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August 22, 2010
 The cloud forest on the small island of Saba in the Northeastern Caribbean is unique in the entire region, but little research has been done to describe its characteristics.
Tom van 't Hof, a biologist and conservationist who has lived on Saba since 1986, provides the reader with a compilation of available information on the cloud forest, combined with his own unique observations. In particular he describes how the climax state of this forest ended in 1998 following a series of major hurricanes and how it has evolved since. A fascinating tale, filled with information never published before, of natural impact on the environment.
Tom van't Hof is a biologist and conservationist who has lived on Saba since 1986. He was responsible for the development of the marine parks in Bonaire, Curacao and Saba. As a private consultant he was involved in numerous conservation projects around the world. Economics and financing of marine protected areas became his field of special interest.
He was co-founder of the Saba Conservation Foundation and functioned as its chairman for almost 10 years. He is the author of "The Nature of Saba" and of several marine park guidebooks. Together with his family he founded the Ecolodge Rendez-Vous in 2002. He retired in 2009, but he and his wife Heleen Cornet have no intention to move.
Book launch and availability
The new book will be officially launched and available for sale at the opening night of Sea & Learn on Ocober 1st. After that date it will be locally available at the Trailshop, Peanut Gallery and selected giftshops.
The book is currently available on
Amazon.com
and the link to the electronic version is
www.createspace.com/3454641.
Of course you can reach Tom directly at Tomvanthof@hotmail.com.
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