29/10/2021

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Wonderful Wildlife Mag with new features

Introducing the new-look BBC Wildlifemagazine and website BBC Wildlife has had a make-over!   “BBC Wildlife magazine and the Discover Wildlife website have a brand new look, and we’ve still got the in-depth and expert nature writing, photography, advice, guides and more that you’ve come to know and love. Launched in 1963 and first titled Animals magazine, BBC Wildlife has evolved over the years. This will be its 16th incarnation! While  our photo- and feature-packed magazine is still at the...

Protecting architectural masterpieces a key to our past and future

The director of the World Heritage Centre Mechtild Rössler – who I have been privileged to have had direct communication with – has announced that after 30 years she will step down.  For “LearnFromNature Today “ blog I will begin a new series of weekly posts on world heritage and architecture topics. The mother art is architecture. Without architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilisation.  Frank Lloyd Wright    What people build reflect the soul...

World heritage sites impacted by COVID-19 for years to come

COVID-19 has impacted all sectors and all regions, and the world’s over 1,000 UNESCO World Heritage properties are no exception.   To understand the impact of COVID-19 on World Heritage one year after the start of the pandemic, UNESCO launched a far-reaching survey of site managers and national authorities and have published the results in the report ‘World Heritage in the face of COVID-19’. The survey found that many respondents expect the effects of the crisis on World Heritage properties...

Resources : Koalas

  Lone Pine Sanctuary  https://lonepinekoalasanctuary.com International Zoo Educators Association  https://izea.net Australian Geographic magazine  https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/tag/koala/ Australian Koala Foundation  https://www.savethekoala.com/ The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is the principal non-profit, non-government organisation dedicated to the effective management and conservation of the Koala and its habitat. Our main goals are to refine and update the Koala Habitat Atlas mapping of all wild Koala habitat and to get the Koala Protection Act enacted to ensure Koalas and their habitat are protected. National Geo  https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/koala  ...