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Photo by Colin Ruggerio November 6, 2020, NASSAU, BAHAMAS- The Bahamas National Trust (BNT) has taken note of the recent comments made by The Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) in the House of Assembly about sharks and turtles. While the BNT understands the concerns expressed by fishermen about shark interactions while fishing, spearfishing, and diving, the [...]

October 5, 2020, NASSAU, BAHAMAS- The Bahamas National Trust (BNT) has taken note of the recent national discussion, and media reports about the oil exploration well planned to be drilled before the end of this year by The Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC). BNT further notes that the recent statement by the Minister of Environment and

May 2nd, 2020, NASSAU, BAHAMAS- Reconnaissance, led by The Bahamas National Trust (BNT), took place on Saturday, May 2nd, 2020, in cooperation with law enforcement, media, park wardens and other essential nation parks service staff members to act swiftly upon reports of poaching in Bonefish Pond National Park on the southern shores of New Providence.

(APRIL 17, 2020) NASSAU, BAHAMAS- In November 2019, when it was first documented in The Bahamas, Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) - a newly emergent marine epidemic with no cure- has rapidly spread in five months over 20 percent of coral reefs in Grand Bahama’s National Parks. The national parks that are affected include

These certainly are challenging times that we find ourselves in! Not long ago, we were all leading very different lives, dashing about from one thing to another, going here and there, doing this and that. Now we find ourselves in the middle of a global pandemic, with no clear end in sight and no certainty

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 14th, 2019 PRESS CONTACT INFO: Monalisa Sweeting Communications Manager Phone: 396 - 0167 Email: msweeting@bnt.bs [insignia_section_heading title="The Bahamas National Trust (BNT) is turning 60!" subtitle="" align="text-center" heading_tag="h1" heading_font_size="32" font_weight="default" heading_color="#191919" subtitle_font_weight="" separator_color="#191919"] Nassau, The Bahamas   July 13th, 2019 will mark six decades of existence for the organization that, today, is considered

The Bahamas National Trust, in collaboration with community members in Exuma, The Nature Conservancy, The Exuma Foundation and Elizabeth Harbour Conservation Partnership, have finalized a draft management plan for Moriah Harbour Cay National Park through funding from the Bahamas Protected Project.

Recently, the House of Assembly passed a compendium of financial services bills as the government seeks to further comply with international tax standards. The Non-profit Organisations Bill was one of the bills passed. The Bill is scheduled to be further debated in the Senate on Monday, December 10th. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance

It's an event that brings the community together and helps Bahamians celebrate the start of the holiday season with food, drinks, music and gifts for all ages and pocketbooks! Fun and frolicking aside, the annual Christmas Jollification is all for a worthwhile cause. The Bahamas National Trust’s Retreat Garden received $92,000 as the net proceeds from the 2017

[insignia_section_heading title="Fourteen Bahamian and eight Caribbean experts converged in Nassau for a week of training on how to assess threatened and endangered species, known as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List training." subtitle="" align="text-center" separator="disable" heading_tag="h4" heading_font_size="20" font_weight="default" subtitle_font_weight=""] The workshop focused on how Red Listing is done, the components