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  Or How a Dronten Resident Thinks About Agricultural Development in Bonaire Breemhaar has a new idea: agriculture in Bolivia. He's looking for entrepreneurs willing to take the risk. When we read that, we immediately thought we should consult the maps created by...

  The deal: At least 66% of new homes to be built must be affordable for residents. Soon (end of June) Hugo de Jonge, Minister for Housing and Spatial Planning, will return to Bonaire. His officials have gone to great lengths to make arrangements with various...

  Almost every week you can read in the local press about more tourists, more inhabitants, more flight movements, more permits, growing, growing, growing… The prevailing narrative suggest that this continuous growth brings prosperity and well-being to our island....

  Biodiversity A Key Player in Tackling Climate Change While climate change has been at the forefront of political discussions for the past decade or so, biodiversity has not received the same level of attention. One reason for this could be that the effects of...

  Nature is our lifeline. It gives us everything we need to live healthy and fulfilling lives, like fresh water, nutritious food, clean air, and a beautiful home. On Bonaire, nature is the heart of our economy, attracting tourists from all over the world and providing...

Kunming-Montreal Agreement December 2022 (Cop15, target to protect 30% of nature by 2030) … only by setting aside half the planet, or more, as natural habitat, can we save the living part of the environment and achieve the stabilization required for or own survival....

Dorine van Norren and Wilma Nijland, 24/25 November 2022, 14:15 Volkskrant Bonaire there are major building plans for Plantation Bolivia, a nature reserve covered with vulnerable tropical dry forest. Instead of waiting for a natural disaster to occur, the nature...

  Last week Bonaire Properties released their Initial Memorandum (Startnotitie). for a zone change of Plantation Bolivia. This week the Dutch Parliament adopted a Motion (Motie) to put the brake on the plans for Plantation Bolivia. What is an Initial Memorandum?...

  On October 4, 2022, Minister Hugo de Jonge, Minister for Housing and Spatial Planning, also on behalf of the Minister of Nature and Nitrogen and the State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management, answered the questions about Plantation Bolivia from...

  ‘The right to a safe clean healthy and sustainable environment is one of the most important human rights of the 21st-Century. Our home, this beautiful blue green earth, is the only planet in the universe known to support life. Yet, humans have created a global...