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New BREAM posters

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Previous BREAM news articles in the Royal Gazette re-linked

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Below are restored links to BREAM news articles in the Royal Gazette from 2000 to 2009 that were lost when the newspaper changed their website . Bermuda's reef healthy despite global warming coral reefs to continue thriving while others have succumbed to the effects of global warming and El Nino. DATE: May 22, 2000 Giving the ocean a medical A new project launched by the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo will help pinpoint the healthiest areas of the ocean that surround the Island. Today is World Oceans Day and along with the Bermuda Reef Ecosystem Assessment and Mapping (BREAM)... DATE: June 08, 2004 Bermuda could be a 'Noah's Ark' for reefs Bermuda's coral reefs are in such good shape compared to the Caribbean that they could be used as a "Noah's Ark" to re-populate destroyed reefs elsewhere. That was the positive news from Dr. Thad Murdoch of Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS), who is... DATE: July 01, 2008 Coral reefs are Bermuda's 'cr

The Bermuda Reef Ecosystem Assessment and Mapping Programme

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Bermuda Reef Ecosystem Assessment and Mapping Programme Chief Scientist: Dr. Thaddeus J. T. Murdoch, Ph.D. The B.R.E.A.M. programme was started in 2002 with the mandate to collect the scientific information needed to better enable the management and conservation of Bermuda’s marine organisms and habitats. The programme amalgamated many of the marine components of the Bermuda Biodiversity Project, which was started in 1996 by Dr. Wolfgang Sterrer, Curator of the Natural History Museum, and managed by Dr. Annie Glasspool. Since 2002 some of the major accomplishments of the members of the B.R.E.A.M. programme include: Mapping all coral reefs across the Bermuda Platform to a depth of 50 m Baseline surveys of fish and benthic community structure at 55 seagrass meadows and within over 200 coral reef sites from inshore to 30-m depth Producing a comprehensive biodiversity database accessible locally via the BNHM and globally through the REEF organization. www.re