Ometepe, the island located in Lake Nicaragua, has been designated a World Biosphere Reserve by the recently convened 22nd Session of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Program, a subcouncil within UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).
The island is home to native Nicaraguans and adventurous tourists alike and was a center of pre-Columbian activity in Central America. Dozens of burial sites, ceramics, statues, and settlements continue to be found on the volcanic island.
The surrounding freshwater lake is one of the few places in the world hosting freshwater sharks, and the peculiar sawfish also graces its waters.
Ometepe joins the Bosawas and San Juan River as the third World Biosphere Reserve in Nicaragua.
Published on 03/06/2010 3:44 pm.
Tags: conservation, Lake Nicaragua, Ometepe, UNESCO, World Biosphere Reserve
Originally published at ML.com
When asking about my travels in the Amazon, many people ask me about the sheer innocence of the place, a jungle, an uninhabited wildness. I didn’t venture very far into the jungle – just to the end of the road, literally. But I saw Quichua people developing artificial fisheries and farming land for yuca and plantain. I even helped clear land for a new schoolhouse.
Still, critics will counter, there may be places in the Amazon where no man has set foot. This may be true, but they are few and far between: well over 20 million people live in the Amazon.
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Published on 03/06/2010 3:43 pm.
Tags: amazon, innocent natives, jungle, virgin forest
Nicaragua’s Blue Power & Energy was given a 30-year license for renewable wind energy by The Nicaraguan Ministry of Energy and Mines. The initial project will be a 22-turbine wind farm in the southwest of Nicaragua that could produce 39.6 megawatts of electricity. Plans are in the works to up that value to 100 megawatts in the coming years.
Coming from personal experience, I can tell you that Nicaragua is a very windy place! At El Vesubio Farms, we are working to implement alternative energy solutions to power our farm.
Published on 03/06/2010 2:51 pm.
Tags: alternative energy, Blue Power & Energy, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Nicaragua, wind energy
Published on 30/05/2010 10:01 pm.
Tags: oil, travel
