John Moir article takes first place
Moir received first place for the 2012 Outstanding Profile Article from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Moir's article "The Chameleon" appeared in the Washington Post's Sunday magazine and tells the story of a US Fish & Wildlife Service undercover agent who works to save endangered species. The award was presented at the ASJA conference in New York City in April. Read the article.
New Environmental Education Children's Book
A new book by Diogo Verissimo, "Ten friends to remember” written as part of his interhsip with the Centre for Eco-cultural Studies in Sri Lanka is now available on Google Books and Mongabay.com . The book has ten stories, all illustrated by a local designer, each of which touches upon a conservation related subject, from human-elephant conflict to wildlife trade and pesticide use. For free download.
Dave Foreman
Man Swarm and the Killing of Wildlife
2011, Raven's Eye Press
Paperback, 294 pages
Too intense for reading at length, this book belongs on the coffee table or maybe beside the bed to be picked up and read in sections. This will also allow time for the reader to absorb the material which is very intense and often disturbing. It's not that we don't know some of this--although this is the most complete and exhaustive compilation I've ever seen--but it's hard to absorb so much so quickly. While Chapter 13 outlines way to stem the tide that sweeps all before it, gloom and doom overwhelms and while I believe that Mr. Foreman is correct in his contentions and am in awe of his clarity and massive collection of facts and examples, I found this difficult to handle. I do feel that perhaps the author intended to inundate the reader. His passion for this subject is catching but exhausting.
Anyone who is working in this field and a lot of politicians should read this to learn and to appreciate the breath and depth contained here. The author provides both the logic and evidence to support his cause.
--Judy Volc
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Saving Sumatra's forests: World heritage in danger
The Jakarta Post, Fitrian Ardiansyah and
Thomas Baranco, Canberra/Jakarta
Sumatra is a rare island in that it harbors four endangered and unique mammals, namely the Sumatran orangutan, the Sumatran elephant, the Sumatran rhino and the Sumatran tiger.
Its lowland forests are recognized as part of the Global 200 Ecoregions — nature regions, landscapes or seascapes that are exceptionally important and symbolic for the survival of rich biodiversity features. Read more
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