JNCC works collaboratively with Bermuda
primarily through the Department of Conservation Services,
Government of Bermuda.
Funded participation in International
conferences/workshops
JNCC is able to support the OTs and CDs with funding to attend
international conferences and workshops.
Caribbean regional hub
The Caribbean Regional Hub is an
online network that JNCC supports which facilitates
professional communities with an interest in combating invasive
species, climate change and preserving biodiversity in the
Caribbean.
The long term objective of the Hub is to bring together ideas,
people, projects, experience, expertise, funds and common
resources.
Other areas of support and advice
JNCC also provides support and advice to Overseas Territories in
a number of other areas at the request of the UKOT Governments.
These areas include economic valuation, climate
change, invasive species, accessing
funding and multilateral environmental agreements.
Blue Turtle Award
JNCC runs an annual Blue Turtle Award. People are encouraged
to nominate Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies groups or
individuals who are 'making a difference'.
More information
2011 Geoconservation in the
Overseas Territories of the UK by M. Stanley
Amphibians and
Reptiles of the UK OTs, CDs and SBAs: Species inventory and
overview of conservation and research priorities by Paul Edgar
of Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust.
More information on Climate change impacts in the Caribbean OTs.
Environmental Education resources on Overseas
Territories and Crown Dependencies.
2009 Implications of climate change for Biodiversity
in the UK Overseas Territories by J.P. McWilliams.
2007 Environmental Economics in the Overseas
Territories.
2006 Non-native species in the Overseas
Territories a Review by Karen Varnham.
2005 Review of Ramsar sites in the UK Overseas
Territories and Crown Dependencies by Dr Mike Pienkowski.
1999 snapshot of Biodiversity
in the Bermuda edited by Dr Vin Fleming and Deborah
Procter JNCC.
Bermuda is a member of the Training and Research Programme Steering
Group which drives the direction of the OT Training and
Research Programme.
Research Priorities 2011
JNCC asks the OTs and CDs for information about their top 3
research priorities each year via members of the OT and CD Training and Research Programme
Steering Group. These priorities are used to inform a number of
funding decisions including the JNCC
Research Contributions.
Training
JNCC is able to support the OTs and CDs with funding to
attend environmental training courses.
Mandy Shailer from Bermuda attended the
GI Islands 2010 International Summer
School on Marine Spatial Planning, organized by the Geographical
Information and Territorial Planning Centre (CIGPT) of the
University of the Azores from the 7-12th August 2010
Funding has also been provided for a staff member of the Bermuda
Zoological Society to attend training on Skink Breeding Protocols
at the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in the Crown Dependency
of Jersey in June 2011.
Scholarship
Funding has been provided by JNCC to the UK Overseas Territories Association to
create and manage a Bachelor of Science Undergraduate Scholarship.
The Scholarship is for the course entitled
'Applied ecology and Conservation' run by the University of Reading. Helen
Larzleer, from Bermuda, was the successful recipient of this
scholarship.
Year 1 update report.
JNCC has contributed to projects in Bermuda including:
Restoration Project - controlling invasives
In 2010, for the International Year of Biodiversity, the UK
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), has
funded a series of invasive species projects across the UK Overseas
Territories. This has been coordinated by the Joint Nature
Conservation Committee. Project activities on Bermuda
were:
- Population level analyses. Complete sample collection by group
of field botanists in Bermuda. DNA analysis by genetic department
at Royal Botanic Gardens KEW.
- Report on endemic and native plants population
distribution. Report written by Department of Conservation Services
in collaboration with KEW Gardens.
- Recommendations on endemic and native species used for
restoration. Source of “parent” populations identified. Engagement
of NGOs and government plant nurseries in providing seedlings grown
from parent populations. Guidelines for restoration taking into
account genetic population variation across the island.
Bermuda - Economic Valuation of Coral
Reefs
In 2007, Bermuda received two year's OTEP project funding for
"Environmental Valuation: Tools and capacity-building for
integration in policy".
Download: Executive Summary (PDF, 187
kb)
Link to Government of Bermuda's website for Coral
Reef Economic Valuation Brief and the Total
Economic Valuation Technical Report
The presentation by Samia Sarkis, of the Department of
Conservation Services, Bermuda: Coral Reefs in the
UK Overseas Territories: Status and Challenges (PDF, 2.1
Mb), delivered at the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity,
Aberdeen, September 2011.
images copyright Bermuda National Trust, Jennifer Gray, Andy
Dobson.