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  • Book The Incomplete Guide to the Wildlife of St. Martin
    This field guide is not a comprehensive guide to the wildlife of St. Martin. The species included are restricted primarily to those which the author ...
  • Book Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs - Part 1, Overview and synthesis for the wider Caribbean region
    Outbreaks of Acropora and Diadema diseases in the 1970s and early 1980s, overpopulation in the form of too many tourists, and overfishing are the...
  • Book Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs - Part 2, Reports for individual countries and territories
    Outbreaks of Acropora and Diadema diseases in the 1970s and early 1980s, overpopulation in the form of too many tourists, and overfishing are the...
  • Book Present day geothermal and seismic activity on Saba and St. Eustatius, the status of activity of the volcanoes, and possible future precursor activities
    Since the European settlement of St. Eustatius in 1636 and Saba in about 1640 there has been no eruptive activity on either island. Westermann and...
  • Book Saba Bank Research 2011-2016
    This book will let you dive into the underwater worl of the Saba Bank and gives you an introduction to its amazing biodiversity. At the same time you...
  • Book Landscapes and Landforms of the Lesser Antilles
    This book focuses on the highly touristed, but surprisingly under-researched Lesser Antilles region. After offering a brief overview of the region’s...
  • Book De Amfibieën en Reptielen van Aruba, Curaçao en Bonaire
    dit informatieboekje,behandelt de terrestrische herpetofauna van Aruba, Curaçao en Bonaire. Het is voor een belangrijk deel gebaseerd op de...
  • Book Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire
    While translating the Dutch version of "de Amfibieen en Reptielen van Aruba, Curaçao en Bonaire" into English, I was forced to go through the entire...
  • Book What works in conservation (2015)
    This book has been created to help you make decisions about practical conservation management by providing an assessment, from the available...
  • Book The seagrass of the world
    Although this paper is primarily meant to be a toxonomic treatment of the marine Angiosperms, some other aspects will be discussed, such as the...
  • Book The seagrass of the world
    Although this paper is primarily meant to be a toxonomic treatment of the marine Angiosperms, some other aspects will be discussed, such as the...
  • Book Habitat utilization and migration in juvenile sea turtles.
    Sea turtles are basically creatures that spend their entire lives in marine or estuarine habitats.Their only remaining reptilian ties to terrestrial...
  • Book Butterflies and Moths of Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire
    Foreword Butterflies are a colorful and fascinating group of insects that have attracted a great deal of interest from naturalists in the past. In...
  • Book Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao
    A site and field guide. Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao is the essential guide for anyone traveling to those islands. It showcases the more than...
  • Book A Systematic Vademecum to the Vascular Plants of Sint Eustatius
    Small Caribbean islands are wonderful showcases of biodiversity. All islands of the Lesser Antilles had equal access to a similar suite of invading...
  • Book Biology of Parrotfishes
    Content: Chapter 1: Cranial Specializations of Parrotfishes, Genus Scarus (Scarinae, Labridae) for Scraping Reef Surfaces  By Kenneth W. Gobalet The...
  • Book Antillean Fish Guide
    This booklet is meant as a guide to identify the fishes and turtles of the reefs of the Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St....
  • Book Towards reef resilience and sustainable livelihood: : A handbook for Caribbean coral reef managers
    The project has produced a handbook that aims to provide reef managers with tools, information and recommendations on management of coral reef...
  • Book Hiking on saba: a guide to the trails of Saba
  • Book Status of Dutch Caribbean Reefs
    Following the Royal Palace Symposium in the Netherlands in December 2016, and the harsh call to action by Professor Jeremy Jackson (Scripps...
  • Book The Saba Bank
    Until recently the Saba Bank remained a mysterious and largely unexplored off shore atoll falling mostly within the water of the Exclusive Economic...
  • Book The Nature Funding Projects
    In the wake of the constitutional change in 2010, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs (now the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature & Food...
  • Book Basic Book Vegetables and fruits on Bonaire
    This book gives you the basic knowledge to grow fruit and vegetables in your own garden. The photos show what you need to do step by step. The texts...
  • Book Handbook Hydroponics on Bonaire
    Lettuce is difficult to grow on Bonaire. There are many varieties that will start shooting quickly because of the high temperatures.  Jaap van der...
  • Book Handboek Hydroponics op Bonaire
    Sla is moeilijk te kweken op Bonaire. Er zijn veel soorten die snel zullen gaan schieten vanwege de hoge temperaturen. Jaap van der Wel begon in 2015...
  • Book Manual di Kultivo Hidropóniko na Bonaire
    Jaap van der Wel ta un agrikultor hulandes ku hopi konosementu i eksperensia. Na aña 2012 Jaap a bini Bonaire pa kuminsa ku su negoshi di...
  • Book Handbook Professional Vegetable Cultivation Bonaire
    Arie Boers has produced vegetables and herbs for supermarkets and restaurants on Bonaire. His three years of experience is written down in this...
  • Book Handboek Professionele Groententeelt Bonaire
    Arie Boers heeft drie jaar lang groenten en kruiden geproduceerd voor supermarkten en restaurants op Bonaire. Zijn kennis en ervaring staat in dit...
  • Book Basisboek Groente en fruit op Bonaire
    Dit boek geeft je de basiskennis om groenten en fruit in je eigen tuin te verbouwen. De foto's laten zien wat u stap voor stap moet doen. De teksten...
  • Book Manual Básiko Bèrdura i fruta na Bonaire
    E buki akí ta duna bo informashon básiko pa kultivá bèrdura i fruta den bo kurá di kas. E potrètnan ta mustra kiko bo tin mester i kon pa hasi’é. E...
  • Book A framework for tourism development on fragile island destinations: the case of Bonaire
    Tourism in Bonaire should develop in a planned and orderly manner so as to provide the maximum benefit to the island and its residents and to ensure...
  • Book Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems
    Bonaire and Curaçao are oceanic islands surrounded by coral reefs on their leeward sides extending steeply down to mesophotic depths (30–150 m). Easy...
  • Book A new approach to monitoring marine protected areas management success in the Dutch Caribbean
    Chapter 20 in Marine Protected Areas: Science, Policy and Management There is ample evidence to show that Marine Protected Areas (MPA’s) are an...
  • Book The Marine Algal Vegetation of St. Martin, St. Eustatius and Saba
    Although algology deals with a large group of plants, widespread and of great morphological diversity, the history of this branch of botany is fairly...
  • Book Botanisch onderzoek van de Nederlandse Antillen
    Botanisch onderzoek van een gebied heeft als regel in drie fasen plaats: floristisch onderzoek, teneinde een overzicht te krijgen van de...
  • Book The Flora of the Dutch West Indian Islands vol 2
    Endemic species found on St. Martin, Saba and St. Eustatius
  • Book Flora voor de Nederlandsch West-Indische eilanden
    Het doel van deze Flora is het vinden van de wetenschappelijke namen der planten, welke op de Nederlandsch West-Indische Eilanden in 't wild of...
  • Book Geiten en Schapen op de ABC-eilanden
    Voorwoord Dit handboek behandelt het houden van schapen en geiten op de ABC-eilanden, met als doel het produceren van lamsvlees van een hoge...
  • Book ÁREAS Y SITIOS DE IMPORTANCIA PARA LA CONSERVACIÓN DE LOS MURCIÉLAGOS EN LATINOAMÉRICA Y EL CARIBE.
    Este libro es el corolario de muchos años de trabajo y dedicación de los miembros de la RELCOM (Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe para la Conservación...

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