sarah's blog

The amount of land, in hectares, that Malaysia intends to cover with oil palm by 2010, more than double the current figure. (Countryfile magazine, December issue). Oil palm growth is now seen as the biggest threat to rainforest and peatland destruction in Southeast Asia.

Earlier this year my daughter and I took part in the RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch. Over a 2 day period the Great British Public were asked to count the largest number of each species of (garden) bird that they saw over the period of an hour. We went for the warmer option of the living room window, besides we seemed to be keeping them at bay when we ventured out!