Thanks John, Bernie and Ray. Yes my spot was a long way north of Camp Leake=
y Bernie - but just as endangered: mining, timber extraction and especially=
expansion of palm oil plantations are all the consequences of growing huma=
n population and growing consumption patterns, yet more than 500 new specie=
s have been identified in these last forests over the past 15 years. You ca=
n read more here about how we try to turn this around:
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/borneo_forests/
Chris
http://www.wildechoes.org
--- In Bernie Krause <> wrote:
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> Nicely done, Chris. We were south, at Camp Leakey, recording orangs
> and gibbons and soundscapes throughout the day and night. In recent
> years mining operations upriver have leached mercury and other toxins =
> into the Sekonyer River, now, and the biophonies along the shore have =
> changed somewhat.
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> Bernie
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> On Jul 10, 2012, at 1:25 PM, chrishails50 wrote:
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> > A few weeks ago I posted a piece from Borneo, it was picked up by
> > PRI/ BBC World and used for a broadcast / podcast with some help
> > with a skype interview, the editor did a great job ! You can hear it =
> > at:
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> > http://www.theworld.org/2012/07/postcard-from-borneo/
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> > Hope you enjoy
> >
> > Chris
> > http://www.wildechoes.org
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> > "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> > sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
> > Krause.
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