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  • Research report Protecting Bonaire against Coastal Flooding A participatory multi-criteria analysis of coastal adaptation options
    Part of the larger The impacts of climate change on Bonaire (2022-present) report available here.   Summary Coastal hazards pose a significant threat...
  • Scientific article Preferential dolomitization in Mio–Pliocene bioclastic clinoforms, Bonaire Island, South Caribbean: insights from petrographic and geochemical analyses
    Selective dolomitization, where certain carbonate components are preferentially dolomitized over others, can be significant in the overall dynamic...
  • Other resources Final report St.Eustatius Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
    Coral reefs provide some of the most valuable ecosystem services for the islands. They are a driver of tourism, they protect against storms, and...
  • Other resources Final report St.Eustatius 2016 Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
    The goal of the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN), an operational network of ICRI, the International Coral Reef Initiative, is to improve...
  • Scientific article Early cementation and lithification in intertidal cryptalgal structures, boca jewfish, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
    On the shore of the Boca Jewfish area of the Lac, Bonaire, N.A., blue-green algae perform a sediment-stabilizing and binding function resulting in a...
  • Research report Regional Strategy for the Control of Invasive Lionfish in the Wider Caribbean
    Summary: Lionfishes are venomous species of scorpionfishes which are native to Indo-Pacific coral reef ecosystems and adjacent habitats. Because of...
  • Research report An Economic and Social Study of the Saba Marine Park, Saba, Netherlands Antilles.
    The Dutch island of Saba in the North Eastern Caribbean has been surrounded by a protected area since 1987. This area known as the Saba Marine Park...
  • Research report An Economic and Social Study of the Saba Marine Park, Saba, Netherlands Antilles.
    The Dutch island of Saba in the North Eastern Caribbean has been surrounded by a protected area since 1987. This area known as the Saba Marine Park...
  • Other resources Roadmap towards effective fisheries management of the Caribbean Netherlands
    For the special municipalities of the Netherlands, Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality is...
  • Media ROADMAP TOWARDS EFFECTIVE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ON THE CARIBBEAN NETHERLANDS
    EXCERPT FROM: MAS PISKA PA BONEIRU: A SOCIAL MAPPING STUDY OF THE FISHERIES SECTOR OF BONAIRE, ST. EUSTATIUS AND SABA.   For the special...
  • Other resources Humpback whales and shipping collisions in the Dutch Caribbean EEZ
    Student Report This advisory report is drawn up at the behest of the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) who wants to know how to reduce ship...
  • Research report Chapter 12. Status and trends of coral reefs of the Caribbean region
    Regional Context: The Caribbean Region represents only 1% of Earth’s marine surface but hosts 10% of the world’s coral reefs, including fringing...
  • Research report Tropical Americas Coral Reef Resilience Workshop Report
    The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assumed leadership of the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) in 2010 with...

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