Breaking Waves: Ocean News

At two wildlife centres in the Madre de Dios region, the victims of illegal mining activities embark on a long journey of rehabilitation “She used to fight every time I tried to feed her, but she recognises it’s me now,” says Cinthia Pariguana-Garriazo, a veterinary nurse at Taricaya eco reserve. It is 6am, and she is coaxing a squealing baby spider monkey called Rain into accepting breakfast – a syringe filled with liquefied fruit and medicine. Rain is fed every four hours and requires regular physical contact with Pariguana-Garriazo, her primary carer. Over the next few months, she will be gradually introduced to solid food and to other spider monkeys and her contact with humans will dwindle. From there, it’s a long process of rehabilitation before her release back into the wild. Juveniles can expect to stay at Taricaya for at least three years. Continue reading...

In the special rebroadcast, join Big Tourism’s Host Arica Sears as she catches up with award-winning author Elizabeth Becker at the 2022 Impact Sustainability Conference in Victoria, B.C. Becker began her career as a war correspondent for the Washington Post in Cambodia, became the Senior Foreign Editor of National Public Radio and later a New York Times correspondent covering national security, foreign policy, agriculture and international economics. In 2013, she published ‘Overbooked: the exploding business of travel and tourism. This much-needed critical analysis of the tourism industry describes the industry’s impact to local economies, cultures, and environments. In this interview they cover a variety of tourism topics including the tourism economy, role of government in tourism planning, cruise ships and AirBnb as well as indigenous tourism and geopolitics.

This blog is now closed. Asio to take over issuing high-level security clearances due to ‘unprecedented’ espionage threat Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Sorry – I am told by a couple of senators that it was “technically” 4.13am. So expect to see a few bleary-eyed senators in the coffee lines this morning. Continue reading...

Bembidion brownorum, named for Jerry Brown, was last seen in 1966, but hadn’t been named until one was collected on his ranch Scientists are naming a rare species of beetle in honor of the former California governor Jerry Brown after finding one at his ranch. Bembidion brownorum was last seen in 1966, but it hadn’t been named or described until one was collected near a creek on Brown’s ranch in Colusa county, about an hour’s drive north-west of Sacramento, the University of California, Berkeley announced on Monday. Continue reading...