“IT HAS certainly been a unique lifestyle choice”, Steve Trewick laughs when asked to reflect on the last 35 years. Back at the home he was born in near Newport city centre, just yards away from what was Queen s Comprehensive School where he spent his teenage years, Mr Trewick has finally been pinned down – thanks to Covid. Days away from prison when he was 18 for fighting, he was given an ultimatum – temporarily move to West Virginia with a family who would whip him into shape, or serve time in Her Majesty’s Pleasure. Now, at 53, he says the trip to the States changed his outlook on life, and he hasn’t looked back.
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El Silencio Reserve expansion benefits critically endangered species and a beloved U.S.-nesting songbird
WARRENTON, VA, Jan. 15, 2021 Rainforest Trust announced 5,407 acres in the El Silencio Natural Reserve, located in Colombia’s Middle Magdalena Valley, have been secured for conservation. In addition to Rainforest Trust, other partners in the powerful conservation alliance include World Land Trust, Saving Nature, American Bird Conservancy and Fundación Biodiversa Colombia. This has more than doubled the size of the reserve to 6,844 acres. Additional assistance came from a partial voluntary compensation from the owner companies La Zebra and Tierra y Río.
Conserving and protecting this land is extremely important. Over 98% of the lowland rainforest in the Magdalena Valley has been destroyed for cattle ranching and illicit coca production. It is also under pressure from illegal logging. In addition to providing habitat for many rare species, the land has long been an important