reEarth : Environmental issues in The Bahamas

Please see the video regarding the destruction Bimini Bay is wreaking on Bimini. www.restrictbiminibayresort.com

The ideal outcome would be if the developers were restricted to developing the land that has already been cleared, dredged, and built up as part of Phase I.

The video “Saving the Sawfish” hopefully gets the message across quickly about the potential damage that the development would result in if Phase II were allowed to go ahead.

Sign the petition HERE info@reearth.org just add your name and address in the body of your email

or

Ask Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham to restrict the development to Phase I

The Rt. Hon. Hubert Alexander Ingraham

Prime Minister and Minister of Finance

Member of Parliament (FNM)

Office of the Prime Minister,

Cecil Wallace-Whitfield Centre

Cable Beach

P. O. Box CB-10980

Nassau, N.P., The Bahamas

EM HUBERTINGRAHAM@BAHAMAS.GOV.BS

PH 242 - 3271530

FAX 242 - 327-5806

By ROGAN SMITH, Guardian Senior Reporter, rogan@nasguard.com

A tennis match of words continues between environmentalists opposed to the controversial Bimini Bay Development project and the Biminites who want them to stay out of the tiny island’s affairs. (more…)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Unsustainable development, not bad press is creating “black mark on Bimini’s future” Contact Sam Duncombe sam@reearth.org

Nassau, Bahamas June 17, 2008 One would think as an historian, Ashley Saunders would have consulted with scientist Dr. Samuel Gruber and others who have been conducting base line studies of Bimini’s North Sound for over 20 years, before he rushed to defend a project that has shown over the years that it has no respect for the natural ecosystems of the Bahamas, and by extension, its people. (more…)