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Only after the Breemharen signed the letter of intent with OLB reality dawns now their most recent plans are known. 1.900 not affordable houses (also no social housing as was promised in 2020); 5 eco resorts etc. destruction of nature by fragmentation and annihilation...

Freedom of Information act (WOB) We did a WOB request a few months ago, below see the letter of intent between OLB and Bonaire Properties. One of the things standing out in the letter of intent is that it seems that the developer has a dominant position in the...

There is a significant obstacle keeping the Breemhaar family (“Breemhaar’) from building 1500 houses, a resort, and a golf course on Plantation Bolivia (“Bolivia”). Bolivia currently has an “open space” designation under Bonaire’s 2010 Spatial Plan. With this...

The Executive Council (BC) is working on preparations for a comprehensive review of the Bonaire Spatial Development Plan (revision ROB). The BC intends to include in the revision of the ROB rules: - leading to the construction of high-quality hotels, resorts and other...

Breemhaar couple presented again new plans. A reason to send the following letter to the Island Council. Papiamentu Nederlands Dear members of the Island Council: Bolivia is not a ‘barren eaten mess’ anymore   In January 2020, shortly after the purchase of plantation...

A good cause has become a “product” that has to be sold   INTRODUCTION  Over the last two decades activist organizations have increasingly come to look, think, and act like corporations. Only a select few of the fringes, in the words of Greenpeace cofounder Bob...

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....

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...

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. (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...