The U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity

The CBD Clearing-House Mechanism

The Bahamas CBD Country Reports

National Biodiversity Policies & Legislation

Bahamas Species

National Parks and Protected Areas

Biodiversity Data Management Partners

Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network

The Bahamas Environment, Science & Technology Commission

Bahamas Ecosystems

During 2003 The Bahamas participated in a pilot project funded by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and coordinated by the Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) set out to begin exchanging information on invasive species in the Americas.

The resulting information collected through the pilot project was subsequently used to develop a National Invasive Species Strategy (NISS) through funding assistance from the United Kingdom.

The NISS identified alien invasives within the islands of the Bahamas and provided pratical recommendations on methods of eradication and control of these species throughout the archipelago. The donkeys found within the island of Great Inagua were imported to assist in the labour involved in production of solar salt in the early 1900s. Today the population of these donkeys have grown and they can be found throughout the island of Great Inagua.

Photo source: Capt. Stephen Fawkes

Further information on alien invasive species and the Bahamas Invasive Species Strategy published in March 2003 can be viewed via the link below at the IABIN Invasive Information Network (I3N) Website at:

http://www.iabin-us.org/projects/i3n/i3n_projects.html

Or view the National Invasive Species Strategy Document using adobe acrobat reader:

Bahamas National Invasive Species Strategy