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  • Model With Galapagos Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas agassisi)<br />
KT 013 Florencia Ceide<br />
Sullivan Bay<br />
Santiago<br />
Galapagos<br />
Ecuador, South America
    20160617_Model_With_Galapagos_Green_...jpg
  • Model With Tuff Cone While Snorkeling<br />
KT 013 Florencia Ceide<br />
Sullivan Bay <br />
Santiago <br />
Galapagos<br />
Ecuador, South America
    20160617_Model_With_Tuff_Cone_While_...jpg
  • Model With Juvenile Grunts (Haemulidae)<br />
KT 013 Florencia Ceide<br />
Rabida<br />
Galapagos<br />
Ecuador<br />
South America
    20160617_Model_With_Juvenile_Grunts_...jpg
  • Model With Juvenile Grunts (Haemulidae)<br />
KT 013 Florencia Ceide<br />
Rabida<br />
Galapagos<br />
Ecuador<br />
South America
    20160617_Model_With_Juvenile_Grunts_...jpg
  • Model Overlooking Los Gemelos (The Twins)<br />
KT 013 Florencia Ceide<br />
Santa Cruz Highlands<br />
Galapagos<br />
Ecuador, South America
    20160620_Model_Overlooking_Los_Gemel...jpg
  • Model With Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki)<br />
KT 013 Florencia Ceide<br />
Santa Fe<br />
GALAPAGOS<br />
Ecuador<br />
South America<br />
Endemic
    20160621_Model_With_Galapagos_Sea_Li...jpg
  • Model With Great Frigate Bird (Fregata minor ridgywayi)<br />
KT 015 Emil Klein<br />
North Seymour<br />
Galapagos<br />
Ecuador, South America
    20160615_Model_With_Great_Frigate_Bi...jpg
  • Model Silhouette In Front of Galapagos Legend Ship <br />
KT 005 Paulina Jervis<br />
Puerto Egas<br />
Santiago<br />
Galapagos<br />
Ecuador, South America
    20160614_Model_Silhouette_In_Front_o...jpg
  • Model at Lookout on Bartolome<br />
KT 015 Emil Klein<br />
Bartolome<br />
Galapagos<br />
Ecuador, South America
    20160614_Model_at_Lookout_on_Bartolo...jpg
  • Model with Galapagos Giant Tortoise<br />
KT 006 Sonia Kraemer D'Annunzio<br />
El Chato Ranch<br />
Santa Cruz<br />
Galapagos<br />
Ecuador, South America
    20160613_Model_with_Galapagos_Giant_...jpg
  • Model With Juvenile Grunts (Haemulidae)<br />
KT 013 Florencia Ceide<br />
North Seymour<br />
Galapagos<br />
Ecuador<br />
South America
    20160615_Model_With_Juvenile_Grunts_...jpg
  • Vezo (Fishing people) children playing on the beach with their model pirogues. Vezo are also known as Vezo-Sakalava as they are not generally recognised as a separate tribe but a clan of the Sakalava. They live on the coast in the region of Morondava in the west to Faux Cap in the south. They are mainly fishermen. They are also known for their tombs, which are graves dug into the ground surrounded by wooden palisages, the main posts of which are crowned by erotic wooden carved figures.<br />
Beheloka Vezo fishing village.  South-western MADAGASCAR
    MA6036 Vezo child & model pirogue.NEF
  • Vezo (Fishing people) children playing on the beach with their model pirogues. Vezo are also known as Vezo-Sakalava as they are not generally recognised as a separate tribe but a clan of the Sakalava. They live on the coast in the region of Morondava in the west to Faux Cap in the south. They are mainly fishermen. They are also known for their tombs, which are graves dug into the ground surrounded by wooden palisages, the main posts of which are crowned by erotic wooden carved figures.<br />
Beheloka Vezo fishing village.  South-western MADAGASCAR
    MA6044 Vezo child & model pirogue.NEF
  • Huaorani Indian, Baiwa Miipo  MODEL RELEASE: B#8<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    HU2289 Baiwa Miipo at River.jpg
  • James Fidel. Local farmer partly responsible for Sun Parakeet conservation. <br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#3<br />
Karasabai<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY4764 James Fidel.jpg
  • James Fidel. Local farmer partly responsible for Sun Parakeet conservation. <br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#3<br />
Karasabai<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY4591 James Fidel.jpg
  • Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) & licenced Arapaima fisherman. A South American tropical Fish that is one of the largest in the world.<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#1
    3GY2080 Arapaima.jpg
  • Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) Butchering. Harvest on quota<br />
A South American tropical Fish that is one of the largest in the world.<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#1
    3GY1906 Arapaima.jpg
  • Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) & licenced Arapaima fisherman. A South American tropical Fish that is one of the largest in the world.<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#1
    3GY1862 Arapaima.jpg
  • Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) Butchering. Harvest on quota<br />
A South American tropical Fish that is one of the largest in the world.<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#1
    3GY1445 Arapaima.jpg
  • Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) Butchering. Harvest on quota<br />
A South American tropical Fish that is one of the largest in the world.<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#1
    3GY1420 Arapaima.jpg
  • Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) Butchering. Harvest on quota<br />
A South American tropical Fish that is one of the largest in the world.<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#1
    3GY1383 Arapaima.jpg
  • Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) Butchering. Harvest on quota<br />
A South American tropical Fish that is one of the largest in the world.<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#1
    3GY1297 Arapaima.jpg
  • Balata Artesan - George Tancredo MODEL GYA#2<br />
Balata or Bullet Wood Tree is bled for natural latex<br />
Nappi<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY4957 Balata Artesan.jpg
  • Balata Artesan - George Tancredo MODEL GYA#2<br />
Balata or Bullet Wood Tree is bled for natural latex<br />
Nappi<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY4642 Balata Artesan.jpg
  • Balata Bleeder - Anton Clarence <br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#5<br />
From the Balata or Bullet Wood Tree that produces a natural latex<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY4147 Balata Bleeder.jpg
  • Balata Bleeder - Harry Samuels<br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#4<br />
From the Balata or Bullet Wood Tree that produces a natural latex<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY4034 Balata Bleeder.jpg
  • Balata Bleeder - Harry Samuels<br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#4<br />
From the Balata or Bullet Wood Tree that produces a natural latex<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY4026 Balata Bleeder.jpg
  • Balata Bleeder - Harry Samuels<br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#4<br />
From the Balata or Bullet Wood Tree that produces a natural latex<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY4012 Balata Bleeder.jpg
  • Balata Bleeder - Anton Clarence <br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#5<br />
From the Balata or Bullet Wood Tree that produces a natural latex<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3999 Balata Bleeder.jpg
  • Balata Bleeder - Anton Clarence <br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#5<br />
From the Balata or Bullet Wood Tree that produces a natural latex<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3809 Balata Bleeder.jpg
  • Balata Bleeder - Anton Clarence <br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#5<br />
From the Balata or Bullet Wood Tree that produces a natural latex<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3776 Balata Bleeder.jpg
  • Balata Bleeder - Anton Clarence <br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#5<br />
From the Balata or Bullet Wood Tree that produces a natural latex<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3793 Balata Bleeder.jpg
  • Amerindian woman, Winifred Brown MODEL RELEASE GYA#6<br />
Using a Matape to strain liquid from mashed Cassava to make Cassava Flour.<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY4233 Cassava Straining.jpg
  • Amerindian woman, Winifred Brown MODEL RELEASE GYA#6<br />
Using a Matape to strain liquid from mashed Cassava to make Cassava Flour.<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY4215 Cassava Straining.jpg
  • Amerindian woman, Winifred Brown MODEL RELEASE GYA#6 Making Cassava Bread.<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3959 Making Cassava Bread.jpg
  • Amerindian woman, Winifred Brown MODEL RELEASE GYA#6 Making Cassava Bread.<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3936 Making Cassava Bread.jpg
  • Amerindian woman, Winifred Brown MODEL RELEASE GYA#6 Making Cassava Bread.<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3865 Making Cassava Bread.jpg
  • Amerindian woman, Winifred Brown MODEL RELEASE GYA#6 Making Cassava Bread.<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3861 Making Cassava Bread.jpg
  • Woman making Cassava Bread. <br />
Madene Oswald. MODEL RELEASE GYA#9<br />
Fairivew Amerindian Village<br />
Iwokrama Forest Reserve<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY316 Making Cassava Bread.jpg
  • Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger) Mark/re-capture Study & Ashley P Holland. MODEL RELEASE GYA#7<br />
Yupukari<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY2404 Black Caiman.jpg
  • Balata Artesan - George Tancredo MODEL GYA#2<br />
Balata or Bullet Wood Tree is bled for natural latex<br />
Nappi<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY4642 Balata Artesan.jpg
  • Amerindian woman, Winifred Brown MODEL RELEASE GYA#6<br />
Using a Matape to strain liquid from mashed Cassava to make Cassava Flour.<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY4215 Cassava Straining copy.jpg
  • Balata Bleeder - Anton Clarence <br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#5<br />
From the Balata or Bullet Wood Tree that produces a natural latex<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3999 Balata Bleeder.jpg
  • Amerindian woman, Winifred Brown MODEL RELEASE GYA#6 Making Cassava Bread.<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3958 Making Cassava Bread.jpg
  • Amerindian woman, Winifred Brown MODEL RELEASE GYA#6 Making Cassava Bread.<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3936 Making Cassava Bread.jpg
  • Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) & licenced Arapaima fisherman. A South American tropical Fish that is one of the largest in the world.<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#1
    3GY1849 Arapaima.jpg
  • Local woman and flower garland<br />
Kathleen Manueli<br />
Fiji. South Pacific<br />
Model Release # FJ-14-1
    20140718_Local_woman_©Pete_Oxford_19.jpg
  • Huaorani Indian  NO MODEL RELEASE<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    HU1054 Huaorani Indian.jpg
  • Huaorani Indian  NO MODEL RELEASE<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    HU249 Huaorani Indian.jpg
  • Huaorani Indian  NO MODEL RELEASE<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    HU243 Huaorani Indian.jpg
  • Huaorani Indian  NO MODEL RELEASE<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    4286 Huaorani Indian.jpg
  • James Fidel. Local farmer partly responsible for Sun Parakeet conservation. <br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#3<br />
Karasabai<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY4768 James Fidel.jpg
  • Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) fishing. Harvest on quota<br />
A South American tropical Fish that is one of the largest in the world.<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#1
    3GY2157 Arapaima.jpg
  • Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) fishing. Harvest on quota<br />
A South American tropical Fish that is one of the largest in the world.<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#1
    3GY1964 Arapaima.jpg
  • Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) & licenced Arapaima fisherman. A South American tropical Fish that is one of the largest in the world.<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#1
    3GY1939 Arapaima.jpg
  • Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) & licenced Arapaima fisherman. A South American tropical Fish that is one of the largest in the world.<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#1
    3GY1849 Arapaima.jpg
  • Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) Butchering. Harvest on quota<br />
A South American tropical Fish that is one of the largest in the world.<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#1
    3GY1454 Arapaima.jpg
  • Balata Bleeder - Anton Clarence <br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#5<br />
From the Balata or Bullet Wood Tree that produces a natural latex<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3990 Balata Bleeder.jpg
  • Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger) Mark/re-capture Study & Ashley P Holland. MODEL RELEASE GYA#7<br />
Yupukari<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY2360 Black Caiman.jpg
  • Amerindian woman, Winifred Brown MODEL RELEASE GYA#6 Making Cassava Bread.<br />
Katoka<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3900 Making Cassava Bread.jpg
  • Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) fishing. Sustainable harvest on quota<br />
A South American tropical Fish that is one of the largest in the world.<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
MODEL RELEASE GYA#1
    3GY2157 Arapaima.jpg
  • Mongolian fashion show<br />
Modeled on traditional costume<br />
Ulaanbaatar<br />
Mongolia
    103317_Mongolian_fashion_show.jpg
  • Huaorani, Meñemo Bopoga, Awame Gomoke, Ewa Kemperi, Dete Iteka and Boya Apika drinking chicha. This local brew is made from yuca. The woman chew it and then spit it into a bowl for fermenting. The alcohol content depends on the number of days it has been brewing.<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    HU1141 Huaorani drinking chicha.jpg
  • Huaorani women, Awame Gomoke & Dete Iteka, Ewa Kemperi, Meñemo Bopaga & Bebanca Wane. The crowns are topped with a Harpy Eagle feather<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    HU2938 Huaorani women.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle Carapace (Podocnemis expansa) Eneida Marin (Project co-ordinator) showing Danielson Llorente & Franklin Tovar the way to mark the numeration. CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
(mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in South America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation.<br />
(This female measured:69cm curved carapace length & weighed:31kg and layed 121 eggs) Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival.
    OR1960_Giant_River_Turtle_Carapace.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) Hector Tovar, Jose Belmejo & Eneida Marin (Project Coordinator) taking Biometric Data. CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km N of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in S. America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation.<br />
(This female measured:69cm curved carapace length and weighed:31kg and layed 121 eggs)  Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival.
    OR1048_Giant_River_Turtle_Research.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) Franklin Tovar weighing & Eneida Marin (Project Coordinator) taking Biometric Data. CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km N of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in S. America.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Jose Belmejo looking on
    OR_Giant_River_Turtle_53.jpg
  • Huaorani women Bebanca Wane and Meñemo Bopoga.<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    HU3139 Huaorani Women.jpg
  • Huaorani women Bebanca Wane and Meñemo Bopoga.<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    HU3133 Huaorani Women.jpg
  • Huaorani women, Awame Gomoke & Dete Iteka & Ewa Kemperi all wearing crowns topped with Harpy Eagle feather. They are also sharing Chicha drink from a home made pottery bowl.<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    HU3129 Huaorani women.jpg
  • Huaorani women, Meñemo Bopoga, Awame Gomoke & Ewa Kemperi drinking chicha. This local brew is made from yuca. The woman chew it and then spit it into a bowl for fermenting. The alcohol content depends on the number of days it has been brewing.<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    HU1573 Huaorani drinking chicha.jpg
  • Huaorani women, Meñemo Bopoga, Awame Gomoke & Ewa Kemperi drinking chicha. This local brew is made from yuca. The woman chew it and then spit it into a bowl for fermenting. The alcohol content depends on the number of days it has been brewing.<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    HU1139 Huaorani drinking chicha.jpg
  • Huaorani Indians - Mipo Wira, Ontogamo Kaimo & Oña Yate out hunting with their blowguns. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri and Taromanani. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA819 Huaorani hunters.jpg
  • Huaorani women Bebanca Wane and Meñemo Bopoga.<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    HU3144 Huaorani Women.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) Jose Belmejo weighing   CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km N of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in S. America.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Franklin Tobar looking on
    OR_Giant_River_Turtle_81.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) Jose Belmejo weighing   CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km N of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in S. America.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Franklin Tobar looking on
    OR_Giant_River_Turtle_70.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) Franklin Tovar & Jose Belmejo taking Biometric Data. CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km N of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in S. America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation.<br />
(This female measured:69cm curved carapace length and weighed:31kg and layed 121 eggs)  Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival.
    OR1679_Giant_River_Turtle_Research.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) carapace marked for future ID by Franklin Tovar & Eneida Marin (Co-ordinator of project)<br />
CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED<br />
Playita, Orinoco River, 110 Km n of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. S America. <br />
L +- 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in S. America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 wks incubation. Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development and lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Ministery of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp staff. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the 1st year of their life and then release them. The ministery pays a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is also a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During the egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are dug up and relocated to an area not likely to flood. Then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who spend the 1st year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female that has layed eggs and is returning to the river.
    OR1619_Giant_River_Turtle.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) carapace marked for future ID by Franklin Tovar & Eneida Marin (Co-ordinator of project)<br />
CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED<br />
Playita, Orinoco River, 110 Km n of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. S America. <br />
L +- 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in S. America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 wks incubation. Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development and lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Ministery of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp staff. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the 1st year of their life and then release them. The ministery pays a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is also a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During the egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are dug up and relocated to an area not likely to flood. Then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who spend the 1st year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival. Biometric data is taken from any female that has layed eggs and is returning to the river.
    OR1615_Giant_River_Turtle.jpg
  • Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) Hector Tovar, Jose Belmejo taking Biometric Data. CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km N of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in S. America. Eggs round & 42mm. 90-100 per clutch. 6-8 weeks incubation.<br />
(This female measured:69cm curved carapace length and weighed:31kg and layed 121 eggs)  Females come ashore to sun themselves for several days before laying to boost egg development.  They lay when the river is at its lowest. Herbacious and live in white or black water rivers moving into flooded forests of the Amazon during the wet season to feed on fallen seeds and fruit.<br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.<br />
Project from Base Camp of the Protected area of the Giant River Turtle (& Podocnemis unifilis). (Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, Zona Protectora de Tortuga Arrau, RFSZPTA)<br />
Min. of Environment Camp which works in conjuction with the National Guard (Guardia Nacional) who help enforce wildlife laws and offer security to camp. From here the ministery co-ordinate with other local communities along the river to hand-rear turtles for the first year of their life and then release them. They pay a salary to a person in each community that participates in the project as well as providing all food etc. The turtles are protected by law and there is a ban on the use of fishing nets in the general area. During egg laying season staff sleep on the nesting beaches to monitor the nests.  All nests layed on low lying ground are relocated to an area not likely to flood. They are then surrounded by a net to catch all hatchlings who will then spend the first year of their life in captivity to increase their chances of survival.
    OR1051_Giant_River_Turtle_Research.jpg
  • Jose Belmejo weighing Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) and Hector Tovar looking on.  Part of CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km N of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in S. America. <br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.
    OR_Giant_River_Turtle_45.jpg
  • Jose Belmejo weighing Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) and Hector Tovar looking on.  Part of CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km N of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in S. America. <br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.
    OR_Giant_River_Turtle_1.jpg
  • Jose Belmejo weighing Giant River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) and Hector Tovar looking on.  Part of CAPTIVE-REARING PROGRAM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD<br />
CITES II      IUCN ENDANGERED (EN)<br />
Playita Beach, (mid) Orinoco River, 110 Km N of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA. South America. <br />
L average 90cm, Wgt 30-45kg. Largest fresh water river turtle in S. America. <br />
RANGE: Amazonia, Llanos & Orinoco of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia.
    OR_Giant_River_Turtle_8.jpg
  • Huaorani Indians Ewa Kemperi and Awame Gomoke fishing with home made nets. The nets are made from chambira palm fibres.<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    HU3068 Huaorani woman fishing with n...jpg
  • Huaorani Indians Ewa Kemperi and Dete Ikeka bathing.<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    HU2400 Huaorani Women.jpg
  • Huaorani Indians Ewa Kemperi and Dete Ikeka bathing.<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    HU2392 Huaorani Women.jpg
  • Huaorani Indians Baiwa Miipo and Menewa Wane butchering a peccary before cutting it up to either boil or smoke it.<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    HU2201 Huaorani butchering peccary.jpg
  • Huaorani Indian hunters - Ontogamo Kaimo & Geme Baiwa carrying the bushmeat. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park. Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
They have hunted 3 howler monkeys and 1 coati with their blowbun.<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA1991 Huaorani Indian hunters.jpg
  • Huaorani Indians - Tage Kaiga & Oña Yate out hunting with their blowguns. They hunted a woolly monkey, 2 guans and 2 trumpeters. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri and Taromanani. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA759 Huaorani Indians hunting.jpg
  • Huaorani Indians - Mipo Wira & Oña Yate out hunting with their blowguns. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri and Taromanani. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA469 Huaorani hunters.jpg
  • Huaorani Indians - Mipo Wira & Oña Yate out hunting with their blowguns. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri and Taromanani. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA465 Huaorani hunters.jpg
  • Huaorani Indian girls - Carmen Kaiga & Romelia Andy. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA307 Huaorani Indian girls.jpg
  • Huaorani women, Awame Gomoke & Dete Iteka both wearing crowns topped with Harpy Eagle feather<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    HU3158 Huaorani wearing crowns.jpg
  • Huaorani Indian - Tage Kaiga being shaved by his daughter Norma. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromanani. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA16091 Huaorani Indians.jpg
  • Huaorani Indians, Awame Gomoke & Beñemo Bopoga waiting for light aircraft coming into the Huaorani Indian community.<br />
Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromenane. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    HU608 Huaorani waiting for aircraft.jpg
  • Life Lince (lynx) field technician, Leonardo Fernandez Pena restocking a Wild Rabbit breeding enclosure. The idea of the enclosure is to augment rabbit densities in areas where they are below threshold for lynx sustainability. Within the breeding enclosure are artificial (lynx proof) rabbit dens which vastly increase carrying  capacity of rabbits. The enclosure is surrounded by a predator-proof fence overwhich the lynx can jump, but through which rabbit predators such as foxes, badgers, mongoose or wild boar cannot pass. <br />
Doñana National & Natural Park. Huelva Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
1969 - Set up as a National Park<br />
1981 - Biosphere Reserve<br />
1982 - Wetland of International Importance, Ramsar<br />
1985 - Special Protection Area for Birds<br />
1994 - World Heritage Site, UNESCO.<br />
The marshlands in particular are a very important area for the migration, breeding and wintering of European and African birds. It is also an area of old cultures, traditions and human uses - most of which are still in existance.<br />
<br />
Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009<br />
© Pete Oxford / Wild Wonders of Europe<br />
Zaldumbide #506 y Toledo<br />
La Floresta, Quito. ECUADOR<br />
South America<br />
Tel: 593-2-2226958<br />
e-mail: pete@peteoxford.com<br />
www.peteoxford.com
    POX-2009-05-07_19Rabit Restocking.tif
  • Life Lince (lynx) field technician, Leonardo Fernandez Pena radio tracking a collared Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus)<br />
Doñana National & Natural Park. Huelva Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
1969 - Set up as a National Park<br />
1981 - Biosphere Reserve<br />
1982 - Wetland of International Importance, Ramsar<br />
1985 - Special Protection Area for Birds<br />
1994 - World Heritage Site, UNESCO.<br />
The marshlands in particular are a very important area for the migration, breeding and wintering of European and African birds. It is also an area of old cultures, traditions and human uses - most of which are still in existance.<br />
<br />
Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009<br />
© Pete Oxford / Wild Wonders of Europe<br />
Zaldumbide #506 y Toledo<br />
La Floresta, Quito. ECUADOR<br />
South America<br />
Tel: 593-2-2226958<br />
e-mail: pete@peteoxford.com<br />
www.peteoxford.com
    POX-2009-05-07_22Radio Tracking.tif
  • Life Lince (lynx) field technician, Leonardo Fernandez Pena radio tracking a collared Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus)<br />
Doñana National & Natural Park. Huelva Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
1969 - Set up as a National Park<br />
1981 - Biosphere Reserve<br />
1982 - Wetland of International Importance, Ramsar<br />
1985 - Special Protection Area for Birds<br />
1994 - World Heritage Site, UNESCO.<br />
The marshlands in particular are a very important area for the migration, breeding and wintering of European and African birds. It is also an area of old cultures, traditions and human uses - most of which are still in existance.<br />
<br />
Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009<br />
© Pete Oxford / Wild Wonders of Europe<br />
Zaldumbide #506 y Toledo<br />
La Floresta, Quito. ECUADOR<br />
South America<br />
Tel: 593-2-2226958<br />
e-mail: pete@peteoxford.com<br />
www.peteoxford.com
    POX-2009-05-07_37Radio Tracking.tif
  • Life Lince (lynx) field technicians, Leonardo Fernandez Pena & ? restocking a Wild Rabbit breeding enclosure. The idea of the enclosure is to augment rabbit densities in areas where they are below threshold for lynx sustainability. Within the breeding enclosure are artificial (lynx proof) rabbit dens which vastly increase carrying  capacity of rabbits. The enclosure is surrounded by a predator-proof fence overwhich the lynx can jump, but through which rabbit predators such as foxes, badgers, mongoose or wild boar cannot pass. <br />
Doñana National & Natural Park. Huelva Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
1969 - Set up as a National Park<br />
1981 - Biosphere Reserve<br />
1982 - Wetland of International Importance, Ramsar<br />
1985 - Special Protection Area for Birds<br />
1994 - World Heritage Site, UNESCO.<br />
The marshlands in particular are a very important area for the migration, breeding and wintering of European and African birds. It is also an area of old cultures, traditions and human uses - most of which are still in existance.<br />
<br />
Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009<br />
© Pete Oxford / Wild Wonders of Europe<br />
Zaldumbide #506 y Toledo<br />
La Floresta, Quito. ECUADOR<br />
South America<br />
Tel: 593-2-2226958<br />
e-mail: pete@peteoxford.com<br />
www.peteoxford.com
    POX-2009-05-07_29Rabit Restocking.tif
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