Protect the Mokihinui River
The Mokihinui River in Buller has been identified as one of New Zealand's most valuable wild rivers. It flows from Kahurangi National Park and passes through a magnificent gorge. We oppose Meridian Energy building an 85m dam on the Mokihinui River gorge. What's at stake The Mokihinui River is NZ's seventh most significant river for its biodiversity values. Take Action Now that submissions have closed on Meridian's proposal the best action is to contact the Minister of Conservation and ask that he: Declines any request by Meridian Energy for a concession to remove native forest and flood the gorge, and decline any landswap involving the Mokihinui.Decline the application to run the transmission line across conservation land and especially through the Ngakawau Ecological Area and the Recommended Areas for Protection on the Stockton Plateau. You can email the Minister at Kate.Wilkinson@parliament.govt.nz. Minister of ConservationHon Kate WilkinsonParliament BuildingsWellington. Links On Frogblog:
Socotra
It’s nearly midnight on the broad hill called Firmihin, where a dragon’s blood forest grows. The moon, a night past full, floods the jagged landscape with cool silver. Inside the rock wall of a shepherd’s compound, flames light the faces of four people sitting barefoot around a fire, sharing a pot of hot tea mixed with fresh goat’s milk. Neehah Maalha wears a saronglike garment called a fouta; his wife, Metagal, wears a long dress and matching head scarf in rich purple. Although the couple can’t read, they know that the new sign down the hill says that Firmihin has been declared a protected nature reserve. Two hundred twenty miles across the Arabian Sea from the rest of troubled Yemen, Socotra was once a legendary place at the edge of maps of the known world. Suddenly the worry on Metagal’s face gives way to a bemused smile. The value of incense and dragon’s blood peaked during the time of the Roman Empire. Cucumber? Many plants here rely on mists for water.
Save the Mokihinui: Too Precious to Dam
Nestled under the western shoulder of Kahurangi National Park, the Mokihinui is the West Coast’s third largest river, draining the vast uplands and mountains of the Lyell, Radiant, Allen, Glasgow and Matiri Ranges. Flanked by beech forests, ancient podocarps, riotous displays of rata, and rimu festooned with kiekie, the river falls steeply from the towering 1000 acre plateau, meanders over expansive alluvial flats, before dashing across granite and greywacke boulders, as it twists and turns through the gorge before meeting the Tasman Sea. The river and surrounding forest land provide habitat for numerous threatened species - such as great spotted kiwi, western weka, whio (blue duck), longfin eel and Powelliphanta snails. Keep it in a Park At the mouth of the deeply incised gorge, Meridian Energy proposed a vast hydro electricity scheme –an 85 metre high dam that would have radically changed this spectacular river – turning it into a sluggish reservoir. Blue Duck (whio) Longfin eels
The 33 Most Beautiful Abandoned Places In The World
Many people doesn’t know, and didn’t even heard about these famous abandoned places. Many of these places are really something amazing, but they are also really sad when you take a closer look at them. On the folowing list, you can see abandoned planes, abandoned ships, as well as the abandoned houses, and so many other things, that are really amazing and magnificent. So, check out these amazing abandoned places photos. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 15th century monastery in the Black Forest in Germany 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh track in Sarajevo 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33.
The Less Paper Blog
Some Bizzare and Odd things around us…
Beauty of the nature lies in viewer’s eyes. A photograph is just a way to show or represent that beauty. Here is a bunch of some wonderful pictures which are not only the example of beautiful photography but are also a photograph of some miracles happening in the world. Some are really very cute and heart touching. I am simply in love with these photographs and I am sure you will too. Gibraltar Airport is one of the most extraordinary airports around the world. Morning Glory – kind of clouds observed in the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia. The river above the river: Magdeburg Water Bridge, Germany. Heavy fog in Sydney, which enveloped the whole city. Skyscraper-Crescent Crescent Moon Tower (Dubai). Photo of storm in Montana, USA, 2010. Lighthouse guard in Mare, France must be one of the most courageous people on the planet! Airport in the Maldives is located on an artificial island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. In northwestern Montana, USA. From the outside it looks like. Dubai.
Amazing Places To Experience Around the Globe (Part 3)
Devetashkata Cave - Bulgaria Ben Bulben at County Sligo, Ireland Shark Island - Sydney Baatara Gorge Waterfall, Tannourine - Lebanon Abel Tasman National Park - New Zealand Myrtos Beach, Kefalonia - Greece Sichuan - China In The Gardens of Prague Castle Neist Point, Isle of Skye - Scotland Aiguill e du midi, Chamonix, France The Hamilton Pool Nature Preserve in Texas, USA 4 Hands - Etretat, France Río Tampaón in San Luis Potosí -México Madeira, Portugal Six Senses Evason Ma’In Hot Springs, Jordan Méandre - En-Vau - Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) More Amazing Places To Experience Around The Globe (Part 1 - click here) More Amazing Places to Experience Around The Globe (Part 2 - click here ) Discovered a place we should include in Part 4 of Amazing Places? We'll be publishing Amazing Places as a book in late 2012
