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Will GREENWASHING drown us?
The Caribbean’s Extreme Vulnerability to Climate Change INTRODUCTION On August 9, 2021 IPCC released a Climate Change Report that shows that there is nowhere on Earth that isn’t affected by climate change and many of the changes we’re seeing are unprecedented....
YES, PLANTING TREES CAN HELP. BUT PROTECTING TREES IS MUCH BETTER!
INTRODUCTION At the end of the seventies of the last century, Bonaire created the underwater park. A step that testified to vision and daring and that put Bonaire on the map as a conservationist and diving destination. On September 15, 2010, in Makubekèn, No sta biba...
YES, PLANTING TREES CAN HELP. BUT INTACT AREAS ARE MUCH BETTER!
INTRODUCTION Since October 10, 2010, Bonaire is a special municipality of the Netherlands. As part of this transition, Bonaire has drawn up a spatial development plan. The starting point when drawing up the spatial development plan in 2010 was Bonaire's desire to grow...
THE LOVE FOR NATURE IS IN THE BONAIREAN’S GENES. FORGET IT!
The love for nature is in the Bonairean's genes. (according to Lt. Governor, Edison Rijna) Forget it! History and the current state of affairs show something totally different! Genes/Heredity Can the love for nature be heredity (in our genes)? Heredity depends on...
PLANTING TREES IS GOOD, SAVING EXISTING FORESTS IS BETTER.
WHY SAVING FORESTS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN PLANTING TREES! Is planting trees really the best way (of stopping climate change)? INTRODUCTION A young tree has the potential to help stop climate change once it is grown up. But that takes decades, in the meantime there’s a...
A CHANGE OF ZONE PLAN
TO PROTECT NATURE FOR THE WELL-BEING OF FUTURE GENERATIONS OR A CHANGE TO ENRICH THE DEVELOPER. Foundation Save Plantation Bolivia has submitted a request to the Executive Council on June 5, 2020, to change the zone destination of Plantation Bolivia from Open...
WHY FORESTS ARE OUR BIGGEST ALLY IN TACKLING THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
And why we should begin to treat them like one. According to the IPCC, forests have the potential to remove between 3 and 27 gigatons of CO2 from the atmosphere annually. The difference in the estimates – 24 gigatons – is more than the entire annual CO2 emissions of...
ENFORCEMENT
INTRODUCTION It seems so obvious. If someone does not comply with the rules, the government will take enforcement action. If the government wants to, the rules can be enforced very vigorously. Daily practice, however, turns out to be different. If a developer (person)...
Is it legally still possible to enter Plantation Bolivia? YES!
Why? Because there is the right of way (an easement). For example: to enter Plantation Bolivia at the Lagun side and hike, bike or drive through Plantation Bolivia to leave at the Arawak side and vice versa is still possible; to enter Plantation Bolivia (at any site)...
No longer will we allow mindless environmental destruction to be considered as economic progress
“𝐍𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬.” António Guterres, Secretary-General UN The 52nd United Nations Statistical Commission, on March 2021, has adopted the 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥-𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜...