Can a tiny seedling protect a shark? Yes – and young rays, turtles, grouper, and snapper, too!
That’s why we grow mangrove seedlings here at Atlantis and donate them for coastal restoration projects like the Bahamas National Trust at Bonefish Pond National Park. In this video, our Marine Education and Programs Officer Kristen Johnson takes you to a planting event at Bonefish National Park and explains how powerhouse mangrove systems provide shelter for marine species and protect
our islands from high winds and erosion.
Guests can find two of our largest red mangrove trees at the Predator Lagoon. They can be seen best from the Rope Bridge and the short wooden bridge adjacent to Coral Pool deck. Here you can also find our mangrove nursery, with potted propagules (seedlings) that have fallen from parent trees around the property.
To help protect and preserve Bahamian wetlands, Atlantis grows mangroves in estuaries on property. With support from Atlantis, Bahamas National Trust (BNT) has expanded mangrove habitats and gathered important data about planting mangroves to withstand hurricane threats and further protect our coastline.
In honor of World Wetlands Day this year, Atlantis Paradise Island and the Atlantis Blue Project Foundation donated 500 red mangrove plants and joined a group of volunteers to help plant them at Bonefish Pond National Park, about 10 miles south of Paradise Island. Atlantis has donated more than 8,000 mangroves for coastal restoration projects in The Bahamas.