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The Curacao National Marine Park

CARMABI was founded as a marine biological research station in 1955. nal acronym CARMABI. Today CARMABI provides facilities and logistical
His Royal Highness, the late Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, laid support to upwards of 70 visiting researchers and graduate students
the first stone of the institute. From the start, aside from research, applied per year, manages nine protected areas on Curacao, the largest of which
nature conservation and education were also important areas of activity is the 1860 hectare Christoffelpark, and runs an educational program
brought together in 1962 under the allied National Parks Foundation of reaching about 12000 school children per year. Combined research
the Netherlands Antilles (better known as STINAPA). In 1996 CARMABI output by staff and visiting researchers amounts to about 25 scholarly
and STINAPA merged into one organization, the Caribbean Research and publications and reports per year.
Management of Biodiversity Foundation, better known under the origi-