In this week’s travel law article, we examine the case of Thackurdeen v. Duke University, No. 1:16CV1108 (M.D.N.C. 2018) wherein “Plaintiffs Roshni Thackurdeen and Raj B. Thackurdeen filed the present action, individually, and as co-administrators of their late son’s estate. During the spring of 2012, their son, Ravi Thackurdeen, died while a student enrolled in the Global Health and Tropical Medicine Program…a college study abroad program, in Costa Rica. However, while attending the Global Health Program, he was enrolled at Duke (University) and OTS (Organization for Tropical Studies)…In support of their negligence claims, the Thackurdeens allege that Duke and OTS failed to exercise reasonable care and breached their duty to Ravi by, among other things: taking the students to Playa Tortuga, a beach of notorious for rip currents, failing to make inquiries regarding dangerousness and safety measures, failing to warn the students of the dangers of Playa Tortuga and swimming i
FSC-certified Indonesian logger may have cleared orangutan habitat: Report
A secretive Indonesian company group, Alas Kusuma, has allegedly cleared orangutan habitat in Indonesian Borneo, according to a new report by the NGO Aidenvironment.
The company is the second-largest deforester in Indonesia’s pulp and paper sector, according to the report, which links it to the clearing of 6,000 hectares (14,800 acres) of forest from 2016 to 2021.
Little is known about the company, but it has business links to Japanese companies and is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
JAKARTA An Indonesian company with ties to Japanese conglomerates has cleared large swaths of rainforests, including habitat for critically endangered orangutans, according to a report.
May 1, 2021
SAN JOSE (AFP) – A beetle figurine mutating due to changes in its diet or seaweed made of plastic is part of a sample developed by artists in Costa Rica to depict the impact of climate change on their lands.
It consists of eight pieces using different techniques such as video, macrame (
tejido con nudos) sculpture and painting to illustrate the impact of global warming on the forests, insects and algae of the country, which is home to six per cent of the world’s biodiversity over an area of 51,000 square kilometres.
One of the curators, Fernando Chaves, told
AFP that the exhibition of works created specifically for the exhibition seeks to take the debate on climate change out of the scope of scientific work or climate journalism, to make it available to the public.
A report by Izer Hector for Amico Hoops. A beetle figurine mutating due to changes in its diet or seaweed made of plastic is part of a sample developed by artists by scientists in Costa Rica to depict the impact of climate change on their lands. It consists of eight pieces using different techniques such…
College of Liberal Arts 05 Apr, 2021
by Joshua Zaffos
Colorado State University Geography Professor David Bunn and his research group have won a $750,000 award from NASA to develop an “ecological forecasting” system for South Africa’s Kruger National Park and the surrounding region. The proposal will enable scientists to better study and support conservation in and around Kruger, applying species distribution data collected from the field as well as land-use and land- cover change data from NASA earth observation satellites.
“This is extraordinarily exciting,” said Bunn. “We are now able to bring together leading savanna scientists to consider the possible future trajectories of one of the world’s most ambitious experiments in protected area ‘rewilding.’ Three U.S. universities will be collaborating with South African National Parks, tribal authorities, nonprofits, and municipal conservation managers to produce predictive data systems that can easily be u