Environment and Natural Resources

About Us

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has responsibility for the management and regulation of fisheries, marine conservation, marine heritage, terrestrial conservation and nature reserve management, pollution control, agriculture, animal and plant management and the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.

What do they do?

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources:

Develops legislation and policy to protect Bermuda’s environment
Monitors and provides guidance for prevention and control of pollution
Supports and regulates Bermuda’s agricultural and fisheries sectors
Regulates the importation of plants
Regulates the importation of animals
Manages the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo
Regulates the importation of pesticides
Enforces animal control legislation
Administers the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Protects and coordinates the recovery of Bermuda’s most threatened species
Manages matters related to historic shipwrecks, marine heritage sites and the National Collection of historic artifacts

Glyphosate presentation: questions accepted at pollutioncontrol@gov.bm until 10 February 2017