While I don't dispute what you say John, you only have to see from aerial
shots of the rainforest areas that something critical is going on, we are
loosing more than 3 football pitches a day around central America and only
responsible organizations (not governments) are trying to do something abou=
t
it IE: buying up land and designating it to the wild. I for one would never
stand here and call all south and central Americans irresponsible for doing
this, after all, it is their only way of existence they know at the moment,
you have to get your own house in order first, meaning, where we live in
this world, North America has lost 92% of its forests and out of what is
left, only 2% are protected!
I for one who has recorded dawn choruses for many years all over the world
find they are much quieter.
Martyn
http://www.naturesound.org <http://www.naturesound.org/>
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Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 11:36 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Galapagos/Rio Napo Ecuador trip summary
Dear All,
There are many new wildlife lodges along the Napo in Ecuador. There is much=
pristine forest around these lodges and it is quite easy to find very good=
habitat where monkeys are quite plentiful. The lowland rainforest can be
quite
disappointing for those coming from the "petting zoo" of the Galapagos as
all
species in the former are difficult to see. I don't know where Bernie went
along
the Napo, but, to repeat myself, there are MANY lodges surrounded with
undisturbed habitat where recording is quite easy and productive. Over the
last 15
years I have been to all the lodges but one new one and for the recordist
things
keep getting better as new lodges open.
Sorry to dispute the popular theory that things are going to hell in the
rainforest, but this is just not the case in many areas along the Napo, nit=
because deforestation is not progressing, but because more pristine areas
are being
made available.
I just returned from 2 weeks in Ecuador and it is still a great place to ir=
d
and record.
My best,
John
John V. Moore Nature Recordings
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