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St. Maarten waters recognised as important shark, ray area under global IUCN standard
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (309+ words) Endangered Caribbean Reef Shark in St. Maarten's waters. PHILIPSBURG--The St. Maarten Insular Shelf has been recognised as an Important Shark and Ray Area (ISRA) under the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group's…...
WOW! The Nature Film holds up a mirror to us
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (641+ words) By Gerbert Kunst, Representative of the Netherlands on Cura'ao, Aruba, Sint Maarten Have we underestimated nature " its resilience, adaptability and capacity for innovation? These are precisely the themes we seek to place at the heart of cooperation within the Kingdom....
US to create genomic and cellular 'Bio Vault' for endangered species
1+ week, 3+ day ago (456+ words) WASHINGTON--A biotech company and a U. S. government agency announced on Thursday a plan to create an archive of living cells and genomic material for every species protected under the U. S. Endangered Species Act in a project to safeguard roughly 2, 300 types of…...
The Daily Herald - Broad support for ocean plan
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (1178+ words) HAMILTON, Bermuda--Representatives from different sectors are sharing their views on the Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme, saying the protection of the island's waters affects more than just the fishing industry and will "build resilience. The national plan, which establishes no-fishing…...
Nature's beauty must be preserved for the generations that come after us
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (326+ words) By Nathalie Rietman, project manager for the WOW-ies I have now been working for almost six years as a project manager at 360" of Innovation, and we launched WOW in 2022. What started with creating intro videos for all six islands quickly…...