by ostyx | Oct 30, 2020 | Story
The Environmental Defenders of Ngetha Media Association for Peace have been able to acquire 54 acres of land near Murchison Falls National Park, in a globally significant area of Uganda. Upon receipt of grant funds, they demarcated the land, signed and completed land...
by ostyx | Sep 30, 2020 | Story
Sumac Muyu Foundation has managed the Bigal River Biological Reserve since 2008 (soon reaching 800 hectares) within the Payamino-Bigal-Sumaco Corridor, Ecuador. The corridor is located on the eastern slope of the Sumaco Volcano, within the “East Andean Slope of...
by ostyx | Sep 17, 2020 | Story
Sweat-drenched, walking on Siltaneva mire at 32 C in Mid-Summer, sun does not set in the boreal north. Insects, gadflies, mosquitoes are out in full force, the Finnish air force so to speak… Our Landscape Rewilding team is taking stock of a recently acquired...
by ostyx | Jul 30, 2020 | Story
The Lilacine Amazon is a highly threatened, large parrot endemic to the dry forests of western Ecuador. This species is declining very quickly owing to a combination of habitat loss and illegal wildlife trafficking. Recent data on population monitoring suggests that...
by ostyx | Jul 30, 2020 | Story
The life of higaonon tribe is interconnected to the sacred forest. We are nothing without it. The elders said that ” nature destruction is the tribes extinction” The Philippines is a global biodiversity hotspot, yet only 4% of native habitat remains. With...
