Results tagged “ecuador” on Earth Touch Blog
Confessions of a food slut Feb 27 2008
Here follows another yet another “issue” that I have developed since my association with Earth-Touch began. I have to admit and confess that I am a “food slut”.
Tags: botswana, ecuador, food, namibia, thailandNew footage from Brazil Oct 9 2007
Earth-Touch has already published footage from the expedition crew in Ecuador. The same crew also went to the Pantanal wetlands in Brazil and Earth-Touch is now publishing that material.
View rare chorongo monkeys Oct 1 2007
Woolly monkeys, commonly known as chorongo monkeys in Ecuador, are found in the rainforests of the western Amazon River basin.
Earth-Touch is on YouTube Oct 1 2007
Did you know there’s a way you can get even more out of Earth-Touch? On YouTube you’ll find preview video clips made by the Earth-Touch crew in their various locations, such as the Cuyabeno Reserve in Ecuador’s jungle, the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and along the coast of South Africa.
Did you know? Amazon Basin Sep 28 2007
The Amazon Basin in South America covers some 6.7-million square kilometres (2.6-million square miles), which is more than two-thirds the size of the USA. It produces about 20% of the world’s oxygen.
Help us to identify this butterfly species! Sep 25 2007
Identifying butterflies is notoriously difficult. We aren’t sure what this species is, captured on film by our crew along the Cuyabeno River in Ecuador. Perhaps it could be Glutophrissa Drusilla or Melete lycimnia?
Ecuador is in fact home to about 4 500 species of butterflies!
Have plant guilt, need counselling Sep 21 2007
By Pierre Minnie, field crew
When I arrived to film in Ecuador it took me a long time to overcome my ‘plant guilt’.
On occasion, when walking on jungle paths, we had to trample and machete our way through sections of the undergrowth that had become overgrown. I felt bad about destroying the plants but was reassured by my guide that we were not denuding the vegetation and that the plants would grow back quickly in the tropical climate.
Tags: ecuador, garden, machete, path, plant, south america, thai lime leaf tree, vegetationThis week’s most viewed stories Sep 21 2007
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 14 September to Thursday 20 September 2007) were:
Number 1
Blackfin sharks at close range
A small shoal of curious blackfin sharks gradually grows into a mob as more and more swim up close to investigate the strangers in their space.
Ants on the go Sep 20 2007
The creatures in the Earth-Touch clip The march of the leafcutter ant are truly amazing.
Leafcutter ants cut up leaves with their jaws, which act like miniature power tools and vibrate at a thousand times a second.
Tags: ant, ecuador, egg, fly, fungi, jaw, larvae, leaf, leafcutter ant, south americaDid you know? Hoatzin bird Sep 17 2007
Hoatzin birds are large, unusual-looking birds, with long, feathered crests, that inhabit the forest canopies of South America.
Tropical rainforests of Ecuador Sep 14 2007
We welcome footage of tropical rainforests shot in Ecuador, broadcast on Earth-Touch for the first time today.
Coming soon: Scenes from Ecuador Sep 13 2007
The culturally and environmentally diverse country of Ecuador in South America is the next location Earth-Touch will be screening footage from.
Tags: amazon basin, amphibian, bird, butterfly, crew, cuyabeno reserve, ecuador, fauna, flora, footage, monkey, plant, reptile, south america, titi monkeyWildlife news from around the world
Deforestation in Brazil slows: Report Aug 28 2007
New figures suggest the rate of deforestation in Brazil may be slowing slightly – though it is still a fast-continuing trend. BBC News reports that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced a 25% decrease in the destruction of Brazil’’s share of the forest (the biggest), between August 2005 and July 2006, the lowest rate since at least 2000.
This translates to saving 600 000 trees. Da Silva attributed the decline to stricter environmental policies, including a crackdown on illegal logging.
Slouching hammock, hidden pain Aug 13 2007
By Pierre Minnie, field crew
My filming recce in the Pantanal in Brazil delivered some interesting experiences. I was on a three day camp excursion which had been organised from Ecuador. When preparing for the trip via e-mail, the organisers had impressed me with their attention to the details regarding my stay. I prepared myself mentally and braced myself for the cold showers I was informed we would have there, cold showers being yet another of my pet hates.
Travels with an iguana Jul 27 2007
By Pierre Minnie, field crew
My guide pulled me back to look at the beautiful iguana I had walked past without seeing. It was a perfectly camouflaged Guichenot dwarf iguana. The creature was motionless and hanging on a moss-covered branch, obviously confident that it was well disguised.
I am currently in South America and have been sent to North Eastern Ecuador to evaluate the potential to film here for Earth-Touch.
Tags: branch, camouflage, cuyabeno reserve, ecuador, footage, guichenot dwarf iguana, iguana, plant, reptile, south americaPage 1 of 1 pages
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