Click here to learn more about the threat of mega dams in Brazil with International Rivers. Click here to learn about the work Amazon Watch are doing about the current threat of the Belo Monte Reserve. Click here to watch a film about the Belo Monte dam and the Indigenous People whose land the dam …
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It is Autumn time south of the equator, and whilst the majority of Argentinians are readying themselves for another Boreal winter, the small town of Las Lajitas is ramping up for its busiest time of year. Located in Salta province in the north of this vast country, the streets are jammed with chrome-clad Toyota Hiluxs, …
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We have been unusually quiet over the last week. The reason is we took time out to learn more about the charity, Armonia, we are jointly running for. If a picture speaks a thousand words, please enjoy a 29,000 word essay below, click the arrow on the gallery to begin playback. It has been an …
Salta Province, northern Argentina. Two children stand by the side of the road. A silver car with blackened windows drives passed. The girls wave something at it. The car continues, but suddenly grinds to a halt and reverses. Three portly men in white trousers and shades, step out of the car to inspect what they’re …
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Buy Your Tickets NOW! for a Chance to Win one of these original acylic paintings by Katharine! Both the rainforest frog and keel-billed toucan have been professionally mounted. Closing Date 30 June 2013. E-tickets equivalent of £5. The person who buys the most tickets WINS and can choose which painting they would like. The person whose …
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British Adventure Ecologists Katharine and David Lowrie ask whether there is an alternative to this silent massacre…… Two thousand and eight hundred miles; the equivalent of running between Lands End and John O’Groats three times! This is the distance my husband and I have now run through the continent of South America. And nearly every …
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On Monday we arrived Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. A city of over 1.7 million people. It’s the biggest city of the expedition so far. And during the course of the 21 day run from the Argentinian border of Yacuiba to this sprawling city in the skirts of the Amazon basin, we are convinced …
People around the world acknowledge the importance of forests and trees to humankind and the survival of our planet. But grasslands; the wind-torn steppe of South America or rolling prairies of Northern America; surely these do not score highly in the global index of priority conservation habitats? Wrong. This diminutive habitat is in fact an …
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