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Posts Tagged ‘Indonesian’
Nature, Weird Stuff, Wildlife & Flora, May 21st, 2010,
Since tomorrow is International Biodiversity Day I thought I’d post some links to a few amazing galleries of wildlife photography that have been recently published online. First we have the Guardian‘s slideshow of ‘New species discovered in Foja mountains on Indonesian island of New Guinea‘, including candid photos of a tame giant wooly rat, the smallest known member of the kangaroo family and a tiny tree mouse. Next, there’s the Telegraph‘s piece on Belgian wildlife photographer and ecologist Guido Sterkendries, which features 27 images from the rainforests of Panama and Brazil. The London Times features a small but worthwhile gallery…
Tags: biodiversity, Day, Indonesian, international, island, photography, photos, wildlife
Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, Feb 21st, 2010,
If you live in Indonesia and have $100,000 to spare, you soon may be able to. The Indonesian government is contemplating a tiger adoption initiative in an attempt to curb the illegal poaching of the endangered big cats. These aren’t the typical kind of wildlife conservation ‘adoptions’ like the WWF’s Adopt a Tiger program, where a modest donation will get you a photo of a tiger and a plush doll. Ordinary Indonesian citizens would actually be able to keep a pair of adult Sumatran tigers in their own back yards for a deposit of $100 grand. According to CNN, the…
Tags: adopt, CNN, government, Indonesia, Indonesian, initiative, Nature, pet, poaching, Sumatran, tiger, WWF
