Tag: rainforest
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Scary world
Anupma wrote to me this morning. She arrived back from the Mara and took a flight to Zanzibar in order to spend more of her “limited time” there. As a photojournalist she’d been asked to submit a story but had no idea of what was about to unfold. “..it was insane here .. couldnt stop…
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And the winners are ……
… E V E R Y O N E !! Partners Travel 2 Change have announced the winners of their Ideas Challenge and we’re thrilled that AmazonArt are included. A year ago (July 7, 2010) Nidderdale High School hosted the Brazilian Ensemble, an “Amazonian” folk and classical fusion trio of cellist Diego Carneiro de Oliveria, accompanied by Carla Ruaro Pires on…
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Happy New International Year of the Forests
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2011 as the International Year of Forests. The Amazon Rain Forest Basin is the home to our largest rainforest on Earth. It represents over half of the planets remaining rainforests. The basin is roughly the size of the forty-eight contiguous United States. It covers some 40% of the South…