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Bahamas Environment takes Surprising Centre Stage at Global Conference
More than 300 environmental rights advocates, environmental organisations trustees, supporters and volunteers who monitor the world?s waters gathered for the 2017 Waterkeepers Alliance conference in Park City, Utah, earlier this month but it was one of the smallest countries of all that took centre stage ? The Bahamas...
THE BAHAMAS MINISTRY OF TOURISM & AVIATION BECOMES MEMBER OF GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE TOURISM COUNCIL (GSTC)
THE BAHAMAS MINISTRY OF TOURISM & AVIATION BECOMES MEMBER OF GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE TOURISM COUNCIL (GSTC)
The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation (BMOTA) is proud to announce its affiliation as a member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), joining other tourism organizations around the world in the commitment to meeting global standards in sustainability in travel and tourism.
During the COVID-19 global travel interruption in 2020, BMOTA invested time in a series of capacity buildi...
PIMS FIGHTS TO SAVE MANGROVES Perry Institute receives grant to assess, restore damaged ecosystem
PIMS FIGHTS TO SAVE MANGROVES Perry Institute receives grant to assess, restore damaged ecosystem
Much-needed measures to regenerate an extraordinary ecosystem which safeguards people, infrastructure and the environment are underway, as the Perry Institute of Marine Science (PIMS) mobilizes a two-island, mangrove restoration project funded by the Bahamas Protected Area Fund.
As low-lying nations like The Bahamas are subjected to more frequent and powerful hurricanes, mangroves – which st...
BNT Outraged Over Dumping At Bonefish Pond National Park
On New Year's Day, staff of the Bahamas National Trust (BNT) discovered a pile of debris dumped at Bonefish Pond National Park.
Equinor site 'far from being cleaned up'
Equinor site 'far from being cleaned up'
A Grand Bahama environmentalist is strongly refuting a recent update by Equinor of the oil spill clean-up in the affected pine forest in East Grand Bahama, saying that "it is far from being cleaned up."
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve Celebrates 10 Years on Eleuthera
The Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve (LLNPP), a historic national park managed by the Bahamas National Trust (BNT) on the island of Eleuthera, celebrates its ten-year anniversary this March 24.
Founded by Shelby White in honor of her late husband Leon Levy, the LLNPP is a living part of Bahamian history. It is the fulfillment of the vision of Shelby and Leon, who both loved the natural environm...
Save The Bays urges the public to attend Clifton Town Meeting
Save The Bays (STB), the grassroots social and environmental advocacy group that is taking The Bahamas by storm, has urged all members of the public to attend tonight?s town meeting on the future of Clifton Bay...
VANDALS STRIKE AT TRUST'S BONEFISH POND NATIONAL PARK
By MEGAN REYNOLDS
Tribune Staff Reporter
mreynolds@tribunemedia.net
GUN-TOTING vandals have caused thousands of dollars worth of damage at the Bahamas National Trust's Bonefish Pond National Park.
Plexiglass, wood and metal welcome signs at the entrance to the 1,200 acre coastal wetland park off Cowpen Road have all been used for target practice.
Trust Executive Director Eric Carey said the d...
Building a foundation for Nature Tourism in The Bahamas
The Bahamas National Trust (BNT) in partnership with National Audubon Society and the Inter-American Development Bank group (IDB), and the Ministry of Tourism (MOT) recently recognised sixty-six (66) new bird guides in two graduation ceremonies, held in Matthew Town, Inagua and Fresh Creek, Andros.
Out west birding is great
Out west birding is great
GRAND BAHAMA - A recent field trip by the Grand Bahama Birding Group to the western end of the island resulted in several "lifebirds" for members of the group.
Derek Gape, director at the Ginn development at West End, had opened up the property to the birders to survey the many ponds in the area. Among the 40 species recorded that morning, a Northern Harrier Hawk was one of the new birds to be re...