted in an “environmental boon” with ...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The second annual Bermuda Championship will embrace a new policy to reduce waste when it returns this October.
Organisers of the international golf event announced today, in recognition of Earth Day, that it would adopt the PGA Tour’s reusable cup po...
DATE: Apr 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The worldwide Covid-19 lockdown has not deterred bluebirds from their Bermuda nesting season.
Christian Chin-Gurret, a Bermudian student and founder of the Happy Bird Company bluebird box makers, said the eastern bluebird season had already started.
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DATE: Apr 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A frustrated Department of Parks worker has condemned dumping at public parks.
The member of staff forwarded pictures of household trash piling up at parks, which are all closed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The employee who asked not to be ident...
DATE: Apr 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new green organisation said it aimed to make Bermuda the first carbon-neutral country in the world.
Climate Wise, founded by entrepreneur Stephen Castree, said the organisation would allow companies and individuals to fund international projects th...
DATE: Apr 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two snow geese blown in by high winds have found a temporary home on St George’s golf course.
Paul Watson, a keen birdwatcher, said: “They were on the promontory near Blackbeard’s early Friday afternoon and, on Friday evening, they were on the old 13...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
An unseen episode of a Bermudian-based marine wildlife programme with the late veterinarian Neil Burnie’s narration will be broadcast next week.
The Ocean Vet Turtles episode, starring Dr Burnie and conservationist Choy Aming, was filmed before Dr Bu...
DATE: Apr 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
As a result of the precautions being taken to limit the potential threats associated with Covid-19, Earth Hour activities around the world have taken on an entirely different format.
Greenrock Chairman Eugene Dean said,? “Our observance of Earth Hour...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
A west end nature reserve is to get a makeover.
The Bermuda Audubon Society said a “major restoration project” at the Somerset Long Bay Nature Reserve was launched to tackle vines and cow cane that had overrun the reserve.
Karen Border, the society’s...
DATE: Mar 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes