Despite being illegal, many macaques are caught in the wild to be sold in animal markets in Indonesia. Paradoxically, once in the market, selling a macaque is a completely legal activity. In order to obtain babies many mothers and males must be killed when they...
The forests of Borneo are under the threat of disappearance due to the overexploitation they suffer for different reasons. Because of this, endemic species like the orang-utan are experimenting a risky relapse. International Animal Rescue conducts the laudable task of rehabilitating orang-utans that have been left...
The city of Lop Buri in Thailand is home to hundreds of macaques. The locals consider these monkeys to be disciples of the Hindu god Hanuman. In the Thai version of Ramayana (an ancient Sanskrit epic), Rama ceded this land to Hanuman, founder of the...
Topen Monyet – which literally means monkey with mask – is an activity practised in some cities of Java, Indonesia. It consists of the use of trained macaques in street shows. In order to carry out these practices, many macaque mothers are killed. Their offspring...
The forests of Borneo are under the threat of disappearance due to the overexploitation they suffer for different reasons. Fortunately, some organizations struggle to try to avoid or reverse this process. On November of 2017 I had the opportunity to join a team of IAR...
Fishing in the remote villages of North of Sulawesi continues to be carried out with ancient arts, in a sustainable way, and gives food and work to local communities that live from it in an ancestral way. It is done with small boats that fish at...
Lake Turkana is located in a remote region of northern Kenya. It is the world's largest desert lake. Its larger tributary river is the Omo. New Ethiopian dams are dramatically diminishing the flow of water into the Omo river, making the salinity of the lake...
The Pasar Burung are literally avian markets where animals are for sale and are very typical in some cities in the island of Java. In these, the animals, which are packed together and treated poorly, await to be sold and taken to a home where...
The Ijen volcano is a beautiful natural place. Due to its volcanic activity, it emanates sulphur gases that filter to the surface where, when in contact with the atmosphere, they burn creating flames of a beautiful blue colour. There are miners who work in the...
The lagoon of Gallocanta is a brackish water endorheic lagoon located at 1000m above sea level in the Iberian Peninsula. It is the largest continental brackish water lagoon in Europe and is currently a wetland of important ecological value that serves as a refuge for...