Flame Of The Forest ~ Krishnachura ~ Gulmohar ~ Peacock Flower. The brilliance of the Krishnachura petals on the dark earth, scattered after a light rain storm, were beautiful in comparison to the ugly gaping hole that they have dug into the “lake” of the park. “Beautification” in progress, I hear. Guess we can soon [...]
Tag Archive 'Destruction'
Shame
Posted in Destruction, nature on May 23rd, 2010
Adventurers / Photographers / Bloggers / Naturalists – ALEX and OLIVER write about the shameful finning of a beautiful Whale Shark. Read the story, look at the pictures and then try imagining a bowl of shark fin soup [and if you throw-up, that's just fine]. Pic used from Shayu Productions blog
Jhau [Tamarisk] trees felled in Teknaf – Google News
Posted in Bangladesh, Destruction, tree on Sep 17th, 2009
 Jhau trees felled Teknaf – Google News 30,000 of them! What a shame.
A tiny wild-life “sanctuary” in the City
Posted in Bangladesh, Bird, Destruction, Dhaka, dragonfly, Fish, Magpie Robin, nature, rain, Wagtail on Sep 19th, 2008
A beautiful home where our friends used to live, now torn down by the property-owners to make way for yet another condo, is the lot next to ours. After the house was pulled-down, the lovely trees all chopped-down, and the ground dug up to start the new foundation, the rain water has stagnated and little [...]
Here today gone tomorrow
Posted in Destruction, Jacaranda, Tree of the Week on Jan 6th, 2008
A massive, beautiful, old Jacaranda standing tall in the garden of a bungalow style house in Gulshan Dhaka – was chopped-down without any mercy, to make way for an apartment block. Jacaranda mimosifolia is already a vulnerable tree species here – along with the Gulmohor [Flame Of The Forest / Royal Poinciana] – most trees being being [...]