STINAPA is a member of the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance.
( Stichting Nationale Parken Nederlandse Antillen ), which had been established in 1962 to protect and manage nature in the Netherlands Antilles.
The first activities took place on Bonaire where the Washington Slagbaai National Park was established in 1969.
In that year, the Bonaire National Marine Park was added.
After this, projects were also started on, among others, Curaçao and Saba, and in the late 1980s separate foundations were established on all Antillean islands.