#congobasin

[trunkupwines]

Elephants are the best! Stick up for them whenever you can-we do here @trunkupwines We are completely in LOVE and it’s not going away-#bekindtoelephants @dswt @forestelephantfoundation ・・・ Did you know that Forest elephants have the smallest family groups of all 3 elephant species? According to Andrea Turkalo (the leading expert in forest elephants) forest elephants have an estimated average family group of around 3 individuals. However it is not uncommon to observe family groups of up to 7, which is more akin to Savanna and Asian elephant family sizes. Further studies need to be conducted to find out why the groups are smaller however forest elephants are difficult to study as they spend up to 95% of their time in thick impenetrable forests meaning they cannot be observed from the air. Elephant families form the foundation of elephant society for all species of elephant! ----------------------------------- #elephants #elephant #forestelephant #forestelephants #rainforest #congobasin #conservation #africa #safari #centralafrica #westafrica #JoinTheHerd #wildlife #animals #nature #naturaleza #antipoaching #WorthMoreAlive #endextinction #research ------------------------------- Photo Credit: Martyn Colbeck Info: @elephantlisteningproject - http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/elephant/cyclotis/families.html https://www.instagram.com/p/BnaJcyzHhmu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1atvy5jnycbdf

[oilofdog]

#Soukous #Tonight on #OILOFDOG with #GaryStorm on #LKCB streaming at www.lkcb.ca at 8:00 PM Eastern Time. #CongoBasin #SoukousAttack #Africa #Music #Radio #Records #Vinyl #CompactDiscs #Cat #Kitty https://www.instagram.com/p/CEFZOFzFxCl/?igshid=12ipv4ob7no0c

[zuziaturek]

Okapi - illustration for a promotional postcard, original on 305X229mm, in ink and watercolour on paper. #watercolour #watercolor #ink #nib #illo #illustration #ilustracja #ilustracjadladzieci #kidlit #younadult #pretty #okapi #democtraticrepublicofthecongo #drc #congobasin #giraffe #rainforest #mushroom #treetrunk #postcard #painting #drawing https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwt3vgYFI4p/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=104i65yqi9ted

[hollywoodglees]

Filmmaker Extraordinaire! #MustSee SILENT FORESTS by @mariahewilson #MariahWilson #SilentForests #SBIFF2019 #SantaBarbara #Documentary #Film #Congo #CongoBasin #Cameroon #EcoGuards #CentralAfrican #forest #Elephants #BigGame #Poaching #lucrative #endangering #species https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt37ExYHNxFjWRWHahkN0ESO43VLM5cqdnBbTA0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ordgvtuw2dno

[antoinemarchalphotography-blog]

The Mambili River in Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Western Cuvette Department, Republic of Congo #odzala #odzalakokouanationalpark #congo #africanparks #africa #iphonex #iphonephotography #mobilephotography #cellphonephotography #travel #travelphotography #explore #keepexploring #rainforest #tropicalforest #congobasin #tropical (at Parc National d'Odzala-Kokoua, Congo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP8FmIYglNC/?utm_medium=tumblr

[omniatlas]

Sub-Saharan Africa 110 years ago today: Belgian Congo (15 Nov 1908) https://buff.ly/2TdKbGY News of atrocities in the Congo Free State - personally ruled by King Leopold II of Belgium since the 1880s - led to public outcry in the early 20th century. Bowing to international pressure, the parliament of Belgium annexed the territory as the Belgian Congo in November 1908, bringing an end to an exploitative regime which had presided over some 6-10 million native deaths. #subsaharanafrica #history #welovemaps #map #1900s #1908 #africa #africanhistory #belgianempire #congofreestate #belgiancongo #colonialism #ethiopia #frenchempire #italy #kufrah #november #november15 #ogaden #somalia #congobasin #wadai #maps #todayinhistory #historyteacher #historybuff #historynerd #historytoday #historygeek #colonialism (at Kinshasa, Congo) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqNju8rgQfT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=65zx1evu8ycy

[upshotre]

ODD NEWS: UK Couple Growing Furniture On Farm

On a two-acre fieldin England’s Midlands, Gavin and Alice Munro are taking sustainability to the next level: they harvest trees which they train to grow into chairs. The couple have a furniture farm in Derbyshire where they are nurturing 250 chairs, 100 lamps and 50 tables. It is their answer to what they see as the inefficient and carbon-heavy process of cutting down mature trees to create furniture. “Instead of force-growing a tree for 50 years and then cutting it down and making it into smaller and smaller bits ...the idea is to grow the tree into the shape that you want directly. It’s a kind of zen 3D printing,” said Gavin. Part of the inspiration for the idea came when Gavin was a young boy. He spotted an overgrown bonsai tree which looked like a chair. He was also born with a curved spine and as a child spent several years wearing a metal frame to reset his back. “The (medical) staff were just brilliant. The nurses, the doctors, they would kind of combine kindness and competence in away that really, really impressed me. “I wanted to combine care and competence and hopefully this is what we’re doing here,” he added. The 44-year-old began experimenting in 2006 when he tried togrow chairs on two small plots of land in the Peak District,also in central England. But in 2012, a year after they married, Gavin and Alice setup the company Full Grown and committed to the idea full-time. Progress has been bumpy. One of their first attempts at a crop ended in disaster when it was trampled by cows and eaten by rabbits. They have also had to discover the most effective way to shape a tree without stunting its growth. The couple has learned to guide shoots already heading in the right direction, rather than forcing shoots the wrong way against their will. The labor and time involved in producing the organic pieces means they do not come cheap. Chairs sell for $12,480, lamps for $1,120-2,870 and tables for $3,120-15,600. The average chair takes six to nine years to grow ― and another year to dry out. The longest commission the company has is for 2030. It is a chair for a customer’s retirement. The plight of rainforests have stormed up the global agenda in recent weeks, as fires raged in the Amazon and the CongoBasin. “You know the damage that we do with forestry. We’re only just starting to really understand that. This is kind of the opposite really, we use ... ancient techniques that we used in the stone age,” Gavin said. Ancient Romans, Chinese and Japanese are known to have shaped trees to customize their forms. Gavin and Alice hope to be harvesting annually by 2022. Long-term, they want to buy a farm they can use as an experimental hub. They also want to spread their knowledge through consultancy. In the medium-term, Alice wants a new dining set. But it will take at least a decade to grow. Read the full article

[adinahdara]

[iwanttosavetherainforest]

@ZamAndr4: RT @noradno: The #CongoBasin #Rainforest is vital to the Earths Climate. If the #forests of Central Africa is cut down, both the #Sahel and #Ethiopia might suffer. #SaveTheRainforest @Climateforest @unredd @CAFISecretariat @NorwayMFA @olaelvestuen @dagiulstein https://t.co/qaQfk6Ifca

[oilofdog]

#Soukous #CongoBasin Tonight on #OILOFDOG with #GaryStorm on #LKCB streaming at www.lkcb.ca at 8:00 PM Eastern Time. #SoukousStars #SoukousAttack #Music #Radio #Records #Vinyl #CompactDiscs #Cat #Kitty https://www.instagram.com/p/B29xQ2AFfhD/?igshid=1glstmvyrid3l

[iwanttosavetherainforest]

@FleurENewman: RT @noradno: The #CongoBasin #Rainforest is vital to the Earths Climate. If the #forests of Central Africa is cut down, both the #Sahel and #Ethiopia might suffer. #SaveTheRainforest @Climateforest @unredd @CAFISecretariat @NorwayMFA @olaelvestuen @dagiulstein https://t.co/qaQfk6Ifca

[iwanttosavetherainforest]

@EllyanneCGithae: RT @noradno: The #CongoBasin #Rainforest is vital to the Earths Climate. If the #forests of Central Africa is cut down, both the #Sahel and #Ethiopia might suffer. #SaveTheRainforest @Climateforest @unredd @CAFISecretariat @NorwayMFA @olaelvestuen @dagiulstein https://t.co/qaQfk6Ifca

[iwanttosavetherainforest]

@Charity_Immy: RT @noradno: The #CongoBasin #Rainforest is vital to the Earths Climate. If the #forests of Central Africa is cut down, both the #Sahel and #Ethiopia might suffer. #SaveTheRainforest @Climateforest @unredd @CAFISecretariat @NorwayMFA @olaelvestuen @dagiulstein https://t.co/qaQfk6Ifca

[iwanttosavetherainforest]

@KopiAA: RT @noradno: The #CongoBasin #Rainforest is vital to the Earths Climate. If the #forests of Central Africa is cut down, both the #Sahel and #Ethiopia might suffer. #SaveTheRainforest @Climateforest @unredd @CAFISecretariat @NorwayMFA @olaelvestuen @dagiulstein https://t.co/qaQfk6Ifca

[iwanttosavetherainforest]

@Ibrahim_Okedara: RT @noradno: The #CongoBasin #Rainforest is vital to the Earths Climate. If the #forests of Central Africa is cut down, both the #Sahel and #Ethiopia might suffer. #SaveTheRainforest @Climateforest @unredd @CAFISecretariat @NorwayMFA @olaelvestuen @dagiulstein https://t.co/qaQfk6Ifca

[iwanttosavetherainforest]

@aybarade: RT @noradno: The #CongoBasin #Rainforest is vital to the Earths Climate. If the #forests of Central Africa is cut down, both the #Sahel and #Ethiopia might suffer. #SaveTheRainforest @Climateforest @unredd @CAFISecretariat @NorwayMFA @olaelvestuen @dagiulstein https://t.co/qaQfk6Ifca