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20 Sept 2010
Vaquita - Zadnja priložnost za puščavsko pliskavko
V oktobru 2008 je organzacija earthOCEAN pričela s projektom Ekspedicija Vaquita (Expedition Vaquita). Pridružili so se znanstvenikom in dokumentirali prizadevanja ocenitve velikosti populacije, identifikacije glavnih problemov ter iskanja možnih rešitev. Oglejte si dokumentarec Vaquita – Last chance for the desert porpoise in poglejte kaj so odkrili.
"Vaquita nima nobene vrednosti kot dobrina: je preveč plašna in majhna, da bi kadarkoli lahko podpirala ekoturizem. Ni ključen člen v morski prehranjevalni verigi. Proteini v njenih jetrih ne skrivajo zdravila za nobeno človeško bolezen. Je zgolj skromno bitje, ki išče svojo pot, kot vsi mi. Njena izguba bi verjetno komajda bila opažena. Pa vendar, je del veličastne pestrosti življenja na Zemlji, ki jo je naša generacija podedovala, in hitro postaja del izginjajoče dediščine, ki jo zapuščamo za seboj. Imamo še kakšno leto ali dve, da se odločimo ali bomo to vrsto pustili živeti, ali pa bomo, tako kot pri jangceški pliskavki, izglasovali njen izgon z otoka in zbrisali tisti majhni črni nasmeh z obličja Zemlje za vedno."
Robert Pitman, NOAA Southwest Fisheries, 'How Now, Little Cow?', Natural History magazine, 2007
Foto: Chris Johnson / earthOCEANVaquita - Last Chance for the Desert Porpoise
In October 2008 earthOCEAN launched project Expedition Vaquita and joined scientists to document their effort to estimate the population size, identify the main problems and find solutions. Check out the documentary Vaquita – Last chance for the desert porpoise and see what they discovered.
“The vaquita has no value as a commodity: It is too shy and small ever to support an ecotourism venture. It is not a vital link in the marine food chain. There is no cure for any human disease lurking in its liver proteins. It is just a lowly beast trying to make its way, like the rest of us. Its loss would barely be noticed. Yet it is part of the magnificent diversity of life on Earth that our generation inherited, and it is rapidly becoming part of the dwindling legacy we are leaving behind. We have a year or two now to decide whether we are going to let this species live, or whether, like the baiji, we vote it off the island and wipe that little black smile off the face of the Earth forever.”
Robert Pitman, NOAA Southwest Fisheries, ‘How Now, Little Cow?', Natural History magazine 2007.
Photo: Chris Johnson / earthOCEAN
13 Sept 2010
Eko filmski večer
Več o Evropskem tednu mobilnosti: http://www.tedenmobilnosti.si/2010/main.php
6 Sept 2010
Novo presenečenje: še en kit grbavec v Sredozemlju
Na fotografiji: kit grbavec v slovenskem morju (Foto: Tilen Genov / Morigenos)
New surprise: another humpback whale in the Mediterranean
Do you still remember the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) that appeared in Slovenia (north Adriatic) in 2009? We've got more extraordinary news about this species. Colleagues from CE.TU.S Cetacean Research Centre informed us about a humpback whale sighting 1 km off the town Viareggio (Tuscany, Italy), on 27th August 2010. We immediately compared their photographs to ours and found out that this is not the same individual that visited Slovenian waters last year.