Will it work???

Hey there, I found an interesting article. It deals with a topic of concern to me and one that probably should be for you too (if you or others plan to live on planet Earth 100 years from now).

Quote:
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 2 (Tierramérica) - In the past 10 years the size of protected areas in Latin America has nearly doubled and the participation of local communities in their preservation and management has sharply increased, says a regional study provided exclusively to Tierramérica.

The report's compiler Castaño Uribe maintains that ecological tourism programmes have been a boon to the notable increase in protected areas over the past five to 10 years, and he believes that the activity could become "an important source of sustainability and financial independence" for those areas.

So come on down! If this is accurate, our methods seem to be working. We won't be getting rich but at least we are protecting the land(and hopefully water).

Original article: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39493

Underwater cleanup

Here's a site that has a lot going for it. It's an underwater cleanup blog from Columbia that I would love to imitate for Mochima.

http://www.limpiezasubmarina.blogspot.com

Look at all the stuff they found!!! I've actually been a part of several of these types of events all around the world and it never ceases to amaze me what and how much you find down there. It's truly an endless endeavor but fortunately it's FUN and you end up feeling like a treasure hunter.

I should mention that over the weekend the National Rowing competition took place here in Santa Fe. Our junior team has been excellent for the past couple of years and they took first place again. The big surprise came from the adults where we took 3rd for the first time.

Big congratulations to everyone involved!!!!

Check out Jorge's site in Argentina

A friend of mine from Argentina has a wonderful mountaineering site. He operates in the Patagonia region and runs all sorts of guide services there. Have a look.

http://www.andescross.com

Al Fin.... en Venezuela Tambien !!

We live in an area where preservation and land use is a major issue.  An interesting snippet of news came in today whereby the Los Roques National Park has decided that only recyclable glass bottles will be allowed to be sold inside park boundaries.  Now how about the rest of the parks, and plastic?

Brief Intro

HOLA,

Bienvenidos,

HELLO Everyone!

Pepp had a good idea. Why not open the www.playacochaima.com web site to everyone that would like to participate, so I've decided to create a blog to go along with it. Feel free to write in English Spanish or any language that you feel gets your message across.

Thanks for checking us out and please stop by later too.