This project aims to contribute to a food resilient society and a healthy environment. Specifically, the research focuses on fostering water-smart and nature-inclusive food resilience through local participation.

On the Caribbean island of St. Eustatius, locally known as Statia, growing food is not easy. Water is scarce, fresh vegetables are expensive, and young people do not see agriculture as their dream career. Through the project Food Resilient Futures, joint experiments are being carried out to explore practical …

Het voedselsysteem op Bonaire wordt gekenmerkt door een sterke afhankelijkheid van import. Het merendeel van de groenten, fruit en dierlijke producten wordt van buiten het eiland aangevoerd, wat leidt tot hoge consumentenprijzen en beperkte beschikbaarheid van verse en gezonde voeding. Deze situatie …

Following centuries of persecution and the destruction and degradation of wetland habitat, the coastal populations of the American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus, of Colombia and Venezuela show signs of recovery, in part, due to conservation efforts. Here we first report on the sequence of events surrounding …

Caribbean coral reefs are in rapid decline and artificial reefs are increasingly often deployed to restore lost three-dimensional structure. The majority of artificial reefs and other marine infrastructure is built from concrete, with Ordinary Portland Cement (CEM I) as the most important ingredient. …

With coral reefs in global decline and further threatened by growing anthropogenic impacts, effective strategies for restoring these critical ecosystems are increasingly sought after. In Caribbean reefs, where disease outbreaks and fishing pressure have reduced herbivore abundances and facilitated widespread …

The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Curaçao (UoC) faced significant challenges in student enrollment and retention. Furthermore, the Caribbean SIDS faces a shortage of engineers specialized in sustainability, which will hinder the development of sustainability within the SIDS. The Bachelor …

Daniela Polišenská bespreekt het proefschrift van Melissa van der Elst-Koeiman: Mother Tongue Literacy Matters: The Role of Papiamento in Advanced Bilingual Education in the Dutch Caribbean.

This report presents the findings of the Bonaire Platinum experiment, carried out as part of the project 'Food Resilient Futures in the Caribbean Netherlands'. The initiative builds on the Living Lab Bonaire vision for a sustainable and resilient food system that strengthens local production, reduces …

This special volume contains 21 papers on the invertebrates of Bonaire, and someother Dutch Caribbean islands. Most papers are based on material collected during the Bonaire Estafette Expeditie held in 2022-2023. In this introduction we give background information on the climate, geography and habitats …