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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
Greenrock is spearheading local efforts to recognize Earth Hour on Saturday, March 28th from 8:30 - 9:30pm in the midst of growing concerns about the global impact of Covid-19. The way the global community is rallying together in an effort to halt th...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Hidden cameras on a nature reserve have recorded the hatching of another cahow chick, the second this season.
JP Rouja, the Nonsuch Expeditions team leader, said the bird broke free from its egg on Nonsuch Island on Sunday with researchers, students ...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A pond filled in almost eight decades ago is to be reborn as a nature reserve.
Excavators have moved in to the site of Eve’s Pond, at Shelly Bay in Hamilton Parish, as a first step towards the recreation of the pond and a three-and-a-half acre reserv...
DATE: Mar 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian park has joined a scheme to preserve forests in Commonwealth countries.
The Walsingham Nature Reserve, known as Tom Moore’s Jungle, is the first in a British Overseas Territory to be accepted by the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy. The QCC, a...
DATE: Mar 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ministry of Public Works is supporting the Free E-Waste & TAG Recycling Drop-Off Day event being sponsored by Somerset Cricket Club (SCC) on Saturday, March 7 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at the club premises.
The public, specifically Somerset residen...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Viewers around the world watched a critically endangered cahow chick hatch in Bermuda at the weekend.
Nonsuch Expedition’s CahowCam project broadcast a hatching live from Nonsuch Island on Friday night — the eighth year cameras have been used to stre...
DATE: Mar 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The natural splendour and history of the Spittal Pond Nature Reserve was shared with 245 children, teachers, camp leaders and parents who joined the Bermuda National Trust’s Annual Children’s Nature Walk.
The 64-acre conservation area on South Shore ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A robot submarine is to be deployed in a bid to study microscopic organisms in the island’s underwater caves.
Researchers at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences were awarded a Trident remote operated vehicle by Conservation X Labs, a US-based env...
DATE: Feb 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A controversial decision to allow a quarry operation in an environmentally significant area has been upheld, despite the recommendation of an independent inspector.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said that the decision to allow a commer...
DATE: Feb 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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