Just in case you needed any more encouragement to buy rainforest in order to protect it: Buy Rainforest.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Some time ago I posted a list of organisations that assist in buying rainforest for those conservation-minded people who want to save the rainforest. Yesterday I updated the list and added many elements to the rainforest page.Buy rainforest to protect it; this is by far the most effective way of preventing rainforest destruction and instigating reforestation - Save The Rainforest
The page also contains information on why we should save the rainforest, including high biodiversity, potential for discovering medicinal plants and carbon sequestering.
There are also some photographs of rainforest plants and insects that I have taken in rainforests in Thailand.
The page also contains information on why we should save the rainforest, including high biodiversity, potential for discovering medicinal plants and carbon sequestering.
There are also some photographs of rainforest plants and insects that I have taken in rainforests in Thailand.
Friday, June 4, 2010
The United Kingdom's Channel 4 has today published some facts on the BP oil spill that may stop the panic amongst wildlife lovers. Whilst this oil spill is obviously a terrible thing, it is worth considering that the impact could have been much worse.
"The Deepwater Horizon spill is 40 miles offshore in a depth of 1 mile and is a steady stream rather than a gush.
The environmental impact has been small, with politicians and media searching out tar balls on beaches and any dead animals, most of which have proven to be unrelated to the current incident.
The main damage so far has been to the outlying island chain off the coast where an already stressed mangrove ecology will likely and tragically be pushed over the edge by this last straw.
Fishing has been stopped in the Gulf region but experience in other incidents has shown that the fishing grounds will open within a few months of the oil being capped off.
The oil itself will decay naturally and rapidly in the warm sunlit waters of the region."
The full article can be seen here: BP oil spill: is Obama's fury justified?
"The Deepwater Horizon spill is 40 miles offshore in a depth of 1 mile and is a steady stream rather than a gush.
The environmental impact has been small, with politicians and media searching out tar balls on beaches and any dead animals, most of which have proven to be unrelated to the current incident.
The main damage so far has been to the outlying island chain off the coast where an already stressed mangrove ecology will likely and tragically be pushed over the edge by this last straw.
Fishing has been stopped in the Gulf region but experience in other incidents has shown that the fishing grounds will open within a few months of the oil being capped off.
The oil itself will decay naturally and rapidly in the warm sunlit waters of the region."
The full article can be seen here: BP oil spill: is Obama's fury justified?
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
A Chinese ship that was ailing in a no-go zone has run into the Great barrier Reef, Australia, damaging over 1km of sensitive coral.
Another example of the Chinese' contempt for the environment.
Read more here: China ship 'seriously damaged' Great Barrier Reef
Another example of the Chinese' contempt for the environment.
Read more here: China ship 'seriously damaged' Great Barrier Reef
