Carmabi pays attention to plastic in the sea
WILLEMSTAD - On Friday, June 8, Carmabi will discuss the problem of plastic waste in the sea. With the film "A Plastic Ocean" the nature organization opens the Shark Week. For the third time again. The complete More...
Kick-off shark week on the CARMABI beach with movie screening
WILLEMSTAD - On Friday June 8th, on World Ocean Day, special attention is provided to the plastic pollution problem, with which our Oceans are also dealing. The informal Friday night starts with a happy hour from More...
‘People are chasing flamingos with drones’
WILLEMSTAD - Unique Curacao advocates for signs or a ban on drones in the vicinity of flamingos. That was confirmed by director Theo Van der Giessen. The request comes after an employee found a dead flamingo in More...
‘Legislation to protect nature is missing’
WILLEMSTAD - There is no legislation that protects the nature of Curaçao. This is according to Timo Brouwer of GreenForce. "This allows trees and plants to be cut down and removed without anyone thinking about More...
CARMABI cleans up Sargassum in national park Shete Boka and Christoffel Park
WILLEMSTAD - As recently mentioned in the news, Curacao is also dealing with Sargassum on the North shore of the island. Even though the extent of the situation cannot be compared to the situation in Bonaire, it More...
New bird species spotted on the island during count in March
WILLEMSTAD - During the field day for the Curaçao bird count in March, a so-called vermilion flycatcher was spotted for the first time. That is again a new species on the bird species list of the island. This bird More...
Local divers unite to protect Curacao’s reefs
WILLEMSTAD - Reefs worldwide are facing threats including climate change, overfishing, water pollution and marine debris from human waste likesingle use plastics. While the effects of climate change must be addressed More...
Sowing corals: A new approach paves the way for large-scale coral reef restoration
Innovative sowing approach minimizes costs and time required for outplanting corals. WILLEMSTAD - The troubling loss of coral reefs worldwide has prompted scientists and conservationists to assist the reefs' recovery More...
A refinery at Bullenbaai; Not so fast!
For the past couple of years, and more intensively during the last, there has been a lot of public discussions about reconstructing the Isla refinery in the Bullenbaai area; next to COT, the Curaçao Oil Terminal. More...
Positive news for the weekend: Release of Sea Turtle “Kaycee”
WILLEMSTAD - Recently a young green sea turtle (named Kaycee on the spot) was released in nature after it was found a few months ago in the waters around Klein (little) Curaçao. This took place at Wakawa with the More...
