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		<title>&#8220;Afvalverwerking op Bonaire kan beter&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Milieumedewerkers uit Bonaire zijn op bezoek bij de gemeente Breda om te praten over afval en afvalwater op het eiland. Op die manier willen ze de verwerking daarvan verbeteren. Het gaat niet slecht, zegt Frank van Slobbe van de afdeling &#8230; <a href="http://bonairenaturenews.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/afvalverwerking-op-bonaire-kan-beter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bonairenaturenews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14187892&amp;post=39&amp;subd=bonairenaturenews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Milieumedewerkers uit Bonaire zijn op bezoek bij de gemeente Breda om te praten over afval en afvalwater op het eiland. Op die manier willen ze de verwerking daarvan verbeteren.</p>
<p>Het gaat niet slecht, zegt Frank van Slobbe van de afdeling Milieu- en Natuurbeheer op Bonaire. Maar het kan altijd beter.</p>
<p>Op gebied van afval doet Bonaire het niet slecht, zeker in vergelijking met de andere landen in het Caribisch gebied. “Het afval wordt goed ingezameld, maar de verwerking ervan kan beter.” </p>
<p>Volgens Van Slobbe moet worden gekeken naar bijvoorbeeld de import van producten die minder schadelijk zijn, maar ook naar de voorlichting aan de consument en een beter recyclingsysteem.</p>
<p>De praktijk<br />
Hoe dat er in de praktijk eruit ziet, kan Van Slobbe nog niet zeggen. Maar het is niet ondenkbaar dat mensen hun afval kunnen inleveren bij de supermarkt, waar alles wordt gescheiden. Of mensen ook thuis hun afval op korte termijn moeten gaan scheiden, weet Van Slobbe niet zeker. “Daarover zijn we aan het discussiëren.”</p>
<p>Als Bonaire vanaf oktober een bijzondere gemeente wordt van Nederland zullen de regels op het eiland niet zozeer worden aangescherpt, maar ze zullen beter worden uitgevoerd en gehandhaafd hoopt Van Slobbe. “Daar zien we wel kansen voor.”</p>
<p>De gemeente Breda en Bonaire werken al een tijdje samen op het gebied van natuur en milieu in de vorm van twinning.</p>
<p>(Source: http://www.rnw.nl/caribiana/article/afvalverwerking-op-bonaire-kan-beter)</p>
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		<title>Salba Saliña Di Vlijt</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organisashonnan di konservashon ta urgi gobiernu. (See attached image or check the source-link). (Source: http://www.extrabon.com/edishon/extra2010-06-11.pdf)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bonairenaturenews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14187892&amp;post=34&amp;subd=bonairenaturenews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Organisashonnan di konservashon ta urgi gobiernu.</p>
<p>(See attached image or check the source-link).</p>
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<p>(Source: http://www.extrabon.com/edishon/extra2010-06-11.pdf)</p>
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		<title>Divers Eat Away Bonairean Reef Fish</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of tourists visit Bonaire to dive or snorkel on our reefs. Some of those who’ve been coming here for years and years must have noticed the steep decline of the number of (big) groupers on the reefs. Where &#8230; <a href="http://bonairenaturenews.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/divers-eat-away-bonairean-reef-fish/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bonairenaturenews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14187892&amp;post=30&amp;subd=bonairenaturenews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A lot of tourists visit Bonaire to dive or snorkel on our reefs. Some of those who’ve been coming here for years and years must have noticed the steep decline of the number of (big) groupers on the reefs. Where have they gone?</p>
<p>Well, a percentage of these fish is gone due to habitat loss. Hurricanes in the region sometimes cause heavy wave-action on our West coast with devastating results. Coastal development, pollution of our coastal waters and stress through water sport activities is also a major pressure on the health of the reefs.</p>
<p>However, quite a lot of these fish actually end up in the stomachs of those who visit the restaurants on Bonaire. And these visitors are usually tourists. The tiger grouper you might have admired while diving in the morning could very well be the same one you are drooling over on your plate at night.</p>
<p>If the tourists themselves do not make the connection with declining grouper sightings during their dive or snorkel trip, then maybe the restaurants should start looking after their long term interests. For every grouper (or octopus, lobster for that matter) that is taken of the reef to be served in a restaurant will have a negative effect on the number of tourists visiting their restaurant in the future. No fish on our reefs means no tourists on Bonaire. No tourists on Bonaire means no business for restaurants.</p>
<p>I’d like to call on every restaurant on Bonaire to stop serving reef fish, for the sake of our reefs and thus for their own sake.</p>
<p>Take reef fish off the menu of restaurants or take tourists of the menu of our economy.</p>
<p>(Source: BNN)</p>
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		<title>Natuurorganisaties pleiten voor stopzetting bouw saliña Bonaire</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aliansa Naturalesa di Bonaire, de vereniging van natuurorganisaties van Bonaire, vraagt het Bestuurscollege om onmiddellijk stappen te ondernemen om de vernietiging van de Saliña di Vlijt stop te zetten. Eerst dient volgens Aliansa de mogelijke consequenties bekeken te worden. Harbour &#8230; <a href="http://bonairenaturenews.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/natuurorganisaties-pleiten-voor-stopzetting-bouw-salina-bonaire/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bonairenaturenews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14187892&amp;post=19&amp;subd=bonairenaturenews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Aliansa Naturalesa di Bonaire, de vereniging van  natuurorganisaties van Bonaire, vraagt het Bestuurscollege om  onmiddellijk stappen te ondernemen om de vernietiging van de Saliña  di Vlijt stop te zetten. Eerst dient volgens Aliansa de mogelijke  consequenties bekeken te worden.</p>
<p>Harbour Village heeft de  saliña in erfpacht gekregen en<br />
is begonnen met de bouw van  appartementencomplex. De appartementen zullen aan de rand van de  saliña worden gebouwd. De saliña zal constant onder water gehouden  worden door zeewater naar binnen te pompen.</p>
<p>De werkzaamheden  hebben al belangrijke gedeelten van de<br />
saliña vernietigd. Ook zal  bebouwing van de saliña ten koste gaan van planten- en diersoorten  die je nergens anders buiten een saliña vindt. En als de saliña  permanent onder water wordt gezet door er zeewater in te pompen, zal  bovendien het hele ecosysteem veranderen.</p>
<p>Een saliña is een  wetland en is van groot belang als buffer tussen land en zee. Na  zware regenval zinkt al het vuil en fijnstof in het water naar de  bodem van de saliña. Deze saliña voorkomt dus dat de fijnstof de koraalriffen  aantast. Ook fungeert een saliña als opvang voor zeewater als het  hoogwater is, bij springvloed.</p>
<p>De Aliansa vindt dat voordat  er verder iets gebouwd wordt op de saliña, er eerst onderzoek moet  gedaan naar de effecten op gezondheid, infrastructuur en het milieu.  Zo voorkom je dat Bonaire talloze kostbare problemen krijgt die uit  eindelijke voor rekening van de belastingbetaler komen.</p>
<p>(source:  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bonaire.web-log.nl/bonaire/2010/06/natuurorganisaties-pleiten-voor-stopzetting-bouw-sali%C3%B1a-bonaire.html" target="_blank">http://bonaire.web-log.nl/bonaire/2010/06/natuurorganisaties-pleiten-voor-stopzetting-bouw-sali%C3%B1a-bonaire.html</a>)</h3>
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		<title>Reflection of Tropisch Koninkrijk Bonaire</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, a series of documentaries has been broadcasted on Dutch television under the name of &#8216;Tropisch Koninkrijk&#8217;. The documentaries highlighted the beautiful nature of the islands of the Netherlands Antilles. Less attention was given to certain troublesome environmental issues. This &#8230; <a href="http://bonairenaturenews.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/reflection-of-tropisch-koninkrijk-bonaire/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bonairenaturenews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14187892&amp;post=22&amp;subd=bonairenaturenews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<h3>Less attention  was given to certain troublesome environmental issues. This youtube  movie is a reaction to that:</h3>
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		<title>Bonaire National Marine Park &#8211; LIONFISH</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[YOUR HELP IS NEEDED! &#8230;THE LIONFISH The Indo Pacific Lionfish Pterois volitans/miles is a predatory, venomous fish which has been introduced as an invasive species in the Atlantic Basin. The exotic looking fish is known for its reddish brown and &#8230; <a href="http://bonairenaturenews.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/bonaire-national-marine-park-lionfish/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bonairenaturenews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14187892&amp;post=15&amp;subd=bonairenaturenews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!</p>
<p>&#8230;THE  LIONFISH</p>
<p>The Indo Pacific  Lionfish Pterois volitans/miles is a<br />
predatory,  venomous fish which has been introduced as an invasive<br />
species in   the Atlantic Basin. The exotic looking fish is known for its<br />
reddish  brown and  white banding patters that run vertically along its<br />
body  and the 13 venomous  spines that run along the length of the fish.<br />
This  invasive carnivore can  significantly reduce biodiversity of a<br />
local  habitat and can drive important  fish species to extinction,<br />
negatively  affecting coral reef ecosystems. The  fish also poses a risk<br />
to the  health of the Bonaire National Marine Park users  as the species<br />
possesses  venomous dorsal, anal, and pelvic spines that can  inflict a<br />
painful  sting that may result in serious health complications.</p>
<p>HOW DID  THEY GET  INTO THE ATLANTIC BASIN</p>
<p>The first  lionfish was  recorded off of the coast of West Palm Beach in<br />
1992 and was   possibly released through the aquarium trade (USGS 2002).<br />
Since then  the  species has continuously migrated north reaching as far<br />
north  as Long Island,  New York and as far east as Bermuda (USGS 2002).<br />
Lionfish  have also been  reported in the Bahamas and south along the<br />
Caribbean  coasts of Mexico, Costa  Rica, Honduras, Venezuela, and<br />
Colombia  (USGS 2002). See <a rel="nofollow" href="http://nas.er.usgs.gov/taxgroup/fish/Lionfishanimation.gif" target="_blank">http://nas.er.usgs.gov/taxgroup/fish/Lionfishanimation.gif</a><br />
for progression  map.</p>
<p>THE FIRST  LIONFISH ON BONAIRE</p>
<p>The  Bonaire National Marine Park received the first positive<br />
report on   October 26, 2009 and immediately activated a previously<br />
prepared  comunication  and action plan to remove as many lionfish as<br />
possible.  The critical point of  this removal action is the accurate<br />
marking  and reporting to the Park  Management in order to activate the<br />
“removal  team”. Due to its territorial  behavior, relocation of a<br />
lionfish  after a marker is placed is highly probable.</p>
<p>HOW CAN  YOU HELP</p>
<p>A simple and  effective marker is distributed to all  divers. The marker<br />
consists of a 4 to 5’  by 1 inch surveyor tape.<br />
We  need your help  to control this invasion.</p>
<p>*Ask your  dive  operator for the marker or call us, our phone<br />
number is on your tag.  *Do not try  to catch it if you don’t have the right training<br />
and  gear. Unsuccessful  attempts to catch a lionfish only make further<br />
attempts  more difficult.<br />
*If you see a  lionfish, please gently tie the  marker<br />
immediately above of the lionfish in the  same coral colony  (sponge or<br />
rock) as close as you can.<br />
*It may help  us if the  surveyor tape can float straight up.<br />
You can make it float by  attaching  a wine bottle cork (or similar<br />
floatation device) to it.  Be sure that the tape  is deployed in a<br />
visible way for the removal  team to locate it.<br />
*Report dive  site, depth and distance from the  entry or buoy<br />
to the Bonaire National Marine  Park or to your Dive  Operator as soon<br />
as possible.<br />
*Replace your  marking tape.</p>
<p>The collection of the lionfish and recovery of your mark  might<br />
take some  hours.<br />
Most important, be  extremely  careful. Most of<br />
the spines are venomous and can cause extreme pain!  If  stung during<br />
diving, abort the dive immediately. Immerse wound  in hot water and  seek<br />
medical attention as soon as possible.</p>
<p>(Source:  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bmp.org/lionfish.html" target="_blank">http://www.bmp.org/lionfish.html</a>)</h3>
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