Nicola Peel

THIS IS WHAT BIODIVERSITY LOOKS LIKE!

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We often think of the Amazon as being super diverse but after being locked down in the Choco cloud forest I discovered it is these hidden gems that contain even more biodiversity. This is a stunning photographic journey of the Los Cedros Reserve , home to numerous critically endangered species, bears, mammals, felines and still largely unstudied with species still yet to be identified. Over 400 kinds of orchids and 800 species of moths, 300 kinds of birds and incalculable fungi. Biodiversity has become a buzz word, but this presentation is designed to show you what it actually looks like and why it is so vital we protect these last arks of life. I will also discuss the ground-breaking Rights of Nature case where I spoke at the constitutional court of Ecuador on how we economically valued the reserve.

“Nicola’s presentation took us to places we had heard about, but had not always felt part of ….Nicola’s warm, factual, articulate description, illustrated so well by photographs, left a message of hope – hope for the future by communicating, supporting, modelling what already works well and last, but not least, Nicola left us valuing the importance of aspiring to nature’s solutions. Nicola is an inspiration herself.”

Jan Marsden – West Sussex Federation of Women’s Institutes

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