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I was glad- and relieved- when the stop at the Koh Panak or Ice Cream cave was finally over. It was cold, dark, slippery and the surface was uneven with several puddles of water. All that coupled with a large crowd in a confined space and snide remarks from a cheeky guide who was thinking he was being funny but the remarks were not always in good taste. And add to that my half rolled up heavy jeans and a heavy dSLR hanging round my neck. This was merely a photo stop, all to take some goofy selfies beside a stalagmite shaped like an ice cream cone- certainly not worth the inconvenience of getting in there and being rushed all the time. So as our cheeky guide was rushing us along, I took this last shot of an opening at the far end of the cave which gives you a view of the Andaman Sea outside. Our boat is at this end of the cave, so I have to walk through that wet, slippery and uneven cave and wade knee deep in sea water again and clamber onto a speedboat which was packed to the hilt. Certainly not a very pleasant start to the day. This was the first stop on the speedboat tour around the Ao Phang Nga National Park tour, known more commonly as the James Bond Islands tour. (Phuket, Thailand, Oct/ Nov. 2019)
On the way from the Reserve Village Masako to Kinsagani, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Photo by Ollivier Girard/CIFOR
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These drawings are all award winners of a contest dedicated to World Environment Day with 80 children from seven schools where the Global Environment Facility and UNDP are piloting a project on protected areas. The kids are all from villages bordering the Surkhan Strict Nature Reserve in Uzbekistan.
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These drawings are all award winners of a contest dedicated to World Environment Day with 80 children from seven schools where the Global Environment Facility and UNDP are piloting a project on protected areas. The kids are all from villages bordering the Surkhan Strict Nature Reserve in Uzbekistan.
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Prosper Sabongo a PHD student measures the circumference of a Funtunia Africana in the forest reserve near the village of Masako. Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Photo by Ollivier Girard/CIFOR
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In order for me to get a look at the front end of the sleeping giant, the guard woke up the guest in the next room as well- he had to show him the animal too anyway. This sleeping One-horned/ Indian Rhinoceros was actually directly below the window of the next room in the hotel. The guest was a kindly European chap, a young guy, and was quite nice about letting me walk into his room and point my dSLR out of his window to fire off several shots. This one turned out to be the best of the lot. The Greater One-horned Rhinoceros is commonly found only in South Asia and South East Asia. Historically, the rhinos were distributed in the flood plain and forest tracts in Brahmaputra, Ganges and Indus river valleys. Today, however, no more than 2,000 remain in the wild, with only two populations containing in excess of 100 Rhinos each: Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India (1,200) and Chitwan National Park (CNP), Nepal (600). Despite joint efforts between Bhutan and India, the survival of a small population of Rhinos living along the Indo- Bhutan border in Manas still remains doubtful. (Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal, Oct/ Nov. 2019)
Narrow passageway, barely a meter wide, allowing access to several parcels (currais?) of vineyards (jarrões?). Criação Velha. Faial with Horta in the background. View to W.
Sunset at Kuthai Lake in the in the Atlin Taku region of northwestern B.C. Premier Christy Clark and spokesperson John Ward from the Taku River Tlingit First Nation signed an agreement that creates 13 new protected areas, and provides resource development opportunities and investment certainty over 3 million hectares (11,583 square miles) in the Atlin Taku region. July 19, 2011 Photo credit: Taku River Tlingit First Nation.
Mangrove nursery. Planting mangroves in the region of Pulau Dua Nature Reserve is need as safeguards for mangroves vegetation and retaining abrasion. It is driven by the fact of the damage to some parts region, which if we do not do the habitat improvement, it could adversely affect the integrity of physical and functions as a region wildlife habitat.
Photo by Aulia Erlangga/CIFOR
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Biggest tree in the forest reserve named Entandrophragma utile, which is currently on the ICUN Red list as vunerable, near to the Village of Masako. Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Photo by Ollivier Girard/CIFOR
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I am on a morning jungle walk following a boat ride on the East Rapti river in the Chitwan National Park in Nepal. (see previous pictures earlier in this album). Elephant with her super cute calf in the elephant breeding center in Chitwan. We get here from the boat ride and you approach the center from the rear- behind the elephant. That same foolish Chinese lady from our hotel earlier in the morning who had tried to go dangerously close to a wild Rhino tried to duck under the fencing and take a short cut through the enclosure. My guide usually peaceful and soft spoken suddenly screamed at her and she fortunately backed off. Indeed, people! Elephant cows are generally placid animals, especially in comparison to the unpredictable and dangerous males. Elephant cows are however very protective of their young, and can get extremely violent and dangerous if they perceive you as threat to their calf. If that stupid Chinese lady had indeed entered the elephant shed, things could have ended pretty badly that day. (Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal, Oct/ Nov. 2019)
Delta airplane taking off from Reagan National Airport. Photo taken from the Washington Sailing Marina in Alexandria.
This time I got a closer view- thank goodness for the zoom feature of my iPhone 7 plus. I did not do something as foolish as the Chinese lady who went dangerously close to the animal. And the Rhino as well did not react unfavourably to the many oggling humans around him and that one pesky Chinese lady who was seriously encroaching on his personal space. This animal is the Greater One-horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also known as the Indian Rhinoceros. This species is a grey giant, second only to an elephant in size- an adult Rhino weighs a whopping 2 to 2.5 tonnes. Rhinos usually lead a solitary life, but they may also graze and wallow in shallow waters together. Calves follow their mothers for 1-3 years. Females are sexually mature between 5 and 7 years old, while males mature at about 10 years of age. This is probably one of the pair we spotted in the water the previous evening on our jungle walk. (see previous pictures earlier in this album). (Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal, Oct/ Nov. 2019)
Skepplanda / Västra Götland / Sweden - Mossy natural forest close to Verleskogen nature reserve. The swedish foundation Naturarvet bought the Verleskogen area to protect it from logging and initiated the establishment of a nature reserve. Now a trail leads through the old growth forest with some lakes and peat bogs. The Risveden hills north of Goeteborg is home to several stands of old growth nordic forests, but logging poses a threat to this wild and ancient nature areas. naturarvet.se/
These drawings are all award winners of a contest dedicated to World Environment Day with 80 children from seven schools where the Global Environment Facility and UNDP are piloting a project on protected areas. The kids are all from villages bordering the Surkhan Strict Nature Reserve in Uzbekistan.
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Vines on a tree trunk.
Photo by Greg Girard/CIFOR
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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The park includes land in Jefferson County, West Virginia; Washington County, Maryland and Loudoun County, Virginia. The park is managed by the National Park Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Originally designated as a National Monument in 1944, the park was declared a National Historical Park by the U.S. Congress in 1963. The park includes the historic town of Harpers Ferry, notable as a center of 19th century industry and as the scene of John Brown's abolitionist uprising.
Photo by Kevin Borland. Text derived from Wikipedia.
Another look at the Koh Tapu pillar rock (known as a 'stack' in geological terms) at Khao Phing Kan or James Bond island which is part of the Ao Phang Nga National Park, notes about which appeared earlier in this album. (see previous pictures). This island was the shooting location for the 1974 Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. In that movie, the top of this stack was shown to blow up at the very end of the film, when Bond successfully neutralizes the bad guy Scaramanga and destroys his extensive hideout. Thank goodness that was only pyrotechnics and the island remains largely intact, save for some mutilation related to the shooting. I am on this island as part of the James Bond Islands speedboat tour out of Phuket, Thailand. In the 1974 Bond film ‘The Man with the Golden Gun’, after several scenes in Bangkok, 007 flies to Scaramanga’s island in a small seaplane, during which the beauty of Phang Nga Bay becomes evident. The island, that Scaramanga uses as a hideout, is called Koh Khao Phing Kan, now known more commonly as James Bond Island. During a scene towards the end of the movie James Bond and Scaramanga hold a pistol duel on the beach with Koh Tapu (this pillar rock or 'stack' in geological terms) in the background some forty meters away. (Phuket, Thailand, Oct/ Nov. 2019)
A final look at Maya Bay- the 1999 Hollywood movie The Beach was filmed here. Maya Bay is part of the Phi Phi Islands cluster just off the coast of Phuket, Thailand. Excessive crowding and over tourism at this spot thanks consequent to release of the above movie meant much damage to the coral reefs and to the environment here, due to which the authorities have closed off the beaches around Maya Bay to tourists until 2021 at least. That has not stopped scores of tourist boats disgorging their passengers here to swim and snorkel in the turquoise waters around here- so much for environmental protection. Detailed notes about the Phi Phi Islands National Park appeared earlier in this album. (see previous pictures). (Phuket, Thailand, Oct/ Nov. 2019)
Sign for the Park Ranger's office at Ko Mai Pai or Bamboo Island, which is our first post lunch stop on the Phi Phi Islands speedboat tour. Note that the supporting posts for the sign are shaped like bamboo- that's probably the only bamboo you see on the island, despite it's name of Bamboo Island. A couple of blogs have mentioned seeing a couple of stray bamgoo trees on the island, but frankly I did not spot any. Some websites recommend going to Bamboo Island and it's surrounding islands to escape the crowded beaches of Ton Sai Bay or Maya. (the beaches around Maya Bay are closed to the public till 2021 at least, thanks to damage to the coral reefs and marine environment due to over tourism). It i reputed hat Bamboo Island is nothing like the other two I just mentioned, as here, there are no high rocky peaks- just a small beach of white sand that emerges from the turquoise waters. As it is remote and less famous than the beach of Maya Bay, there is still some space on its beautiful beaches. Despite all the above hard sell however, I did find Banboo Island pretty crowded, despite our tour boat seeming to be the only one to halt there- the crowd was already there when we arrived- we didn't spot their boat. They were probably dropped off earlier in the day. Detailed notes about the Phi Phi Islands National Park appeared earlier in this album. (see previous pictures). (Phuket, Thailand, Oct/ Nov. 2019)
The Llewellyn Glacier in the in the B.C.’s Atlin Taku region. This is part of the area covered by a new Land and Resource Management and Shared Decision-Making Agreement developed collaboratively by the Taku River Tlingit First Nation and B.C. Photo credit: Taku River Tlingit First Nation. [More details.]
These drawings won awards in a contest dedicated to World Environment Day. Eighty children from seven schools participated, as part of the project on protected areas being piloted by the Global Environment Facility and UNDP. The kids are all from villages bordering the Surkhan Strict Nature Reserve in Uzbekistan.
Read more about the contest
These drawings are all award winners of a contest dedicated to World Environment Day with 80 children from seven schools where the Global Environment Facility and UNDP are piloting a project on protected areas. The kids are all from villages bordering the Surkhan Strict Nature Reserve in Uzbekistan.
Read more about the contest