Posted in Africa, Agriculture, Climate change, Deforestation, Desertification, Film review, Food, Food, Gardening, Health, Livestock, Southeast Asia, Sustainable Living, Wildlife on Sep 8th, 2010
I was asked to write a review of “Dirt! The Movie,” a documentary about our worldwide destruction of soil versus our absolute dependence on soil for our survival. The movie is an inspiring blend of interviews with scientists, farmers, and activists, as well as footage from around the world of the traditional uses and modern [...]
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Photo by scientist Indraneil Das of newly-discovered frog species A new pea-sized frog species has been discovered on Borneo! Scientists from the University of Malaysia Sarawak found the tiny frogs living in and around tubular carnivorous plants called pitcher plants. The tadpoles grow in the water inside the plants. Although the water contains enzymes that [...]
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Posted in Animal welfare / animal rights, Asia, Borneo, Deforestation, Eco-travel, Ecosystems, Endangered species, Human behavior, Overconsumption, Rain forest, Resources, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Sustainable Living, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat, Wildlife survival on Aug 23rd, 2010
This post now on Google News and on the syndicated BasilandSpice.com Pet trade threatens orangutan survival “Having a pet orangutan is a status symbol,” I was told by my Indonesian friend Ria, who lives and works in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital. Doesn’t matter if the animal lives in a small, dirty cage behind the house, which [...]
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Posted in Animal welfare / animal rights, Asia, Birds, Borneo, Deforestation, Eco-travel, Endangered species, Indonesia, Rain forest, Sumatra, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat, Wildlife survival on Aug 16th, 2010
This post now live on Google News and on the syndicated site BasilandSpice. On my Asian quest to see wild and semi-wild orangutans, I wasn’t sure I’d find a single one of the red apes roaming free in a forest. Orangutans used to be widespread in Southeast Asia, but now survive only on the islands [...]
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Posted in Asia, Bali, Borneo, Deforestation, Eco-travel, Ecosystems, Endangered species, Indonesia, Jakarta, Java, Malaysia, Rain forest, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat, Wildlife survival on Aug 3rd, 2010
Text and all photos by Sally Kneidel, PhD This post also on the syndicated site BasilandSpice. I’ve wanted to visit Indonesia for years – it has more tropical rain forest than almost any other country. Only Brazil has more. Indonesia is a nation of more than 13,000 islands, including Borneo, Bali, Sumatra, and Java. Although [...]
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Photos and text by Sally Kneidel, PhD Driving from the coast to the town of Jayuya in La Cordillera Central is not easy. Although the mountain roads of Puerto Rico are paved, most are extremely narrow and curvy. On our drive from Playa Lucia, we arrived in Jayuya after dark, and tooled around the town [...]
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All photos and text by Sally Kneidel, PhD The variety in Puerto Rico surprised us. We started off in Old San Juan with its pink buildings, steep and narrow blue-cobblestoned roads, and historic elegance. We drove from there to our dream destination: El Yunque Caribbean National Forest, which didn’t disappoint. We spent a couple of [...]
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Posted in Birds, Caribbean, Coqui frogs, Deforestation, Eco-travel, Ecosystems, Food, Lizards, Puerto Rico, Rain forest, Snails, Wildlife, Wildlife habitat on Apr 17th, 2010
Text and photos by Sally Kneidel, PhD We visited our son Alan in Puerto Rico in March. He’s working there temporarily, collecting data on the island’s bird populations for a project based at NC State. I wrote on April 5 more about Alan’s job. I also wrote about the day we spent in historic Old [...]
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Photos and text by Sally Kneidel, PhD I went to Puerto Rico in March 2010 with my family, to visit our son Alan. My family in San Juan: Ken, Sadie, Alan, and Matt Alan is temporarily living in Puerto Rico, doing bird research for NC State. He and his team are studying the use of [...]
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This post now on Google News and on BasilandSpice, a syndicated website bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb Text and photos (except gibbon photo) by Sally Kneidel, PhD bbbbbbbbb Myself (Sally Kneidel) with a young orang in grad school at OU, while a student of Roger Fouts’ Southeast Asia a center for illegal wildlife trade I’m going to Indonesia soon, [...]
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