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A forest of casuarinas and hundreds of pounds of debris have been cleared from Bermuda’s largest fortification as part of a clean-up of the historic Fort Victoria.
The fortification once watched over the town of St George but sections were destroyed ...
DATE: Jan 03, 2023
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A rare cousin of Bermuda’s iconic longtail returned to the island last year – but neither of the eggs known to have been laid successfully hatched.
Miguel Mejias said in the latest edition of the Bermuda Audubon Society newsletter that at least four ...
DATE: Jan 03, 2023
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Revellers have been praised for leaving Elbow Beach clean after the annual Christmas Day party.
According to Traci Burgess, the executive director of Keep Bermuda Beautiful, which
helps with waste management for the event, more than 1,300lb of t...
DATE: Jan 03, 2023
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
Bermuda’s fishermen are still hopeful of a last chance for talks with the Government to end an impasse over a marine conservation plan that they consider flawed.
Allan Bean, president of the Fishermen’s Association Bermuda and chairman of the Commerc...
DATE: Dec 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 10-acre plot of land home to invasive plants and sheep could open as the island’s newest nature reserve in 2024.
Buy Back Bermuda – a collaborative initiative by the Bermuda National Trust and the Bermuda Audubon Society – announced earlier this ye...
DATE: Dec 30, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
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