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Bermuda’s younger voices will continue the global dialogue on climate change with the island’s second Youth Climate Summit hosted by a leading ocean conservation group.
Last year, the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute brought international...
DATE: Sep 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The last residential property on Par-la-Ville Road has been demolished with work on the site due to finish by the middle of this month, the City of Hamilton announced.
The city, which owned the property called Rose Cottage, announced its plans to de...
DATE: Sep 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
A landmark project to save vital mangrove forests from further degeneration has moved a step closer after a botanist spearheading the plan visited the island.
Christopher Puttock was part of a delegation of more than 200 members of Rotary groups from...
DATE: Sep 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A proposal to build a facility in St David’s to incinerate medical waste has been given the green light by the Department of Planning.
The application by MediWaste proposed the erection of a new structure on industrially zoned land on Wallers Point R...
DATE: Sep 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The wait is over for lovers of local lobsters, as the 2022-23 season opens from tomorrow until the end of next March.
But a decline in numbers of the local Caribbean spiny lobster, whose population has been hit by the loss of seagrass habitats, means...
DATE: Sep 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A video of a swimmer taking a ride on a turtle which is circulating on social media has been described as “disturbing” by one turtle expert, who said that handling them was “dangerous, abusive, and criminal”.
Jennifer Gray, the director of the Bermud...
DATE: Sep 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A team of international researchers has turned its focus on the island’s air and water as part of a study of trace elemental gases in the atmosphere.
According to BIOS’s Currents newsletter, the project, called the Bermuda boundary layer experiment...
DATE: Aug 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More microforests are set to appear around the island as a Bermuda Zoological Society project to plant more trees and shrubs continues to grow.
While five microforests have already been established, it is hoped that another three will be planted befo...
DATE: Aug 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
No-fishing zones off Bermuda totalling 90,000 sq km have been proposed, along with an investment centre to drive economic investment in local waters.
The fish sanctuaries, with plans to court overseas investors to the island, were unveiled by Water R...
DATE: Aug 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bahamian conservationist hopes to share her great love for the ocean and her desire to protect it with Bermudians tomorrow.
Being less than a week old when she had her first dip in the sea, Casuarina McKinney-Lambert has had a passion for everythi...
DATE: Aug 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda