Our Work in Saba
The Saba Bank Management Unit (SBMU) and Saba Conservation Foundation (SCF) are two important local partners for WWF-NL. Alongside the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance, WWF-NL give support to these organizations to overcome the nature challenges that they are facing. For example, the tiger shark expedition organized by DCNA was funded by WWF-NL and the Nationale Postcode Loterij. The goal of this expedition was to analyze movement patterns by using satellite tags to tag them and track their location. More information on sharks is needed to better protect sharks within the Dutch Caribbean waters as well as beyond.
Tiger Shark Expedition at the Saba Bank. © Sami Kattan
Other recent projects
- Lionfish trapping project
- Assist with strategic planning of SCF and SBMU
- Financing a ranger who carried out several projects for SCF
- Financing of the first pilot of a 5-year Coral Recovery project
- Supporting the government with the creation of a goat management plan
- Support SCF in setting up enforcement and monitoring
- Sustainable fisheries (supply chain analysis, social mapping, financing set-up of local fisheries coop)
