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April 27, 2016
Students reviving mangrove wetlands

FORTY-five students planted 135 baby mangrove trees in Camp Abaco last week after growing them in their classrooms throughout this school year.

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February 02, 2012
Elite Abaco resort defends environmental record

Management at Baker's Bay Golf and Ocean Club remains adamant that its Guana Cay development is the most environmentally responsible development in the Caribbean despite accusations from an environmentalist group.

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November 01, 2010
International efforts to restore Abaco Creek

Friends of the Environment has partnered with Dr Craig Layman and his research team from Florida International University to restore a vital tidal creek and wetland area in Abaco.

Broad Creek, located just south of Marsh Harbour near Camp Abaco has been blocked for more than 30 years after a road was constructed to build the camp.

The restoration project entailed removing a small area of the...

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July 09, 2010
Bahamian police pledge to catch the Barefoot Bandit

Bahamian police say they are determined to be the ones to catch the elusive "Barefoot Bandit" who has been outwitting the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other US law agencies for more than two years.

A fervent search for the runaway fugitive continued last night across the length and breadth of Abaco.

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January 30, 2012
FNM National Candidates Launch Address - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham

Fellow Bahamians;

F-N-Ms:

It?s nearly time! This voyage is nearly over. Soon we will bring the Bahamian Ship-of-State back to Port.

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April 13, 2010
'Engineer' title improperly used in power plant study

One of the lead signatories on the Wilson City Power Plant's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) prepared for BEC was found to have wrongfully used the professional designate "Environmental Engineer" according to Tribune Business.

The Florida Board of Professional Engineers (FBPE) said KES Environmental Services employee Crystal Robbins should should have signed the document as an "Environmen...

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April 21, 2016
New student project restores mangrove forests in The Bahamas

This week, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF), in partnership with Friends of the Environment (FRIENDS), is taking students and teachers to restore a local mangrove forest.

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