At 07:06 30-10-05 -0800, you wrote:
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>Hi Martyn,
>
>Recorded last year in the Galapagos (where I finished a soundscape
>CD), and in and around the Rio Napo on the eastern side of the Andes.
>The latter was more disappointing because of habitat incursion
>(deforestation mostly oil drilling) and because so much of the
>dynamic equilibrium of the critter mix has been greatly compromised.
>So it is VERY difficult to find places where the biophonic indicators
>do not reveal themselves as seriously stressed. Last year I found
>none despite marching way off into the jungle alone. While recording
>is possible, the results are not convincing. Most obvious, the
>monkeys were gone (poached), as well as other four-legged critters
>for the same reason. And a pall of smoke lies over the canopy each
>morning as more and more forest is slashed and burned. Not a hopeful
>scenario. For those who wish more insight into the problem in
>Ecuador, read "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins.
Bernie,
While indeed monkey densities are low in a many areas due to hunting by the
locals, one can still tape wonderful bird choruses in the Ecuadorian
Amazon. If one wants to get away from areas affected by oil exploitation
there is for instance Kapawi lodge on the Pastaza. But even at e.g. La
Selva, not too far from where oil people are, one still finds Squirrel
Monkeys, capuchins, Dusky Titis and howlers.
Which locality did you visit?
Cheers, Paul
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