week 274

Mon: Open pit coal mine project in coastal Queensland gets stopped by Canberra to much to the chagrin of the locals.

Tue: The colombian pacific coast wild nature will remain pristine as long as massive tourism stays away.

Wed: Lake Tanganyika Tanzania shore provides a rare site for chimpanzee observation in the wild.

Thu: Medan, in west Sumatra, is an entry point to a crowded yet lush environment worth engaging with.

Fri: Transhumance may survive for a while longer on the highland of Albania together with the polyphonic chants of the shepherds.

week 273

Mon: A poorly designed transition from pesticide to fully biological agriculture left sri lankans in hunger.

Tue: Los Llanos and Amazonas departments contain unique natural treasures worth protection.

Wed: A few patches of primary forest remain in New Zealand’s north island. Building natural corridors to connect them must be the priority.

Thu: Efforts to repopulate the wild life of lake Tanganyika south shore in Zambia involve small planes, helicopters and trucks to relocate zebras and buffaloes.

Fri: The palatine chapel in Palermo built by a norman king in a just conquered land from the arabs shows political inclusiveness in its exquisite mosaic depictions.

week 272

Mon: Parsis in Mumbai, longing for their long lost land of Iran, keep the consecrated flame alive.

Tue: Uluru rock has been finally protected from the salvage colonialists stomping upon it.

Wed: The pedestrian rope bridge built by quechua people over the Apurimac river provides a great example of sustainable, yet ephemeral, development.

Thu: Iriomote island, a stone throw from Taiwan, is magnificiently preserved thanks to the care of their japanese inhabitants.

Fri: Reunion island wants to preserve its multicultural society. A reattachment to Africa via Madagascar would help.

week 271

Mon: Argan oil production as a female enterprise north of Agadir (Morocco) gives them a very needed stable income independent of family status.

Tue: From Darwin to Alice springs on the Ghan railway, the comedian gets distracted with his fellow travelers rather than the knowledgeable aboriginal.

Wed: Related pre-columbian archaeological artifacts are found all along the Amazon watershed, up to the Chiribiquete national park.

Thu: Sant Antioco, a tiny island attached to Sardignia, preservation of old traditions, like weaving sea silk, may permit the recovery of an almost extinct mollusc.

Fri: Administering health care to tibetan nomad pastoralists in the Lungser kangri and lake Tso Moriri region, south of Leh, stretches the placebo effect to its limits.