Global Awareness Archive

Jul 30, 2019 AHPPA’s Most Valuable Client

Posted at 08:00h In AHPPA (Asociación Humanitaria para la Protección Animal), Global Awareness, Human-Animal Interaction, Tales of WellBeing - By Andrew Rowan and Kathleen Rowan

A recent sterilization clinic held in Guapiles by our partner organization served a remarkable woman – 96-year old Ana Julia Espinoza. She walked three kilometers with her three cats to have them sterilized. For the past five years, our partner organization, the Costa Rican shelter Asociacion...

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Jul 15, 2019 Note from the President – Tales of WellBeing – Jul 2019

Posted at 12:37h In Global Awareness, Human-Animal Interaction, Tales of WellBeing - By Andrew Rowan

This issue of Tales of WellBeing includes two stories about animals that have had significant impacts on individuals and communities. These two stories (memorials) exemplify the intense bonds that exist between animals and humans and the impact those relationships can have upon the participants. These...

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Jul 10, 2019 Plastics by the Number

Posted at 12:12h In Articles, Global Awareness, Ocean Pollution, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

At the end of 2018, Great Britain’s Royal Statistical Society selected a “plastic fact” – that 90.5% of all plastics ever made have never been recycled – as its Statistic of the Year. This statistic is taken from a paper Roland Geyer and colleagues published...

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Jul 10, 2019 Plastic Waste and Environmental Health

Posted at 10:19h In Articles, Global Awareness, Letter from the President, Ocean Pollution, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

In May of this year, the EU adopted new rules on single-use plastic items and plastic fishing gear to reduce marine plastic waste. According to the press release, there is a growing sense of urgency among EU citizens about the need to stop plastic pollution...

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Jun 15, 2019 Human-Animal Teams Producing a Safer World for Humans and Animals

Posted at 06:39h In Articles, Global Awareness, Human-Animal Interaction, Tales of WellBeing - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

The human-dog relationship is extraordinarily rich and rewarding, as evidenced by Lord Byron’s famous epitaph for his dog Boatswain (pronounced Bosun) in 1808: Near this Spot Are deposited the Remains of one Who possessed Beauty without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity, and all the...

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May 31, 2019 IPBES Report Update

Posted at 07:42h In Articles, Biodiversity, Global Awareness, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is an intergovernmental (UN) body that assesses the state of biodiversity and the ecosystem services provided to society. It was established by member states in 2012 and its objective is to strengthen the science-policy interface...

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May 16, 2019 The Zoology Of Children’s Literature

Posted at 11:08h In Book Review, Education - Environment, Global Awareness - By Andrew Rowan

For more than 200 years, children throughout the world have been learning moral lessons from stories heavily populated by both verbal and non-verbal animal characters. Whether we are talking about Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddleduck from Beatrix Potter, Babar the Elephant from Jean de Brunhoff,...

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May 15, 2019 Note from the President – Tales of WellBeing – May 2019

Posted at 12:47h In Global Awareness, Human-Animal Interaction, Tales of WellBeing - By Andrew Rowan

This issue of Tales of WellBeing has two items involving education – both humane and environmental. The “Tale” features the significant impact one individual has had in this arena. Marshall Rinquest is a key part of the success of the Greyton Transition Town project and...

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Apr 30, 2019 Ecological Connectivity: A Report On Transportation Infrastructure Investment In Sub-Saharan Africa

Posted at 13:02h In Articles, Connectivity, Global Awareness, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

In March of 2019, the First African Conference on Linear Infrastructure and Ecology (ACLIE) was held in South Africa. Our partner organization, the Center for Large Landscape Conservation (CLLC) produced an excellent and eye-opening report for the conference on investments in linear transportation infrastructure (such...

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Apr 30, 2019 Corridors & Crossings: Advancing Connectivity Conservation

Posted at 09:50h In Articles, CLLC (Center for Large Landscape Conservation), Connectivity, Global Awareness, WellBeing News - By Elizabeth Fairbank and Aaron Laur

Across the globe, the movement of species and the flow of ecological processes are being interrupted by human development. Natural areas are losing vital connections once used by wildlife to migrate, disperse, mate, feed, and thrive. This ongoing fragmentation is leaving nature susceptible to a...

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