Sentences with phrase «covered by rainforests»

Even you will find thousands of limestone towering islands covered by rainforests.

Just a 45 minute boat trip from Cairns, this beautiful island is covered by rainforest and surrounded by coral reef.

Rockfaces are covered by rainforest, with crystal clear waterfalls tumbling down them hundreds of metres.

From here you'll discover that much of the land is covered by rainforest and palm forests (the kentia palm is indigenous and exports of its seeds are a major industry), with grasses in the lower regions.

Nearly half of Belize's mainland is covered by rainforest, a highly dense ecosystem that serves as the «lungs» of the planet.

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The assessment will be conducted by the Rainforest Alliance and will cover ten of Musim Mas Group's Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certified mills in Indonesia.

Issues arising under the Rainforest Alliance's equal employment opportunity policy, including the policy against harassment, employee benefit policies and issues generally handled by individuals responsible for the Rainforest Alliance's personnel practices and procedures are not covered by this policy.

The Central Africa Forest Initiative (CAFI) aims at fighting against deforestation by protecting the Congo Basin forest cover, the second largest tropical rainforest in the world.

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How the island continent's wooded margins came to be dominated by one unique type of tree growing in a variety of forms — the eucalypt, where once the continent was covered in a dense rainforest.

A mountainous landscape covered by tropical rainforest and plenty of hidden waterfalls to explore.

From palm filled valleys which feature unspoiled streams and waterfalls to mist covered highlands cooled by rainforest air and dominated by Antarctic Beech trees.

With over 50 percent of our jewel covered by dense jungle and 80 percent of its rainforest remaining under protection, Belize has the most accessible jungle in the Western Hemisphere.

Awarded UNESCO World Heritage site status in 1984, approximately seventy percent of Chitwan National Park's area is covered by subtropical rainforest whilst most of the rest is lush grassland.

Half of Belize is covered by dense rainforest, and eighty percent of its rainforest remains under government protection, much of it unexplored.

Korora Bay just north of Coffs Harbour is one of Australia's most spectacular pieces of coastline with its headland covered by coastal rainforest.

Molle Islands National Park covers a picturesque cluster of islands in the heart of the Whitsundays with white sandy beaches and pockets of rainforest, encircled by the aqua waters of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Covered by a 17,000 - hectare rainforest, Basse - Terre is dominated by the imposing silhouette of La Soufriere Volcano, which rises at 4,813 feet.

Bordered by the Sulu Sea to the east and by the South China Sea to the west, the city is surrounded by mountains covered in rainforests that offer challenging hiking opportunities.

Before I went to Khao Lak I spent a few days exploring the capital province of Phang Nga of the same name, about 60 km east of Khao Lak and 1 - 2 hours by motorcycle, depending on how fast you cruise along the scenic road leading up and down hills covered with rainforest, plenty of limestone hills all around and a couple of restaurants with fine views over tea plantations.

Villa Escondida boasts 2,060 square feet (195 m2) of indoor and outdoor living area surrounded by lush gardens, an incredible lagoon pool with a 360 - degree Infinity Jacuzzi and waterfall, two sun terraces, three covered loggias and a spectacular view of the Arenal Volcano rising from the lush rainforest.

Ellis Beach is situated halfway between Cairns and Port Douglas, in beautiful gardens and on the loveliest beach in Tropical North Queensland, surrounded by rainforest covered mountains.

The Cradle Mountain Huts Walk by Tasmanian Walking Company offers a 65 kilometre (40 mile), six - day walk in which you'll wander through ancient rainforests, alpine meadows and button grass plains once covered by glaciers.

As well as this cultural beauty you can also enjoy the incredible physical beauty of the north east coast of Bali which offers all of the Balinese themes of countryside from towering volcanoes and mountains covered with rainforest and jungle down across the hills where memorizing patterns are carved into the landscape by the rice paddies and then coconut groves and other plantations lead up to the black and white sand beaches where there is crystal clear water which is flat over the coral reefs which are home to all kinds of unreal wildlife.

The island stretches approximately 5 km from end to end, with almost 60 % covered by dense, lush, tropical rainforest with a variety of forest types and multitude of rivers that make up a complex system of tributaries running down to the island's shoreline.

Gaya Island Resort is located on Pulau Gaya, the largest of a cluster of five islands that form the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, a natural conservation area off the coast of Borneo, close to Kota Kinabalu.Gaya Island Resort has a unique setting: the land is fringed with a golden sandy beach, rocky coastal outcrops, and surrounded by coral reefs.The hilly island landscape is covered with lush tropical rainforest and an abundance of flora and fauna.And to complete this perfect setting, visible in the distance, is the stunning outline of Mount Kinabalu.The guest villa exterior respects Sabahan architecture, uses local materials and blends harmoniously with the natural environment.

They can vary from a rainforest in the middle of a thunderstorm, to a desert plagued by giant worms, and even a track that was broken off into onto a plant that was covered in water.

The permits now cover 40 percent of Liberia's rainforests, and by far the largest holder of these permits is Atlantic Resources.

Whether it's the destruction of rainforest shared by elephants and orangutans in Sumatra to produce palm oil; reports linking fast food giants to the burning of tropical forests in Brazil and Bolivia; or the hundreds of thousands of hectares of tree cover loss per year in West Africa — the world's forests are being razed to sate global demand for -LSB-...]

That's almost twice as much land as covered by the remaining Amazon rainforest.

Scientists «exclude [d] rainfall from a 100 - meter - by -100-meter (1 hectare) plot of rainforest» by covering the ground with plastic sheet gutters.

The tram that allows you to do this was built by the company Rainforest Adventures and is located in a private park in the Atlantic side of Costa Rica (about 50 minutes away from San Jose), covering a 475 - hectare (1,200 - acre) area.