The Challenge of Alternative Fuels

At the 31st Captains' Forum held at the Yacht Club de Monaco, the focus was on which available or developing technologies and fuels could realistically be implemented as "future energy sources on board ships and yachts." From wind and solar power to batteries, HVO, methanol, and hydrogen, discussions quickly ruled out the idea of a single solution. A total of 128 captains participated.

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Proboscis Monkey

A unique and special inhabitant of the mangroves, rainforests and riverbanks of Brunei is undoubtedly the proboscis monkey, a species endemic to the island of Borneo.

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An encounter with sharks

A few weeks ago, several of us friends were invited by Alfredo Chedraui to carry out a diving expedition to the island of Nassau, in the Bahamas, with the aim of diving with the sharks that live in those waters, most of them are of the species known as reef gray.

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Last attempt to save the Sumatran Rhino

In what may possibly be the last attempt by conservationists to prevent the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros from going extinct researchers have recommended that the small population left is consolidated, given strong protection, and that the percentage of breeding females remaining be determined.

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