Archive for the ‘Wildlife’ Category
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
If you haven't had anything planned for 2012, mark your calendar if you are a kayak enthusiast.
Join this 11-days expedition to explore Palau's hidden network of marine lakes, mangrove channels, marine tunnels, tropical beaches, and marine caverns, all in the serenity of nature.
This expedition is designed to be safe and ...
Posted in Birding, Kayaking, Micronesia, Palau | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
[caption id="attachment_2129" align="alignright" width="400" caption="Javan Rhino caught on trap camera in Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam. Photo: WWF"][/caption]WWF and the International Rhino Foundation (IRF) have confirmed the extinction of the Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus) in Vietnam.
Genetic analysis of 22 dung samples collected by a Cat Tien National Park ...
Posted in Conservation, Vietnam, Wildlife | No Comments »
Friday, September 16th, 2011
Hotel surrenders “back yard” bear - Safe rescue for “Sonny”
On Tuesday 6 September, Animals Asia Vietnam Director, Tuan, External Affairs Officer, Dr The and Bear Worker Tuan from the Vietnam Moon Bear Rescue Centre travelled to the central highlands of Vietnam to rescue a lone sun bear.
This young male ...
Posted in Conservation, News, Vietnam, Wildlife | No Comments »
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Three new bat species, one resembling the Lord of the Underworld, have been discovered in the tropical forests of southern Indochina.
The tiny ‘demon,’ named Beelzebub’s tube-nosed bat, has been seen only in Vietnam.
Full story by Daniette Venton here.
Posted in Conservation, News, Vietnam, Wildlife | No Comments »
Monday, June 27th, 2011
Support the Shark Sanctuary in Moalboal, the first in the Visayan area of the Philippines.
Sign the petition to the local government of Moalboal by clicking the link below. The target is to get 5000 people to sign this petition to save the sharks of Moalboal, Cebu - an environmental ...
Posted in Conservation, Deals for Divers, Diving, Philippines, Responsible tourism, Scuba Diving, Southeast Asia, Wildlife | 3 Comments »
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Nine dive spots in Malaysia that were closed in June last year are expected to be re-opened soon. The dive spots were closed after coral reefs in the vicinity were bleached. The exact reason for the bleaching is not known but speculation is that the change in sea temperature and ...
Posted in Climate, Conservation, Deals for Divers, Diving, Malaysia, Scuba Diving, Southeast Asia, Travel & Tourism, Wildlife | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
WWF camera traps have captured a record number of images of critically endangered Sumatran tigers recently - 12 tigers in just two months in central Sumatra. The great footage includes two mothers with cubs and three young tiger siblings playfully chasing a leaf. But the forest they’re in is under ...
Posted in Conservation, Indonesia, News, Southeast Asia, Wildlife | No Comments »
Monday, April 11th, 2011
A late minute intervention by Prime minister, Hun Sen, has saved a thriving community-based tourism project in Cambodia's Koh Kong Province from a planned, highly destructive, Titanium mine.
The mine project, by the United Khmer Group, was rumoured to have been just a cover to gain access to the ...
Posted in Cambodia, Community Based Tourism, Conservation, Development, News, Politics, Southeast Asia, Wildlife | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
Nice appraisal from this French family from Japan who undertook a Mekong River Explorer trip, finishing this week:
From: Marie-Cécile Conilh de Beysac
Subject: thank you
Date: 6 March 2011 20:02:48 GMT+07:00
To: Christopher Gow
We have only have one word : wonderful ! One of our best trip.
Thank ...
Posted in Cambodia, Community Based Tourism, Cycling, Kayaking, Laos, mountain biking, Wildlife | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
This New York Times story highlights some interesting eco-tourism developments in Cambodia.
See some of my pics from Chi Phat here on the Symbiosis Facebook page
Posted in Cambodia, Community Based Tourism, Conservation, Responsible tourism, Southeast Asia, Wildlife | No Comments »
Saturday, February 12th, 2011
The Cambodian Government yesterday approved a land concession in the heart of dense forest in Koh Kong Province for a titanium mine that environmentalists say will devastate dozens of endangered species and clear thousands of hectares of trees in Cambodia's Cardamom mountains.
I visited Chi Phat, the area that will be ...
Posted in Cambodia, Conservation, Development, News, Southeast Asia, Wildlife | No Comments »
Friday, February 4th, 2011
Could this be the real reason that Sea Turtles are being driven to extinction? These pictures are taken in Costa Rica of sea turtle egg "harvesting" by locals for sale in the local markets for food.
Posted in Conservation, Wildlife | No Comments »
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
Vietnam has the highest number of endemic bird species on mainland South East Asia. There are currently twelve species of bird that are found only in Vietnam, though this figure is liable to change at any time as taxonomic changes are made and species are 'split'. In addition to these ...
Posted in Birding, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Symbiosis Custom Travel, Vietnam, Wildlife | No Comments »
Friday, September 17th, 2010
Borneo has amazing birdlife, and the inaugural Sabah Birdwatching Festival would be a great opportunity to learn something about them.
Contact Symbiosis Expedition Planning about making a trip to attend the show next month and perhaps trekking into the forests to look for some birds yourself!
See poster below:
Posted in Borneo, Conservation, Festivals & Festivities, Indonesia, Malaysia, Photography, Southeast Asia, Wildlife | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Most White-Shouldered Ibis Ever Recorded in Cambodia A record number of the critically endangered white-shouldered Ibis have been counted in Cambodia, Birdlife International said yesterday. Bou Vorsak, Birdlife's Cambodia Acting Programme Manager, said 429 of the birds were counted simultaneously at 37 roost sites in five provinces across the ...
Posted in Cambodia, Conservation, News, Southeast Asia, Wildlife | No Comments »
