Nassau, The Bahamas \u2013\u00a0 Bahamar donated $1 million dollars to the Bahamas National Trust and will be the official site for the nation\u2019s long-awaited wildlife sanctuary.<\/p>\n
The funding will cover the protected tree species such as Beefwood, Brasiletto, Candlewood, Caribbean Pine, Horseflesh, Lignum Vitae, Mahogany, Red Cedar, Rauwolfia, Silk Cotton, and Black Ebony.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the things that we are creating, you know we\u2019ve always talked about this wildlife sanctuary which is 70 acres, which we are going to basically develop in conjunction with the Bahamas National Trust,\u201d said Robert Sands, senior vice president of Baha Mar administration and external affairs.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will fund it with an initial grant of a million dollars and another grant of a second million dollars towards the on going maintenance of that operation.<\/p>\n
It is going to be water based and allow for the opportunity for persons to experience the number one asset in The Bahamas, which are basically the beautiful waters and the beach.\u00a0 But at the same time, we are going to have some exotic Bahamian animals, the flora and fauna that will be around certain areas of this beach and pool experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
Baha Mar\u2019s and BNT\u2019s partnership had drawn a mastermind of environmental organisers to transform themselves into green space architects of the nation\u2019s wetlands systems.<\/p>\n
The $2 million grant is included in the public record of Baha Mar\u2019s Heads of Agreement to financially manage the 70-acre \u201cno build zone\u201d, designated for use as a wildlife sanctuary.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is our contribution to the Bahamas National Trust.\u00a0 We have committed by agreement to turn this \u2018no build zone\u2019 into a wildlife sanctuary, which will be developed in conjunction with or in consultation with the Bahamas National Trust,\u201d said Mr. Sands.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we will fund with an initial grant of which we will monitor and obviously, by subvention, give contributions up to a million dollars for the initial works and another million dollars of on going works.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said this would create a sanctuary for the Cable Beach wetlands, the natural flora and fauna and the bird\u2019s natural habitat within the \u201cno build zone\u201d at the western end of the project.\u00a0 The golf course would also triple in size to offer more protected green spaces on the development.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Government has just entered into a contract to do a four lane corridor on this road, which takes it into town.\u00a0 We are taking and developing the golf course and almost tripling it in size,\u201d said Mr. Sands.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom an aesthetic point of view, you will have much more green spaces and also eliminate the opportunity for major concrete super structures within these green spaces in the future.\u00a0 \u201d<\/p>\n
The new wildlife area would call for the rerouting of the current road system into a more functional thoroughfare around the bushy wetland area that is already there.\u00a0 It would connect the new West Bay Street, Westridge Road, and Skyline Drive into what is known as Corridor 7.\u00a0 The new corridor will connect JFK Drive and Gladstone Road to the new West Bay Street and become the entrance to Baha Mar from the airport road.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn addition as a result of this reroute of West Bay Street, we are putting a beautiful jogging trail or walking trail along the outside of this road,\u201d said Mr. Sands.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is creating excellent green spaces that will be pleasing on the eye and extremely aesthetic, that is eco-sensitive, and in an organised and master plan way.\u00a0 You can be very proud of this development, once in fact it has been finished.\u201d<\/p>\n
By Gena Gibbs
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