Survey Launched On Bermuda’s Protected Areas
The Planning Applications Review Team [PART] has launched an online survey to “gauge our community’s awareness, interest, and concern regarding protected areas in Bermuda.”
A spokesperson said, “The Planning Applications Review Team [PART], is an alliance of environmental advocacy groups and individuals that came together in 2019 due to concerns regarding the effectiveness of land protective zonings in The Bermuda Plan. Development in Bermuda seems to be at an all-time high which is having an impact on all conservation lands, including agricultural land.
“To gauge our community’s awareness, interest, and concern regarding protected areas in Bermuda, PART has created a poll which the public are invited to complete. It is anonymous and the information shared with us will guide our work to inspire and promote reasonable and sustainable development solutions.
“Bermuda’s total landmass is less than 13,500 acres and continues to be under significant development pressure. The Bermuda Plan [which is updated approximately every 10 years] seeks to provide for sustainable long-term development by balancing economic, environmental and social needs.
“However, PART’s impression is that the balance has tipped toward development, at the expense of environmental protection. The NASA image accompanying this release really highlights what we are trying to convey, the spread of development in Bermuda.
Photo courtesy of NASA
“Quelling the appetite for development is challenging and PART is appealing to all of us to be more conscientious with our plans to develop our finite landmass before all of our green space is gone. PART would like to see stricter adherence to the policies and objectives of The Bermuda Plan and the reduction, if not elimination, of discretionary encroachment into conservation zones.
“Please follow this link to participate in the poll: www.surveymonkey.com/r/bdadevelopment. Our sincere thanks to all that participate in this survey.”
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Is that ooc from the satellite we launched?
If it wasn’t for the golf courses and a couple of nature reserves/parks we’d be completely smothered in cement .
“Development in Bermuda seems to be at an all-time high which is having an impact on all conservation lands, including agricultural land.”
That suggests that the PLP Government is doing more damage to Bermuda than the hated UBP Government of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.
This administration has clearly decided they don’t care about protecting our open spaces for the future of our children and for the future of the Bermuda environment. It’s cash cash green cash over anything else.
That cannot be correct. Don’t you remember the PLP Government’s outcry when Cambridge Beaches Resort was sold by a Bermudian family to American investors? That outcry demonstrates the PLP Government’s love for Bermuda