***Viewer Discretion*** This episode of ‘On Track’ examines the cruelty and misery visited upon millions of animals every year by unscrupulous farmers who supply raw material for the international fur trade. Sadly, the campaigns are not working and the fur trade is booming on an unprecedented scale. Since this documentary was filmed, it has come to light the South Africa traders and consumers are contributing to these tragic activities in no small measure. PLEASE NOTE: This is sensitive viewing, which shows acts of extreme barbarism being perpetrated against animals. However, for those with fur coats previously unaware of the issues, this is the essential viewing material.
Originally, today’s Tsitsikamma National Park consisted of two individual nature reserves, one inland and the other located along South Africa’s coastline. In 1989, the two parks were united, thus a unique and successful combination of land, forest and water came into being. Dense forest covers vast sections of the nature reserve. Mighty 50 metre high yellowwood trees surround the park’s various walking trails including the most famous, spectacular and oldest hiking route in South Africa, the Otter Trail, that extends for more than 40 kilometres. While walking through the park, the sound of the roaring surf of the frequently stormy Indian Ocean is always within earshot. The nature reserve does not end at the coastline as it stretches 5 kilometres into the sea where it is possible to spot the occasional whale. Due to the fusion of the oldest national coastal park in South Africa to the nearby immense forests, a fantastic habitat of unique nature has been preserved for future generations.
Originally, today’s Tsitsikamma National Park consisted of two individual nature reserves, one inland and the other located along South Africa’s coastline. In 1989, the two parks were united, thus a unique and successful combination of land, forest and water came into being. Dense forest covers vast sections of the nature reserve. Mighty 50 metre high yellowwood trees surround the park’s various walking trails including the most famous, spectacular and oldest hiking route in South Africa, the Otter Trail, that extends for more than 40 kilometres. While walking through the park, the sound of the roaring surf of the frequently stormy Indian Ocean is always within earshot. The nature reserve does not end at the coastline as it stretches 5 kilometres into the sea where it is possible to spot the occasional whale. Due to the fusion of the oldest national coastal park in South Africa to the nearby immense forests, a fantastic habitat of unique nature has been preserved for future generations.
A short video following Mphatheleni, from Venda region in South Africa, as she visits indigenous communities along the Pirá Paraná River in the Colombian Amazon. Part 1 of a series of intercultural learning exchanges organized by Gaia, the African Biodiversity Network, and Gaia Amazonas.
Artsworld is in Liberia where the establishment of the countrys first post war art gallery is a sign of better things to come. We travel to Peru to get an insiders view of an ancient warrior dance and in Norway meet a woman whose friendship with a man on death row led to a unique collaboration. While in South Africa high fashion is turning up in unexpected places.
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