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            Visit the natural bridges of Aruba!


                                                                      this site was also a frequently
                                                                      visited beach, as the bridge
                                                                      had a small opening through
                                                                      which the water would flow
                                                                      into the tiny beach.

                                                                      Unfortunately  in  2005,  the
                                                                      bridge  collapsed,  and  the
                                                                      little  beach  dried  up.  De-
                                                                      spite this, this site remained
                                                                      a  tourist  attraction,  with
                                                                      many visitors walking along
                                                                      the coral cliffs of the bridge
                                                                      to see the spectacular view
            (Oranjestad)—After  you’ve                                of the northern coastline and
            visited the Alto Vista Church,  The bridge was formed dur-  the Caribbean Sea. Visitors
            the Bushiribana Gold Mill Ru-  ing thousands of years, cut  can also still visit the souvenir
            ins and the mini natural pool  and  crafted  by  the  wild  shop on the left of the bridge
            that is located right next to  waves  that  crash  into  the  entrance.
            it, you’re next up around the  coral  stone  walls  of  the
            northern coast line must be  coast. Before its collapse, this  While the natural bridge no
            the Natural Bridge. Once the  bridge measured 30 meters in  longer is functional, there is
            largest natural bridge in the  length and 7 meters in height,  now a smaller natural bridge
            Caribbean, this bridge has  making it the biggest natu-   very close. This bridge is often
            been a tourist attraction for  ral bridge in the Caribbean  called the “Baby Bridge” or
            many years.                  at the time. For many years,  “Daughter Bridge”.q

            Episode CXXXI- 131 - Aruba’s reforestation


            NOORD  —  In  this  episode  vegetation of a degraded  method       are    abundant
            we  will  focus  on  the  need  land  was  achieved  more  and  are  not  only  linked  to
            to reforest the island com-  quickly  by  planting  indig-  the  growth  speed  of  the
            bating  rising  temperatures  enous species, as opposed  chosen  native  species  but
            of our planet. We must work  to what was previously be-   also  from  a  recreational
            form out local communities  lieved to be with the mas-    and  social  point  of  view,
            and  increase  the  pressure  sive  repopulation  of  non-  incorporating native plants
            on  our  leaders.  However  native trees fast growing.    allows  them  to  be  valued,
            reforestation  is  not  a  mat-  The  Miyawaki  method  is  made known and with their
            ter  of  repopulating  without  an  ecological  restoration  rapid  growth  it  achieves
            ecological  criteria  but  of  method  that,  based  on  that  people  love  them  by
            opting for island of endem-  the  Potential  Natural  Veg-  protecting  and  caring  for
            ic  biodiversity  as  an  eco-  etation of a space, aims to  them.
            logical strategy.            recreate a landscape tak-    The  success  of  implement-
                                         ing as a reference the veg-  ing  the  Miyawaki  method
            In the 1990s, after decades  etation  that  supposedly  consists  primarily  in  adapt-  biomass necessary to fill the   ciple. Where any land that
            of observation and years of  would have existed there if  ing it to the place accord-  deficiencies  of  the  land,  if   is  fertile  and  without  any
            study, Akira Miyawaki dem-   there had been no human  ing  to  the  environmental      they  exist,  and  do  not  use   human  intervention  would
            onstrated  that  the  recov-  incursion.                  conditions  and  in  parallel   pesticides  or  added  prod-  develop a lush and sustain-
            ery of the potential natural  The  advantages  of  this  knowing  exactly  the  lo-    ucts. Follow the growth rate   able  forest  in  a  maximum
                                                                      cal  vegetation,  its  variants   of the plants during the first   of 1000 years.
                                                                      and  the  way  in  which  it  is   two years through irrigation
                                                                      expressed.   Fundamental     and  weeding  and  plant     If human support and sus-
                                                                      stages to achieve amazing    them at a very high density.         tainable  collaboration  ex-
                                                                      results. In this way, the idea   We  must  be  aware  that   ists  in  this  same  area,  the
                                                                      is  to  plant  native  plants  in   planting  more  trees  does   development  time  of  the
                                                                      available  land  and  follow   not create forests because   forest would be shortened
                                                                      their  growth  with  minimal   the forest is a living structure   to 100 years.q
                                                                      intervention.                that requires its border and
                                                                      In a first step, the soil must   its  layers,  which  are  what,   To get to know a little more
                                                                      be  identified,  looking  for   guarantees the ecosystem   regarding  Aruba’s  and  its
                                                                      its  deficiencies  and  nutri-  services that we expect.  cultural  origins,  etc.  We
                                                                      ents  that  it  has,  defining   The  Miyawaki  method  is   highly  recommend  you  to
                                                                      the  species  that  adapt  to   based  on  taking  advan-  book  your  participation  in
                                                                      the climate and the place.   tage  of  the  “potential    our cultural encounter ses-
                                                                      Search  the  region  for  the   natural  vegetation”  prin-  sion.  A  mind  opening  rev-
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