27 years after the Spectacled Bear was pronounced as declining, it still hangs on, although the looming threat is, not surprisingly, deforestation. Its range used to extend in patchy spots from Northern Argentina to Venezuela, but apparently has shrunk to Columbia, the coastal foothills of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, and the heart of the Andes in Venezuela.
Not sure what to do about all these species declining. Still looking out for career choices (augh, what a horrible term) that could help with that. However! I believe it is good to at least know
about these things.
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."~Mahatma Gandhi
"I'm neither an optimist nor a pessimist. I am a dyed-in-the-wool possibilist! By this, I mean with an eco-mind, we see that everything is connected and change is the only constant." ~ Frances Moore Lappe (Author of Diet For a Small Planet, which I have not yet read. New book- http://smallplanet.org/books/ecomind)
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." ~ Anne Frank
"I can't understand why people are afraid of new ideas. I'm afraid of the old ones." ~John Cage
"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day." ~ E. B. White
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