Is camera trapping a ‘non-intrusive’ way of monitoring wildlife? We thought it was relatively un-interfering… until recently. Quite bizarre video footage along with an even more bizarre story emerged during wildlife camera trapping activities we were doing in the Great Fish River Reserve recently…
Emerging from five days in the Kouga wilderness, a group of youth from areas across the Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve (BMR) find their passion for nature and its message for making change in their communities.
eyes4earth.org features a Twitter feed – ‘tweets’ – which can be found at http://www.twitter.com/eyes4earth . The reason to incorporate such a feature on eyes4earth.org was to see if such a social media platform could be useful in providing a quicker way for readers like yourself to share nature inspirations and meaningful nature encounters as they occur…
Age-old Bushmen stories come to life within the Baviaanskloof landscape and give local youth a glimpse of their heritage and their connectedness nature…
This eyes4earth website talks a lot about the idea of meaningful nature experiences…or meaningful coincidences with wildlife. And if you are new to the concept, it might still take a little while to grasp what they are exactly …or being perceived as.
It is ready! The eyes4earth survey is now online and awaiting your input.
Wageningen (NL): Artistic results of “What did nature do for you today?” in South Africa are on show for the coming two weeks in the Forum Building at Wageningen University. In this fantastic initiative aimed at celebrating next week’s International Day of Biodiversity, former PRESENCE student Lucie Chuchmakova is presenting the results of her thesis which asked children of the Baviaanskloof about their relationship with nature…
To celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity, crew members from the Samoa Voyaging Society are currently sailing the Pacific in an effort to spread regional awareness about conserving their environment. Along the way, the crew members will also ask The Question – “What did nature do for you today?” to the (islander) people they meet during their Pacific voyage. But at the moment, nature is serving up mountainous seas…
The Healthy Parks Healthy People (HPHP) Congress came to a fitting end yesterday with an inspired wrap-up with positive and concrete steps forward.
The eyes4earth initiative was presented today at the Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress. Matthew Zylstra delivered an oral and poster presentation titled: “Meaningful nature experiences – the ultimate catalyst for reconnecting to parks and biodiversity?”
What is nature doing for you now?
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