Sumatran Orangutans at Risk

This video discusses the fate of orangutans in Sumatra.

http://sexyactionplanet.tumblr.com/post/21060024362/forest-fires-video

Towards a New Environmentalism?

Here are links to the articles that I mentioned in class that propose a new way to think about conservation and environmentalism.

Time to reboot: towards a new Environmentalism. by Joe Zammit-Lucia
http://www.iucn.org/knowledge/focus/nature_for_all/?9493/Time-to-Re-Boot-Towards-a-New-Environmentalism

Conservation is not about nature. by Joe Zammit-Lucia
http://www.iucn.org/involved/opinion/?8195/Conservation-is-not-about-nature

These articles are posted on the IUCN's website http://www.iucn.org/.

They regularly post interesting articles on their Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/iucn.org, so you might want to "like" them so you can receive the regular updates.

Wakatobi Resort listed as #3 Ecolodge in recent survey

Here is a link to an article that I found on CNN online this morning.

15 of the world's best eco lodges- http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/escape/worlds-best-ecolodges-170768?hpt=itr_t1

Wakatobi Resort was ranked as #3 on this list. Take a look at the list and let me know your favorite.

Is it field trip time?????

Sustainable Use of Tropical Ecosystems

Here are the two Powerpoint presentations I used to organize and introduce my thoughts about sustainable use of tropical ecosystems.

Sustainable Use of Tropical Ecosystems: Ecotourism
http://www.slideshare.net/MarkMcGinley/sustainable-uses-of-tropical-ecosystems-ecotourism

Take a look at the new slides that I added on ecotourism in the prairie.

Sustainable Use of Tropical Rainforests
http://www.slideshare.net/MarkMcGinley/sustainable-use-of-tropical-rainforests

For Thursday's class. Please read and prepare to discuss the following articles-

Sustainable Palm Oil: Rainforest Savior or Fig Leaf?
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/sustainable_palm_oil_rainforest_savior_or_fig_leaf/2345/

Will REDD preserve forests or Merely Provide a Fig Leaf?
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/will_redd_preserve_forests_or_merely_provide_a_fig_leaf/2277/

No REDD platform issues wakeup call to funders.
http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/09/22/no-redd-platform-issues-wakeup-call-to-funders/

Indigenous Issues- Videos

Hello Everyone,

Before class on Tuesday please take a look at these two videos and come to class prepared to discuss.

The first video examines attempts to build a dam in peninsular Malaysia to provide water for the KL area and the second examines the effects of logging and oil palm plantations in Sarawak, Borneo.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4866537776960651262

http://whatrainforest.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/what-rainforest-the-film-now-online/

The articles provide a little more info about the topics

Rising to the Water Challenge
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?sec=nation&file=/2011/3/20/nation/8309079

http://www.internationalrivers.org/files/030309.irnjbic.pdf


Indonesia to set aside 45% of Kalimatan for conservation.

http://ccmin.aippnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=837%3Aindonesia-to-set-aside-45-of-kalimantan-for-conservation&catid=28%3Aindonesia&Itemid=38

Powerpoint Presentations

Here are the links to the powerpoint presentation that I showed in class (so good it had to be divided into two parts)

http://www.slideshare.net/MarkMcGinley/malaysian-rainforests-and-indigenous-peoples-part-1


http://www.slideshare.net/MarkMcGinley/malaysian-rainforests-and-indigenous-peoples-part-2

Tropical Rainforests

Rhett Butler's material about rain forests in his website Mongabay.com is fantastic, so it is a great place to start to learn more about this ecosystem. Before class on Tuesday please go to the Mongabay website (http://rainforests.mongabay.com/) and read the following sections.

World Rainforests
Rainforest Structure
Rainforest Biodiversity
Canopy
Forest Floor
Rainforest Waters

Poswerpoint Presentations

Here are links to a couple of powerpoint presentations that I made as part of the Malaysian Bat Education Adventure. I hope they provide a nice introduction to the topic.

Tropical Rainforests

http://www.slideshare.net/MarkMcGinley/tropical-rainforests-12072600

Deforestation

http://www.slideshare.net/MarkMcGinley/deforestation-12072424

Physical Environment, Geography, and History of SE Asia

Here is a link to my quick and dirty, definitely non-expert, view of how the physical environment and geography have helped to shape the history of SE Asia.

http://www.slideshare.net/MarkMcGinley/physical-environment-and-history-of-se-asia-11923636