BY
SIMON MUSTOE
Expert Ecologist, Consultant & Author
Today I stood on a beach in Portland, western Victoria, and photographed a Southern Elephant Seal lumbering up a beach. Elephant Seal Sammy’s sudden reappearance has made him a bit of a local celebrity. It appears as though he’s been coming back for a few years. It raises a lot …
BLOG – ANIMAL IMPACT – by Simon Mustoe
Wildlife has a huge and immeasurable impact on the stability, health and functioning of ecosystems. For this reason, humanity cannot survive without wildlife. Wild animals turn dust into soil, carbon into food and the weather into a fair climate for living.
These are the stories untold – the reason why conservation is essential for our survival. The orangutan doesn’t simply depend on rainforest canopy structure, it creates the structure. We humans don’t simply depend on forests or coral reefs, we live among the animals that make those places habitable. In this blog I explore the many and varied ways we connect with nature. This reveals the link between the way we think, behave and act, and the very basis for our existence and survival as a species on Earth. But only as long as we are surrounded by a colourful and diverse abundance of other animals.
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Finally I’m back and rested after an exhilerating couple of weeks with guests in the Banda Sea. I’ve now had …
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We cruised in overnight and made anchor before discovering Banda Neira. Banda is an extraordinary place with a rich history …
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‘The presence of the castaways, it was stated, would not have been discovered if Captain Frame had’ not decided to …
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Manuk Island’s famous sea snakes in Indonesia are at one of the largest and most important seabird colonies in the …
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Our first couple of days has been dominated by Blue Whales and the Lucipara Islands. A wonderful journey as we …
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Today was our first day in Ambon on board a trip with Pindito and Wildiaries. Thanks to flight schedules being …
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I am about to head to Indonesia to explore the Banda Sea. In this introduction I wanted to ask the …
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Heavy rainfall increases the risk of pollution, like last year, when sewage entered the bay. But these more obvious threats …
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Of late, the market has been flooded with offers to cruise Raja Ampat. Most of these use images from Wayag, …
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It took Biruté over twenty years to begin to understand Orangutans. This is because it takes at least two generations to confirm the way any animal behaves. For female Orangutans, that’s at least sixteen years. Before this, it was a widely held belief that Orangutans couldn’t be studied. Like her …
