Bonaire

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Economic outlines and opportunities for innovation

Bonaire’s economy is mainly based on tourism. Bonaire is world renowned for its excellent scuba diving and is consistently rated among the best diving locations in the world. Tourism infrastructure in Bonaire is contemporary and based on time-share resorts. Key opportunities for innovation Opportunities for innovation in Bonaire should focus on Blue Economy     approach including:
  • Brainport Bonaire (centres of knowledge/excellence)
  • Sustainable development based on natural resources, and renewable energy (wind in combination with solar park)
  • Laboratories: combination of salt, wind and high temperature gives extreme tough conditions for testing
  • Goats: an engine to growth in the Bonaire economy (according to Gunter Pauli).

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12.239456, -68.275909
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About

Member state: The Netherlands
Surface (km2): 294
EEZ (km2): 68 783
Population (2013): 17 400
Capital: Kralendijk
Languages: Dutch, Papiamento
GDP per capita (€ – 2012): 18 690
Main economic sectors: Tourism and nature, Service and knowledge, Agriculture
Government website: www.bonairegov.an

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News

  • Underwater paradise for divers in Bonaire

    Bonaire’s pristine reefs and diverse marine life are unique to the Caribbean. Because the waters around Bonaire have been protected by an actively managed marine park for the past thirty years, Bonaire today ranks among the top best diving destination in the world. Bonaire offers scuba diving 365 days a year in a pristine underwater […]    Read More
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  • Drink a cactus in Bonaire!

    The Cadushy Distillery is the only distillery on Bonaire and produces the best cactus liquor of the island. This Distillery is a family-owned and operated business. Basically the cactus is peeled and the membrane just underneath the outer skin cut into strips and put into an aluminum baking pan. The pan of peel is transferred […]    Read More
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  • Salt production in Bonaire

    Alonso de Ojeda and Amerigo Vespucci landed in 1499 on Bonaire and claimed it for Spain. The small island of Bonaire had one precious commodity: salt! This was a necessary ingredient for preserving meat and fish. In the late 1620’s, the Spanish had cut off the supply of this essential mineral to the Dutch. A […]    Read More
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  • Regional Innovation Workshop in Sint Maarten, 5-7 October

    Caribbean regional workshop will take place 5-7 October 2015 at Sint Maarten. The main aim of the activity is to improve OCTs and OCTA’s capacities and ensure better exchange of experience and expertise in Innovation by gathering the IMs and other relevant stakeholders in regional workshops and a project conference, which would contribute to facilitate […]    Read More
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  • Bonaire, St. Eustatius, Saba and Dutch government embrace development plans

    Press Release March 14th, 2013   Bonaire, St. Eustatius, Saba and Dutch Government embrace development plans   The Hague – Ministries in the Dutch Government have reacted positively to development plans drawn up by the public entities of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. The Dutch Government has the ambition, together with the islands, to remove […]    Read More
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  • Bonaire, Saba and Statia develop five-year nature policy plan

    The territories of the Dutch Caribbean recently met to develop a five-year nature policy: On October 13th the first workshop for the formulation of a Nature Policy Plan for the Dutch Caribbean [was] held in Bonaire. The main stakeholders of Saba, Sint Eustatius and Bonaire in the area of nature conservation and protection [came] together […]    Read More
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