Comments on: The Destruction of a swamp forest! http://natureye.com/journeys/the-destruction-of-a-swamp-forest.html Promised land Tue, 15 May 2012 09:39:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anisa http://natureye.com/journeys/the-destruction-of-a-swamp-forest.html/comment-page-1#comment-763 Anisa Sun, 06 Feb 2011 02:19:40 +0000 http://natureye.com/?p=801#comment-763 How did it go? Did you ever get a chance to go back and assess the damage done? Thanks for publishing this! How did it go? Did you ever get a chance to go back and assess the damage done? Thanks for publishing this!

]]> By: Herman http://natureye.com/journeys/the-destruction-of-a-swamp-forest.html/comment-page-1#comment-576 Herman Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:29:59 +0000 http://natureye.com/?p=801#comment-576 Hi Mike, The latest news is that they have stopped the work as forestry department has made a big fuss over the illegal clearing...so that's good news. Together with the noise created by MNS and other press coverage has indeed helped a lot. However, I still need to go in and check the extent of the damage done. Will let you'll know the outcome later Hi Mike,

The latest news is that they have stopped the work as forestry department has made a big fuss over the illegal clearing…so that’s good news. Together with the noise created by MNS and other press coverage has indeed helped a lot. However, I still need to go in and check the extent of the damage done. Will let you’ll know the outcome later

]]> By: Joshua http://natureye.com/journeys/the-destruction-of-a-swamp-forest.html/comment-page-1#comment-575 Joshua Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:21:23 +0000 http://natureye.com/?p=801#comment-575 This case is just tip of the iceberg, and believe me, there are feeling proud instead of shame of their actions. This case is just tip of the iceberg, and believe me, there are feeling proud instead of shame of their actions.

]]> By: Mike http://natureye.com/journeys/the-destruction-of-a-swamp-forest.html/comment-page-1#comment-573 Mike Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:51:44 +0000 http://natureye.com/?p=801#comment-573 Hi Herman, It is very sad to see this loss of beautiful habitat, wildlife and biodiversity. I guess this area could be in ulu Sedili Kecil? Thanks for highlighting this. The owl floating on the log in the river looks like Buffy Fish Owl and the one in the boat looks like the juvenile of the same owl. If you can send larger pix of the owls I may give a more positive ID. Why were they in the river and water?? It's very unusual to see owls floating on logs in rivers in the day time! And the oil barons in the palm oil industry say that our forests are not being cleared for oil palm. Shame on them! Look at the effects of the clearing on wildlife. It looks like a similar painful scene I have seen at Kinabatangan floodplains in Sabah some years ago. Cheers, Mike Hi Herman,
It is very sad to see this loss of beautiful habitat, wildlife and biodiversity. I guess this area could be in ulu Sedili Kecil? Thanks for highlighting this. The owl floating on the log in the river looks like Buffy Fish Owl and the one in the boat looks like the juvenile of the same owl. If you can send larger pix of the owls I may give a more positive ID. Why were they in the river and water?? It’s very unusual to see owls floating on logs in rivers in the day time! And the oil barons in the palm oil industry say that our forests are not being cleared for oil palm. Shame on them! Look at the effects of the clearing on wildlife. It looks like a similar painful scene I have seen at Kinabatangan floodplains in Sabah some years ago.

Cheers,
Mike

]]> By: Xema http://natureye.com/journeys/the-destruction-of-a-swamp-forest.html/comment-page-1#comment-516 Xema Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:40:39 +0000 http://natureye.com/?p=801#comment-516 A part of the tragic fact for wild life, Bornean forest content a large amount of Carbon in shape of large layer of leaves debris. This carbon was stocked for millions of year due to the growth of the forest. Large amounts of carbon in the atmosphere in ancients times was collected by trees and buried year by year along millions of years. If we destroy the vegetal cover, that carbon will go to the atmosphere again, increasing the problem of climate change. For me that is the real disaster. A part of the tragic fact for wild life, Bornean forest content a large amount of Carbon in shape of large layer of leaves debris. This carbon was stocked for millions of year due to the growth of the forest. Large amounts of carbon in the atmosphere in ancients times was collected by trees and buried year by year along millions of years. If we destroy the vegetal cover, that carbon will go to the atmosphere again, increasing the problem of climate change. For me that is the real disaster.

]]> By: Paul Dixon http://natureye.com/journeys/the-destruction-of-a-swamp-forest.html/comment-page-1#comment-507 Paul Dixon Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:13:16 +0000 http://natureye.com/?p=801#comment-507 Absolutely tragic piece of activity by unfeeling, greedy humans. We can only continue to write to governments protesting and hope that they will take notice but I have my doubts. They need to find more sustainable ways of generating income It makes you weep!! Absolutely tragic piece of activity by unfeeling, greedy humans.
We can only continue to write to governments protesting and hope that they will take notice but I have my doubts.
They need to find more sustainable ways of generating income
It makes you weep!!

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