Dan Janzen has sent us an image he has taken of a Male day-flying moth Xanthocastnia evalthe in the family Castniidae, about 2 inch wingspan. While exploring the edge of the old-growth rain forest in central Sector A on 20 May 2008, I spotted this…
Continue reading...Monday, August 18, 2008
Here at CTF we have a core of writers who are working with us to produce blogs from the areas we work with as well as articles from notible conservationists. However, we are always on the look out for interesting…
Continue reading...Monday, August 11, 2008
We were reading an article on the Guardian Online, and it got us thinking. We wondered if CTF supporters have any top tips that they use around the home or office to reduce their carbon foot print? Aside from the usual…
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 6, 2008
This video is an info-mercial for Global Vision International, they run expeditions all over the world, some of which hit the rainforests that we raise money for. Check out their site for scientific trips into the rainforest. You need to a…
Continue reading...Monday, August 4, 2008
The Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger) is the largest South American crocodile and the Amazon’s biggest predator. But despite its size and power it can be hunted with ease and the species has been reduced in numbers by 99% over the last…
Continue reading...Friday, August 1, 2008
The 7,500 acre forest, designated in the early 1990's as the Second World Children's Rainforest reserve, is situated in the narrow Tropical Wet Forest Life Zone of Eastern Ecuador, where the Eastern slopes of the Andes merge into the vastness of the Amazon basin.
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 4, 2008
The common, or Humboldt’s, Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha), one of the chunkiest and heaviest New World primates, lives in the rainforests of the Western Amazon river basin, including the CTF supported Reserves at Uwasu in Western Brazil and Jatun Sacha in Eastern Ecuador.
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 3, 2008
As little as £50 can purchase an acre of rainforest (that’s about 1/3 of a football pitch) and preserve it and it’s inhabitants for ever. Why not be part of the conservation of the rainforest and give what you can today.…
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Friday, August 22, 2008
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