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[[File: Caribbean - SSS Islands.PNG|thumb|275px|A map showing Sint Eustatius in the center and the surrounding islands]]
[[File:Quill dormant vulcano.jpg|thumb|275px|The [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast of St. Eustatius, including a distant view of [[the Quill (volcano)]], one of the Parks managed by STENAPA, as viewed from the northern part of the island. The surrounding ocean area all around the island down to 30 meters in depth comprises another park, the National Marine Park. The island of [[St. Kitts]] is dimly visible in the upper left of the image.]]
[[File:STENAPA headquarters.JPG|thumb|275px|The headquarters of STENAPA in Lower Town, St. Eustatius, 2010]]

'''STENAPA''' (an acronym for St. Eustatius National Parks) is the [[national park]]s organisation of [[Sint Eustatius]], a small [[Netherlands|Dutch island]] in the [[Caribbean]]. The island is situated within the inner arc of the [[Leeward Island]] chain of the [[Lesser Antilles]], [[West Indies]]. Sint Eustatius is south of the island of [[Saba (island)|Saba]] and north of the island of  [[Saint Kitts]]. The island of St. Eustatius is now part of the country of the Netherlands, as a ''[[Caribbean Netherlands|bijzondere gemeente]]'' or "special municipality". 

STENAPA is a [[non-profit organisation|non-profit]], non-governmental [[Foundation (non-profit)|foundation]] (in [[Dutch language|Dutch]] a ''stichting'') which was founded in 1988, and registered in 1995. The function of this foundation is environmental protection. STENAPA currently manages the National Marine Park, [[The Quill (volcano)|the Quill]] / Boven National Park, and the Botanical Garden. STENAPA is one of the members of the [[Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance]].

The headquarters, the National Parks Office and Visitor Centre, is situated next to the harbour in Lower Town, which is the waterfront part of the capital Oranjestad, most of which is higher up, on top of a cliff. The more southerly part of Lower Town faces onto Gallows Bay, on the western or [[Caribbean Sea]] coast of the island.

==The National Parks==
This non-profit foundation is responsible for the management of three parks. Two parks are on the land surface of the island; the remaining park is marine and surrounds the island. The combined area of the parks is 33 square km.
* The '''Marine Park''' surrounds the island from the high-water mark down to 30 meters depth, and also encompasses two Marine Park Reserves.
* The '''Quill / Boven National Park''' comprises two different areas or subsectors. One is the dormant [[stratovolcano]] known as [[the Quill (volcano)|the Quill]], which is in the southern part of the island. The other area is a group of five hills in the northern part of the island: Bergje, Boven (the highest of the five), Venus, Gilboa Hill and Signal Hill. These five hills are the remnants of another stratovolcano.
* The '''Miriam C. Schmidt [[Botanical Garden]]''' was started in 1998. The main emphasis is on species that are or were native to the island and the surrounding islands. There is also an experimental area where researchers are studying methods of controlling the problematic invasive species ''[[Antigonon leptopus]]'', the corallita vine.

==Staff==
STENAPA is governed by a board. The board members do not receive any wages. The foundation employs eight staff members who administer the foundation and manage the parks. The staff members work with interns and volunteers from the island or abroad.

==References==
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;Bibliography
* Davis J.E. (2003). "Population Assessment of Queen Conch, Strombus gigas, in the St. Eustatius Marine Park, Netherlands Antilles". St. Eustatius Marine Park.

==External links==
* [http://www.statiapark.org/parks/index.html Official website]
* [http://www.statiatourism.com/index.html St. Eustatius tourism website]

[[Category:National park administrators]]
[[Category:Nature conservation organizations based in North America]]
[[Category:1988 establishments in the Netherlands Antilles]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Sint Eustatius]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1988]]

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