Phase 3 of COVID-19 regulations to begin January 3, 2021. Due to a spike in the past two days of confirmed cases of COVID-19 (46 active cases as of January 2, 2021), Lt. Governor Edison Rijna announced today that beginning tomorrow, January 3rd, 2021, Bonaire will...
Bonaire’s turtle population increased in 2020, with 113 counted nests. The 2020 sea turtle nesting season is now coming to an end. The season started on May 1st when Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire (STCB) staff and volunteers recorded the first loggerhead nest...
Marine litter evaluation on Bonaire after two years of OSPAR data. Bonaire and sister island, Saba, utilize the OSPAR methodology for monitoring marine litter. Although the marine litter crisis is a global threat, small islands experience a disproportional burden of...
Two of Bonaire’s parrots poached. The chicks were taken from their nest in the wild. The Yellow-shouldered Amazon Parrot is a protected species on Bonaire. Recently, when customs officers were conducting a routine inspection on a boat, they were shocked and...
Nederlands 2020 Coral Spawning Predictions for the South Caribbean, including Bonaire. Download the 2020 Coral Spawning Predictions 2020 coral spawning. Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity (CARMABI) has released its annual coral spawning prediction...
