article thumbnail

Beljarica Backwaters: Some good news announced (but not yet official)

10,000 Birds

mi2 of the Danube Backwaters in 2014 (cover photo). Now, I have mixed feelings: cautious and by experience mistrustful, but happy. Belgrade City Environmental Secretariat accepted the initiative and the Institute for the Protection of Nature of Serbia produced the study and the official proposal for the protection of 18.6

Serbia 275
article thumbnail

The Ross Sea – the Last Intact Marine Ecosystem on Earth – and I

10,000 Birds

Consequently, the Ross Sea has become a focus of numerous environmental groups who have campaigned for a world marine reserve. In October 2014, during a meeting in Hobart, Australia, the protection of this important region was once again blocked by China and Russia. Back to the Future – the Case for Protection. Now you know.

Russia 171
article thumbnail

Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

I ache that I will never see what the photographer has seen, but hope that maybe if I try hard enough I will see some kind of echo of this experience in the image. It’s a lot harder to ignore conservation campaigns to save habitat when you’ve seen the ‘photographic record’ of what happens when you do.

Animal 267