Categories: Conservation, El Medio Ambiente, Environment, Planet Earth, Recursos Naturales
The Greek Philosopher Plato argued it is scarcity that gives a resource its valuable, and water, which is the best of all things.. is also the cheapest. That water was cheapest, for a logical master such as Plato, have meant it was a plentiful resource – a resource for which there was no competition. Read […]
Categories: Conservation, El Medio Ambiente, Endangered Species, Planet Earth
A White Rhino and her calf walk in the dusk light in Pilanesberg National Park in South Africa’s North West Province April 19, 2012. Elephant and rhino poaching is surging, conservationists say, an illegal piece of Asia’s scramble for African resources, driven by the growing purchasing power of the region’s newly affluent classes. In South […]
Categories: El Medio Ambiente, Endangered Species, Marine Ecosystems, Oceans
Did you know sharks are on the red list of threatened species? They are fascinating sea creatures and facing fast extinction. Sharks have been feared hunters ever since people first observed them swimming in the vast ocean. Yet today, sharks are declining rapidly on a global scale because humans have replaced them as the ocean’s […]
Categories: Conservation, Environment, Planet Earth
Forests are very important to the enviroment because they use carbon dioxide (CO2) and produce oxygen. They also provide shelter and food for many different types of plants and animals. Trees are cut down for many reasons but the main reasons are to make space to build new houses and to clear land to grow […]
Categories: El Medio Ambiente, Marine Ecosystems, Oceans, Travel
People have always been curious to discover the secrets concealed by the sea. We know that the ancient Greeks mastered the techniques diving for sponges and sea nails. But the seabed is still very much uncharted territory, and many people believe that the seas and oceans conceal the greatest mysteries of the planet. On the […]
Categories: Beaches, Conservation, El Medio Ambiente, Endangered Species, Environment, Marine Ecosystems, Turismo
This past May we celebrated Happy Turtle day by giving the young ones a feel of surfing and at the same time let them experience their environment around them and learning about how they can protect this wonderful habitat by celebrating one of the most beloved species of reptiles that makes the pacific coast of […]
Categories: Environment, Marine Ecosystems, Oceans
I grew up near the ocean, the ocean was always a part of me, it becomes a big part of the lifestyle; people make their living from fishing, while surfing, diving, and family outings to the beach are commonplace activities. One of my fondest memories as a child in Nicaragua was to had the opportunity […]
Dubrovnik, also known as Ragusa, is a city on the Adriatic Sea coast of Croatia, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva County. Its total population is 42,615 (census 2011). In 1979, […]
Categories: community, National Parks, Oceans, Photo, Turismo
The coastal rain forests of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, cast a spell on a visitor. “In the winter, everything is so misty and ethereal it feels like you’re in a different world,” photographer Bronwyn Proven says. “The island is like fairy country. It lulls you with its beauty, and once you’ve spent a few winters, […]
