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Aquarium celebrates World Oceans DayTuesday, June 03, 2014
World Oceans Day will be marked on Saturday with a free open house at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.
World Oceans Day Open House Set For June 7
Monday, June 02, 2014
The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo will play host to the World Oceans Day Open House on Saturday, June 7 from 10.00am through 3.00pm, with a series of family-friendly events set to take place throughout the day, all at no cost.
Clarien to establish new charitable trust
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Bermuda’s newest banking group, Clarien Bank Ltd, is establishing a new charitable trust to benefit Bermuda charities.
Clarien Bank announces cash grants to four charities
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Today, Clarien Bank Limited, “Clarien Bank” announced the first of its 2014 charitable donations
Clarien Bank Awards Cash Grants To Charities
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Clarien Bank has revealed the first of its 2014 charitable donations, with several Bermuda charities benefiting, including The Menuhin Foundation, The Reading Clinic, The Bermuda Zoological Society, and The Family Centre.
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Jonathan Bell
Published Jan 16, 2018 at 8:00 am (Updated Jan 16, 2018 at 6:41 am)
HSBC volunteers help a Bermuda Zoological society team clean up
Cloverdale Pond in Smith's (Photograph supplied)
Two ponds have been cleaned up courtesy of an island conservation programme.
Cloverdale Pond in Smith’s and Southampton’s Evan’s Pond, a refuge for endangered species, were improved through the Bermuda Zoological Society’s wetlands remediation programme.
The scheme, which became the HSBC global water programme for Bermuda in 2014, was designed to remove toxic petroleum compounds from ponds.
The build-up of the poisonous hydrocarbons is a threat to the island’s two endemic killifish species, as well as native diamondback terrapins, which are a protected species.
The compounds, which come from oil, water runoff and vehicle exhausts, can be broken down by bacteria when the pond sediments are aerated.
The two-year grant from HSBC allowed the proposal to be tested in the field.
Volunteers also took part, with help from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
The BZS said Cloverdale was chosen first because of its small size, its “known severe effects on wildlife” and the absence of protected species in the water.
Evan’s Pond was selected as the second test site because of its small population of killifish.
The ponds were divided into sections and aerated for six to eight hours a day with solar powered compressors.
Hydrocarbon levels saw a major reduction over the course of a year.
The next site for remediation is the South Pond at the Mid Ocean golf course, where the hatching of diamondback terrapins has been hampered by pollution.