Dr. Keith Martin, MP, touring Avatar Grove
These trees are more valuable for tourism and to our ecosystem than as lumber
by Dr. Keith Martin, MP
Port Renfrew is the furthest outpost of my riding. It is a land of extraordinary beauty with mountains that hug a rugged coastline, rivers that run through deep valleys, and a land that harbours significant biodiversity. This area also contains some of the oldest and most majestic living things on our planet. In the area of the Gordon River Valley and further north in the upper Walbran Valley are some of the largest trees on the planet. A few weeks ago, I went into this remote area with a small team from the Ancient Forest Alliance to document these giant Western Red Cedars, Sitka Spruce and Douglas Fir that jut out of the surrounding valley floors like spires from cathedrals. (more…)
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News Flash !! - Suspected poacher’s gang murder Gilberto Vicente – Manager of the Special Maputo Wildlife Reserve.
Maputo — Unknown assailants murdered the manager of the Special Maputo Wildlife Reserve, Gilberto Vicente, on Sunday night. According to a report in Saturday’s issue of the Maputo daily “Noticias”, the murder occurred at around 19.00 in Chigubatana locality, in Boane district, as Vicente was driving from the Reserve to Maputo City, where he had meetings scheduled for the following morning. According to the police, the Toyota Hilux in which Vicente was traveling was ambushed by six men, each armed with an AK-47 assault rifle. Eight shots were fired, instantly killing Vicente, and seriously injuring his companion, Carlos Nunes, who is now undergoing medical treatment at Maputo Central Hospital. (more…)
By Dr. Keith Martin, MP
The world is in the midst of one of the most precipitous losses in biodiversity since life began on our planet more than five billion years ago. Today, one-third of all mammal species and 15 per cent of all bird species are on the brink of extinction…
Read the full article “Protecting Human and Environmental Security” from Embassy… [.pdf]
