Archive for the ‘Conservation’ Category
Saturday, February 13th, 2010
The Angkor Butterfly Centre (ABC) is an interactive butterfly exhibit located 25 km north of Siem Reap, home to Cambodia's famous Angkor Wat, on the road to the Landmine Museum and Bantey Srei temple.
The exhibit consists of a netted tropical garden with hundreds of free-flying butterflies, all of which are ...
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Manolo Serapio Jr., Reuters
Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:23pm EST
MANILA (Reuters) - Revenue from a small hydropower plant that cost little more than a supercar to build, will help preserve 2,000-year-old Philippine rice terraces dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World," conservationists say.
Read more…
Visit the stunning rice terraces of northern Philippines ...
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Saturday, January 9th, 2010
Jakarta, Indonesia – Camera traps deep in the Sumatran jungle have captured first-time images of a rare female tiger and her cubs, giving researchers unique insight into the elusive tiger’s behaviour. Read more on the WWF website on this story.
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
Here is a message from Rex Summer, founder of Force for the Forest, a non-profit conservation organisation in Indonesia fighting to preserve the rainforest and its invaluable ecosystem that supports rare species including orangutan, Sumtran Rhinoscerous and elephant, and Sumatran Tiger amongst much more. This is a message of hope ...
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
I recently visited a community deep in the Cardomom Mountains, western Cambodia that, until recently existed to plunder the rainforest of trees and wildlife.
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Chi Phat is a former logging community a 2 hour boat trip up river from the newly refurbished road linking ...
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Users may think ecstasy is a drug of peace and love, but every tablet they take plays a part in destroying Cambodia's pristine Cardamom mountains and puts the lives of those fighting for the environment at risk, reports Bronwyn Sloan..
Read this revealing article here
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