The BUZZ – Letter to the Minister

  17th February, 2017 The Hon. N.H. Cole Simons, JP MP Minister for the Environment, Planning and Parks Botanical Gardens, Paget Sent by email: [email protected] Cc to [email protected] Dear Minister Simons The BUZZ group formed in 2013 and started work, […]

What would Bermuda be like without BEST?

Every summer The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) takes on an intern or two. One of our interns this summer, Emma Franklin, has written an essay about “What would Bermuda be like without BEST”, expressing her opinion about what BEST […]

Pembroke Marsh – “Will it Ever be a Park or is it Pure Folly?

Every summer The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) takes on an intern or two. They give voluntarily of their time and we integrate them into our office. We also help them choose and complete an environmentally-related project. One of our […]

UKOTCF Newsletter

The latest UKOTCF Wider Caribbean Working Group e-Newsletter is now available with interesting, informative articles with local items from the Bermuda National Trust, Bermuda Audubon socienty and Conservation Services. There are reports on other Caribbean countries environmental work and an […]

Blueprint for Sustainability

This Blueprint has been developed following requests for input on what BEST believes to be the critical ingredients of an environmental platform. It is intended to outline what it means to be a sustainable community and what it will take to get there.

Bermuda Shipping Channel Study Analysis & Response

BEST Analysis of and Response to the Bermuda Shipping Channel Study

The Role of Agriculture in Bermuda’s Future

Recently a report on the role of agriculture in Bermuda’s future was written by Aran McKittrick.  An excerpt of the Executive Summary is below.  Please see the below link to the full PDF report. Bermuda has lost an estimated 87% of […]

Research document: Cross Island Marina

Cliff Erosion Study

As more development is being considered for Bermuda’s coastal conservation areas, BEST encourages the Bermuda government and private developers to heed the advice of our local experts Former Government Conservation Officer Dr. David  Wingate has been observing coastal erosion for […]