I have set this blog up so people around the world may see what Hainan Island has to offer in terms of wildlife. I am heading to Hainan to work with Hainan Adventures, an outdoor education resort that organizes activities and excursions for school children. The company emphasizes the importance of respecting the environment and has in turn employed a "leave no trace" attitude. Interestingly, the company has close ties to the local turtle conservation project "Turtle 911" which rescues, researches and protects the visiting turtle species (green turtles and hawksbill turtles).

The island boasts tropical greenery as well as shallow coastal waters dotted with coral reefs, consequently the island boasts many interesting animal and plant species. During my time on Hainan I will try and document the wildlife, being a marine biologist graduate I will be focusing on the marine environment, although I will be making forays into the rainforest to observe life amongst the trees as well as within rivers.

I will be departing on 20/10/09 for eight months. This gives me a month from now to do some background reading on the animals I can expect to find on and around the Island. It is my understanding that human activity on the island is severe and I am expecting to find a fairly impoverished environment in terms of biodiversity in comparison to the state I could have found several hundred years ago. I will be observing the influence of human activities on the islands environment.

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