Venezuela is in crisis and an unfolding situation at a research station provides the latest example, much research has been done there and is at risk (including on climate change & the brown spider monkey, a critically endangered primate whose core forest habitat is within the forest):
https://news.mongabay.com/2018/05/crisis-in-venezuela-caparo-experimental-station-invaded-by-200-farmers/ - *The Caparo Forest Reserve in Barinas state, Venezuela, created in 1961, covers almost 175,000 hectares (432,000 acres). The Caparo Experimental Station, located within the reserve, encompasses 7,000 hectares (17,300 acres) and has been under the administration of the Universidad de Los Andes (ULA) since 1982 for scientific research and education.* Please share. See also from VZ recently at Mongabay: - Gold find prompts forest invasion by 3,000 miners, military raid <https://news.mongabay.com/2018/04/venezuelan-gold-strike-prompts-invasion-by-3000-miners-military-raid/> - Maduro seeks sell off of Venezuela’s natural resources to escape debt <https://news.mongabay.com/2018/01/maduro-seeks-sell-off-of-venezuela-natural-resources-to-escape-debt-analysis/> Thanks, Erik -- Commentator's Curse: my new magazine essay arguing for quieter sports experiences here <http://www.erikhoffner.com/commentators-curse-the-case-for-silence-in-televised-soccer>
