Our First Australians have the longest continuing culture in the world. It is a culture that is both vibrant and unique, and which more international visitors to Australia desire to experience.
Aboriginal Australian culture is thought to be the world's longest continuing surviving culture!
An obvious target for tourism that can benefit everyone; by providing jobs and keeping the culture alive.
Showing posts with label BIODIVERSITY UNDER THREAT. YEAR 13. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BIODIVERSITY UNDER THREAT. YEAR 13. Show all posts
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Friday, 19 June 2015
No more nutella......
If you chocolate spread- look away now!
Eating Nutella has been said in the guardian this week, to damage the environment- especially the Indonesian rainforest- which is cleared every year to grow palm oil.
BUT the company that makes it; ferrero says it is made from SUSTAINABLE palm oil.
Thursday, 18 June 2015
Brazil's Belo Monte dam puts livelihood of 2,000 families at risk, prosecutors say
Construction of a massive hydroelectric dam is endangering the livelihoods of at least 2,000 families in Brazil’s Amazon jungle state of Para, according to federal prosecutors who recommend that efforts to move the residents be suspended.
the $11bn Belo Monte dam on the Xingu River has violated 55 previously agreed-to items to guarantee indigenous groups, farmers and fishermen their means of survival.
The 11,000-megawatt dam would be the world’s third-largest hydroelectric energy producer behind China’s Three Gorges dam and the Itaipu, which straddles the border of Brazil and Paraguay.
The government has said Belo Monte will be a source of clean, renewable energy and is fundamental for the economic development of the region and country.
The dam, the government has said, was designed to minimize environmental damage.
But environmentalists and indigenous groups say it would devastate wildlife and their livelihoods.
Friday, 20 March 2015
Prince Charles' attitude to the environment 2015
Prince Charles was awarded the Teddy Roosevelt conservation award for his action towards conserving the world's environments on the 19th March 2015.
Prince Charles and his son Prince William are seen as being big supporters of preserving the world's natural environments
Prince Charles and his son Prince William are seen as being big supporters of preserving the world's natural environments
#EndWildlifeCrime conference
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
The home of the gorilla under threat from oil exploration?
Should they destroy the Virungas for oil?
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s prime minister has said that his government wants to find a way to explore for oil in the Virunga national park, a Unesco world heritage site , and will engage in negotiations with the UN body to “explore judiciously”.
Virunga, Africa’s oldest and most biodiverse park, has been on the list of ‘world heritage in danger’ since 1994, as two decades of armed conflict and intense poaching by militias has taken its toll on the park’s ecosystem.
In 2007, the Congolese ministry of hydrocarbons awarded two oil concessions straddling Virunga’s boundaries to the French major Total, as well as Soco International, a British oil company registered on the London Stock Exchange.
While Total quickly agreed to never explore within the current limits of the park – even in the event of a boundaries change – Soco has carried out exploratory activities in Virunga, concluding a seismic study in July 2014. The company said it will hand over the results of the seismic survey to the Congolese government in coming months.
Ever heard of a pangolin? If you haven't you better hurry! or you never will!!!1
The unique animal the Pangolin which looks like a dinosaur but isn't, has been declared the world's most hunted animal.
Many have fallen victim to poachers, whoi sell them for around £19 a kg.
Many have fallen victim to poachers, whoi sell them for around £19 a kg.
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