Outreach and Education
Lesser Antilles Seabird Atlas
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Songbird Banding
- Outreach and Education
- Lesser Antillies Seabird Atlas
- Black-capped Petrel Conservation
- Songbird Monitoring
- Wetland Monitoring
- Love the Lagoon
Welcome to EPIC
"Protecting the Caribbean environment through research and community-based action"
Since 2000, EPIC has been working throughout the West Indies to further the scientific understanding of the issues faced by the Caribbean ecosystem, educate the public about conservation, and promote public involvement in ecological restoration and protection.
Environmental Protection in the Caribbean currently receives a majority of its funding from individual donors. Please help support our critical research and conservation projects.
Recent News
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High Profile Gathering for Caribbean Challenge
- May 22nd, 2013
EPIC's Love the Lagoon Project Manager, Rueben Thompson, attended the recent Caribbean Challenge Initiative meeting in the British Virgin Island on behalf of St. Maarten. The Caribbean Challenge calls for special protected zones along at least 20 percent of the region's coasts by 2020 in hopes of protecting its biodiversity… Read more...
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Bird Walk for Endemic Bird Festival
- May 22nd, 2013
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) held a bird watching walk this past Saturday May 18th, at Happy Bay to celebrate the 12th annual regional Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival. The walk was led by knowledgeable guides Ronald Pieters and Mark Yokoyama, author of The Incomplete Guide… Read more...
Latest Videos
Caribbean Brown Pelican Chicks on St. Maarten
Shorebird Flock at Maho Bay, St. Maarten
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