ECO Earth | Julie Anne Edwards

African Acacia, Tracking Rhinos & Pod Collecting Spurred an Interest in Trees!

By Julie-Anne Edwards, on July 14th, 2011%

photo copyright Rhino Girls Photo Library, 2011

Julie Anne cycling out of the Rift Valley, Central Tanzania, 1988

On safari is an opportunity to not only track the “Big Game”, but also observing different tree species and their ranges, unlike animals and birds, trees also have neiche habitats. In 1988, whilst riding my bicycle across Africa to “Save the Rhinos”, I noted the changes in terrain and vegetation types, I travelled through.

This is a preview of African Acacia, Tracking Rhinos & Pod Collecting Spurred an Interest in Trees!. Read the full post (573 words, 4 images, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)

Bushmen Rock Art – Eco Adventure Safaris

By Julie-Anne Edwards, on July 5th, 2011%

Bushmen painting at ‘White Rhino’ Shelter, Matopas National Park
Photo copyright julieannedwards.com 2011

This is a preview of Bushmen Rock Art – Eco Adventure Safaris. Read the full post (597 words, 2 images, estimated 2:23 mins reading time)

“In The Elephants Path”

By Julie-Anne Edwards, on July 4th, 2011%

“Silhouetted at sunset, a fine powdery dust formed a haze around their enormous bodies as the herd continued to walk through the dry thick ‘Jesse’ (combretum and acacia thickets). They ripped at branches; somehow the thorns didn’t penetrate their 2.5cm thick pachyderm skin. In a good season, their daily food intake is at least 200kgs of foliage, but now the harsh dryness of the valley had dried all the brush and in order to survive, other food and water sources had to be found. Life would be dependant on secretive perennial springs, an array of wild fruits and seed pods of native trees in the area which were at this time of the year now fruiting.

This is a preview of “In The Elephants Path”. Read the full post (502 words, 2 images, estimated 2:00 mins reading time)