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1. Atlas Moth | Attacus Atlas | Portrait of A Silent Giant As a teenager living some years in the Philippines, I remember seeing some Atlas Moths around our garden, school, and in the "province". The incredible size and intricate coloring both spiked my curiosity and freaked me out at the same time. Little...
2. Genetic Bill of Rights Are you aware of the Genetic Bill of Rights? DNA testing helps prevent disease, improve law enforcement and make our lives better but there's also a dark side to genetic sciences, research and DNA data collection. Do you know what's going on in bio-gen...
3. Namaqualand flowers pictures videos Come August each year, an arid, desert-like area of about 200,000 sq. kilometres, known as Namaqualand, South Africa, is transformed into an awe-inspiring, dazzling, spectacular mass-display of wild flowers arguably unequalled on the planet. In addi...
4. The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew Every year over 1 million people visit Kew Gardens at Kew. 300 acres of gardens and botanical collections comprise a world-famous botanic garden, a UNESCO World Heritage site and a world-leader in plant-related collections, scientific research and in...
5. Wildflower spectacular Namaqualand Come August each year, everybody in South Africa and many people around the world know that one of the biggest spectacles in Nature is about to happen: The transformation of an arid, desert-like area of about 200,000 sq. kilometres, known as Namaqual...
6. Top Ten Companion Plants for Your Organic Garden In my own personal opinion these are the top ten companion plants for your organic garden. If you can't afford anything else, these are the most versatile, and give you the most bang for your buck. Be sure to take note of some key secrets to organic...
7. Forest and Woodland Conservation Sustainable management of nature's forest and woodland resources is of prime importance to the health of the planet it's bio-diversity and consequently the future of mankind The interdependence between all forms of life on the planet means th...
8. Biovision - African Development and Agro Science Biovision is a NGO (Non Governmental Organization) that is operating mainly in Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania and has its roots in Switzerland. With the cash award he recieved with the World Food Prize, Dr. Herren in 1998 established BioVision, a priva...
9. WWF The Global Conservation Organization The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization for the conservation, research and restoration of the environment, formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in the United States an...
10. Canada's Chilcotin Wild Horses located in the Forests of the Brittany Triangle in British Columbia In British Columbia the Chilcotin holds the last major numbers of wild horses in the Canadian North west. There have been wild horses in the Chilcotin District for 200 years, we have no reason to think they have not been in the Brittany Triangle for...
11. Deforestation The devastation of the world's forests are one aspect of an ongoing human assault against the world's ecosystems, which involves both climate change and the current holocene mass extinction. The widespread loss of forests means loss of habitat for co...
12. Amazing Webventures: Let's Explore Andorra! If you've never heard of Andorra, join the party. I hadn't either, until I bumped into it in a list online. Andorra is 2.5 times the size of Washington D.C. If you look it up on Google Earth, you'll find its terrain rugged and mountainous, with valle...
13. Hardy Farm Chorlton Meadows Planning Protest Chorlton Meadows in Manchester's Mersey valley, is a unique natural open space, rich in wildlfe and biodiversity, used by residents of most of south Manchester and Sale for recreation, contact with nature, walking, cycling, jogging, courting, meditat...
14. The Green Skeptic's Personal Best This is where you can find easy access to the "Personal Best" selection of Scott Edward Anderson's original content from his blog "The Green Skeptic."  I'm trying to keep this lens fresh, so bear with me as I update it over th...
15. Discover the Rainforest There are rainforests all over the world. In an average year in a tropical rain forest, the climate is very humid because of all the rainfall, which amounts to about 250 cm per year. The rain forest has lots of rain because it is very hot and wet. Th...
16. Guardians of the Selva Maya: Rainforest Sustainability Guardians of the Selva Maya is a story about the people and the land. It is also about the future. And the story of the children of the ejido of Pustunich in the Selva Maya. It is their story of survival in the rainforest and looking to the trees to...
17. Frog and Toad Watching with Grandma Learn how to choose the best site for frogwatching and other ways to make the most of your frogwatching time. Frog watching is a great way to teach your grandchildren about conservation.  Join frogwatch and learm the basics and you can help scien...
18. Deforestation So Sadly Deforestation is the permanent destruction of forests and woodlands. While the phenomenon is not new, the current scale and pace of destruction is alarming. Tropical forests are disappearing at a rate of about 13 million hectares per year (approximat...
19. Down by the river... This lens is dedicated to the conservation, sustainability, and stewardship of our natural resources and the natural history of the Great Rivers Confluence Region. If you are visiting for the first time... please share your thoughts about this lens an...
20. Tropical Vacation Sarawak has been described as Asia's " Best Kept Secret". Now the secret is out. Sarawak is the place for history, mystery, romance and exotic adventures. The land of the fabled White Rajahs, the hornbill and the orang utan, Sarawak is the largest St...