BEST - Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce

Advocates call for letters to MPs in support of BOPP

Environmental groups have launched a campaign urging members of the community to write to their MPs in support of the adoption of the Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme. The Bermuda National Trust, Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce and Nonsuch Expeditions issued a […]

Fishermen’s group submits counterproposal to BOPP

The Fishermen’s Association of Bermuda has submitted a counterproposal to the Government that includes a ring-shaped, no-fishing, marine-protected area beyond where local fishing practices take place, The Royal Gazette has learnt. The group, which takes the view that the Blue Prosperity Plan […]

Ocean prosperity support swells to $10.1m

Non-profit organisations partnering with the Bermuda Government to implement a marine spatial plan have invested $10.1 million over the past seven years, The Royal Gazette has learnt. According to parts of an official document seen by this newspaper, one of the organisations, […]

BEST & Greenrock To Hold Solar Charge Protest

The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce [BEST] and Greenrock are “calling on all Bermudians to join a peaceful public demonstration on Tuesday, July 28, at 12:00 noon to protest the Regulatory Authority’s approval of increased monthly facilities charges that triple the cost for residential solar […]