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Sami ‘development’ …

Illustrations for Professor Ninis Gunhild Rosquist, Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography:
‘I have collaborated with Sami reindeer herders during the past 10 years with focus on climate impacts and as their adaptation to the effects of climate change is hampered by the cumulative effects of land exploitation it’s a challenge to communicate/illustrate the full impact.’ These two illustrations contrast the present developing situation (above) and the same scene pre-‘development’ and before increasing impacts from climate change (below).

An earlier post on the Sami is here.

Turtles don’t play golf …

‘Artificial coastal lighting is one of the major threats to the turtle population as it can interfere with the turtles’ natural habits and instincts ‘. On the Southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, the proposed Bargara Golf Club Resort development is expected to disrupt endangered loggerhead turtles’ annual nesting at nearby Mon Repos. The ABC reported on the broader issue yesterday: High-rises potentially on the horizon for the seaside Queensland town of Bargara. The local campaign to curb excessive development continues…