A remarkable thing happened at the White House
... the clown (a.k.a. George W. Bush) is finally out (good riddance), and
finally we now have an intelligent man by the name of Barack Obama as
soon-to-be U.S. President. I'd like to think this change would also mean a concerted
approach to start fixing environmental issues in the U.S., particularly
global warming. As we all know, politicians are prone to easy rhetoric, so
its going to be quite a challenge for President-Elect Obama to both reflate
the economy and deal with carbon emissions at the same time. Time will
tell ...
The Vertebrate Study Group of the Nature Society Singapore (NSS) have
recently completed a groundbreaking publication 'Wild Animals Of Singapore'.
This photographic guide covers 180 species of Mammal, Reptile, Amphibian and
Freshwater Fish found within the country's borders. Also included is a
thoroughly revised checklist of all species ever recorded there, including
those extinct, introduced or of indeterminate status. The book can be
purchased through
Nature's Niche Bookstore from 29th March, and a large portion of profits
go to the NSS. It costs just S$ 29.95.
I recently attended a talk given by a Senior
Programme Officer from Traffic Southeast
Asia on the problems of the Wildlife Trade in the region. The trade
is a sickening story of greed, corruption, consumerism and animal abuse.
Traffic are the leaders in the field of exposing this vile trade. Visit
their website to learn more ... and make a donation to their worthy cause if
you can afford to. www.traffic.org
Who doesn't love Mudskippers ? (Well, everyone
I know who's seen them cavorting amongst mangroves finds them utterly
fascinating). So I've started to set aside a small corner on this website
for these charming creatures and any of their relatives I might be lucky
enough to photograph. Follow this link
...
Regards
March 2008
Thanks to : Chan Kwok Wai, Con Foley, James Gan, Tim Jackson, Norman
Lim, Leong Tzi Ming, Joseph Lim, Kelvin Lim, Celine Low, Tony O'Dempsey,
Mark O'Shea, Ng Bee Choo, Timothy Pwee,
Stephen Richards, Morten Strange, Ria Tan, Andrew Tay, Robert
Teo, Sivasothi, Yeo Suay Hwee ... I
get by with a little help from my friends.
