Conservation is the protection and preservation of ecosystems through planned management in order to prevent the over-exploitation of the resources.
My contributions have included sitting on several Board of Directors, teaching in Belize, leading expeditions and creating websites for several conservation organizations.
Nearly 300 sq miles of water on west of Caribbean island to be designated as a reserve for endangered animals. I am always pleased to read such wonderful news. The tiny Caribbean island of Dominica is creating the world’s…
Resident Steve Roper gave a deputation during a public meeting on Jan. 23, 2023 regarding the Eden Oaks development. Photo: Jessica Owen/Collingwood Today Developer & Town compromise on Raglan Street Plans This is the article posted in Collingwood Today…
Above: The Old Growth Spruce Lined Entrance of the 452 Raglan Street Property January 23, 2023 – Presentation to The Town of Collingwood Council. To download a PDF version of the presentation, please click here > Creating Local Greenspace…
Nine years ago, when we bought our property, one of the reasons we bought here was because there was a 200 foot ecological nature preserve surrounding the development, which meant there were large trees directly in front of our…
2012 – 2020 Dr. Andrea Marshall is a National Geographic Emerging Explorer and popularly referred to as Queen of the Mantas. Andrea was the first person in the world to complete a PhD on manta rays. After completing her…
Carnivorous and always hungry, sea anemones are not plants, as some people might think, but silent slow-motion predators that will devour any small animal careless enough to stray within reach of their deadly tentacles. Equipped with tiny poisonous harpoons…
Yim and I visited Puerto Escondido in southern Mexico in 2018. We stayed in a small resort called Posada Real, right on the Playa Bacocho, a long beautiful stretch of beach on the Pacific Ocean. Each morning, after breakfast,…
2014 One of the projects I hoped would turn into something larger a half dozen years back was the work I did for Janneman Conradie. After receiving a bachelors of science degree from the University of South Africa in…
Queen parrotfish are herbivores that graze the reef, using their beaks to scrape plants and algae from the reef surface. This habit involves ingesting corals and sometimes other animals as well, but they are primarily herbivorous. Through their feeding…
2011 – 2016 The Marine Megafauna Foundation was created in 2009 to research, protect and conserve the large populations of marine megafauna found along the Mozambican coastline. ‘Megafauna’ are large marine species such as sharks, rays, marine mammals and…
