Nature reports

The Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance is proud to be involved in the development of Carto, an innovative web application designed to modernize how we monitor and protect key habitats across the Dutch Caribbean. This tool, partly..

Natural pest control in agriculture is more promising if there are sufficient other landscape elements near a field that provide additional food for predatory insects. It is also good to grow several crops side by side that differ..

Saba has an exciting new initiative to restore its coral reefs. This new project, running from 2024 to 2026, will focus on reviving key species in the island’s underwater ecosystems. With a collaborative team from the Saba..

A recent pilot study shows that nests of the Lesser Antillean iguana on Sint Eustatius are used by several other plant and animal species. They use the nests at least for cooling, hunting, and reproduction. This underscores the..

A team of experts from CARMABI Foundation and Wageningen University have recently finalized the landscape ecological vegetation map of Aruba.  Aiming to enhance conservation efforts, this research offers a detailed look at how..

A recent study explored the dispersal patterns of certain coral species found around Curaçao. These corals are critical to the Caribbean reef ecosystem. Knowing how they disperse helps to predict their ability to recover from..

MPAConnect and the Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment presented their latest efforts on capacity building for coral restoration during the Reef Restoration Workshop hosted on Bonaire in June. The goal of their project is to..

Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustatius, and St. Maarten have each taken unique and proactive measures to address the challenges facing their reefs. The restoration efforts by local nature conservation organizations were..

The Dutch Caribbean is making significant strides in coral reef restoration through innovative approaches to restoring invertebrate herbivores. This is presented by Alwin Hylkema of Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied..

The RoffaReefs programme of the Rotterdam Zoo, founded by Sander van Lopik, presented its groundbreaking work in reef restoration during the DCNA Reef Restoration Workshop. RoffaReefs has been developing a sustainable breeding..