Some RGS Swag

Jun 11

Hi Nature Nerds! This week Jen tells us about the plight of the earth's largest living organism, Pando! Megan then takes us through the life and adventures of Percy Fawcett and his final expedition in search of the Lost City of Z! Thanks to long time listener, Mel, for this suggestion!

Organization to Support: Amazon Watch

https://amazonwatch.org/

Amazon Watch is a nonprofit organization founded in 1996 to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with Indigenous and environmental organizations in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability and the preservation of the Amazon’s ecological systems.

References:

https://www.history.com/news/explorer-percy-fawcett-disappears-in-the-amazon

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Fawcett

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/the-lost-city-of-z-what-happened-to-percy-fawcett/

https://wagwalking.com/breed/double-nosed-andean-tiger-hound#:~:text=The%20Double%2DNosed%20Andean%20Tiger,as%20tigr%C3%A9s%20by%20the%20locals.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6940289.stm

https://www.historyhit.com/facts-about-field-marshal-douglas-haig/

https://www.historyhit.com/facts-about-percy-fawcett-and-the-lost-city-of-z/

https://www.adventure-journal.com/2016/08/what-the-hell-happened-to-the-man-who-mapped-the-amazon/

https://murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com/2010/02/death-of-percy-fawcett.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalapalo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertram_Fletcher_Robinson