We are pleased to inform you that since BEP Foundation exists i.e. May 2016, we managed to help Bahamas National Trust (BNT), Friends of The Environment and Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation. July 2016 Bahamas National Trust (BNT) based in Nassau and all over the Bahamas, by being a Lifetime Member. 1st picture with (left to right) Lynn Gape – BNT Deputy Executive Director [...]
The Bahama's Amazon is a subspecies of the Cuban Amazon. They have dark green feathers, a white crown and upper cheeks, rose red throat, red shoulders and outer wing feathers tinged blue. Their legs are pink. The Bahama's Amazon once lived in Abaco, New Providence, San Salvador, Long Island, Crooked Island, Acklins and Great Inagua. Records of the Bahama Parrot exist as early as 1492 when Christopher Columbus landed [...]
Abaco’s blue holes are cultural, historical and biological treasures. More research is constantly being done to increase our understanding of the importance of these ecosystems. Since the discovery of a fossil tortoise shell and a crocodile skull in Sawmill Sink in 2004, national and international attention has been brought to Abaco’s blue holes and caves. They were featured in the August 2010 issue of National Geographic Magazine. Those blue [...]
Conch is important to the Bahamas as a cultural icon and also an important source of income (conch fishing). Sadly, harvesting juvenile conch is a common practice in the Bahamas. Each juvenile conch taken is potentially thousands of new conchs that will never be. Surveys of conch grounds at numerous locations in the Bahamas indicate a decline in the number of queen conchs. And when the number of conch [...]
In Abaco, you have the chance to see many varieties of birds, some are endemic to Abaco, some migrate here in the winters or summers, and some have made Abaco their home due to a variety of reasons, including hurricane displacement. Over 300 species of birds (as woodpeckers, waterfowl, parrots, hummingbirds, kingfishers, flamingos etc…) have been recorded from the Bahamas (including migrants). Over 14 species of seabirds breed in [...]
