Archive for the ‘Conservation’ Category
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Wldlife conservation experts are working to rescue a colony of endangered Siamese crocodiles in Koh Kong province, western Cambodia, as the natural habitat is increasingly threatened by the development of the nearby Stung Atay hydro-dam.
Full story at the Phnom Penh Post
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Adding to yesterday's great news that the Titanium mine, planned for Chi Phat, has been shelved, the Cambodian government is now drafting a sub-decree to increase the size of Koh Kong Province's Protected Forest. Someone up there must have started fretting about his karma and the afterlife!
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Monday, April 11th, 2011
A late minute intervention by Prime minister, Hun Sen, has saved a thriving community-based tourism project in Cambodia's Koh Kong Province from a planned, highly destructive, Titanium mine.
The mine project, by the United Khmer Group, was rumoured to have been just a cover to gain access to the ...
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
This New York Times story highlights some interesting eco-tourism developments in Cambodia.
See some of my pics from Chi Phat here on the Symbiosis Facebook page
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Saturday, February 12th, 2011
The Cambodian Government yesterday approved a land concession in the heart of dense forest in Koh Kong Province for a titanium mine that environmentalists say will devastate dozens of endangered species and clear thousands of hectares of trees in Cambodia's Cardamom mountains.
I visited Chi Phat, the area that will be ...
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Friday, February 4th, 2011
Could this be the real reason that Sea Turtles are being driven to extinction? These pictures are taken in Costa Rica of sea turtle egg "harvesting" by locals for sale in the local markets for food.
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Friday, September 17th, 2010
Borneo has amazing birdlife, and the inaugural Sabah Birdwatching Festival would be a great opportunity to learn something about them.
Contact Symbiosis Expedition Planning about making a trip to attend the show next month and perhaps trekking into the forests to look for some birds yourself!
See poster below:
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Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Most White-Shouldered Ibis Ever Recorded in Cambodia A record number of the critically endangered white-shouldered Ibis have been counted in Cambodia, Birdlife International said yesterday. Bou Vorsak, Birdlife's Cambodia Acting Programme Manager, said 429 of the birds were counted simultaneously at 37 roost sites in five provinces across the ...
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
How you can participate, go to Project Aware website
International Cleanup Day is 25 September. This massive volunteer event is the largest of its kind, when underwater teams of volunteer divers in more than 100 countries tackle marine debris issues head on.
For info on how you can participate, go to Project ...
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Letter from Jennifer Lee 05:55 AM Aug 10, 2010
ABOUT two weeks ago, a concerned Hong Kong citizen saw a Citibank (Hong Kong) promotion advertising discounted shark's fins.
Read the full article in today's Today Online.
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Malaysia is renowned for its wonderful marine world and nearly half a million divers come here every year to admire some of the world’s most popular diving sites. The attention is fantastic as it helps raise awareness of some of the problems associated with global warming, yet on the other ...
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
Started at the end of 2009 the Elephant Hills Elephant Experience is just that, a chance to get close to these amazing creatures, feel their thick skin and interact with them during one of our unique experiences. Chop, prepare and feed the elephants one of their daily feeds, learn about ...
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Saturday, April 10th, 2010
The 2m-long reptile is a monitor lizard, the group to which the world's longest and largest lizards belong.
The monitor, described as spectacular by the scientists who found it, lives in forests covering the Sierra Madre mountains in the north of the country.
The striking reptile has bright yellow, blue and green ...
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Two critically endangered vultures were released into the wild last week in Stoeung Treng's Siem Pang district after the birds were found poisoned earlier in the month.
The birds, one white-rumped vulture and one slender-billed vulture, were nursed back to health after 2 weeks at the Phnom Tama0 Wildelife Rescue Centre ...
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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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