Sentences with phrase «ecological treasure»

Meanwhile, encroaching farms and settlements have cut and burned through the lush jungle, invading it with roads and threatening to choke off what is one of the great ecological treasures of our world.

Enjoy a hike through the hills of the Blue Mountain and tour the coffee plantations, climb the lagoons and waterfalls of Dunn's River, explore the island's ecological treasures from limestone cave labyrinths and gushing waterfalls to mineral springs with curative powers or perhaps a round of golf on one of the island's world championship golf courses is your cup of «tee».

It is a remarkable ecological treasure evolved from sand washed north from the river systems of New South Wales over millions of years.

Mayan mysteries Playa del Carmen is also an ideal base for exploring the Mayan ruins and ecological treasures of the Yucatan.

«As the proud Representative of the Adirondacks, we rely on the important work being done by the EPA to protect our nation's ecological treasures, and I urge Administrator Pruitt to maintain the highest scientific standards at this important agency.»

Rafe Brown, curator - in - charge of the herpetology division at the University of Kansas» Biodiversity Institute, has devoted years to cataloging and conserving the biodiversity of the Philippines, a nation he views as an ecological treasure house.

Jayne Belnap of the U.S. Geological Survey is the world's foremost expert on biological crusts and has issued a clarion call that we should stop treating this ecological treasure like dirt.

This paradox not only applies to the circumstance in which some ecological treasure gains value as it becomes rarer but to the inverse case as well, in that something endangered will lose value as it creeps back from the edge of extinction.

Resting in the Caribbean Sea just off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula and Cancun, Cozumel welcomes visitors with lush jungles, shimmering lagoons, ecological treasures and mysterious cenotes.

The flourishing ocean life is an ecological treasure, and one of the main draws to the archipelago.

The area is an ecological treasure trove, and you can go on zip - line adventures through the jungle at a number of nearby parks.

Home of the jaguar, tapir, spider and howler monkeys, hundreds of species of birds and thousands of different trees and plants, many with healing properties, the Great Mayan Jungle that covers wide swathes of the Yucatan Peninsula, Chiapas and northern Guatemala and Belize is an ecological treasure house, widely regarded as one of the world's biodiversity hotspots and an important green lung.

It is one of the most remote and biodiverse regions on the planet, with a cultural and ecological treasure - trove typically reserved only for those hardy and adventurous enough to unlock it.

The Indiana - sized, largely wild and undeveloped territory is globally regarded as an ecological treasure.

Our nation's oceans, waves and beaches are vital to recreational, economic and ecological treasures that would be polluted by an increase in offshore oil drilling.

Known as the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska, the expanse of public land is globally regarded as an ecological treasure, providing a nursery for migratory birds from every continent and free range for iconic species such as grizzly bears, musk oxen.

«By preserving a stable funding source for the Environmental Protection Fund and guaranteeing added revenues for land protection — in part through negotiations to expand the Bottle Bill — Governor Paterson, Senate Majority Leader Smith and Assembly Speaker Silver have bolstered the state's commitment to helping us conserve 65,000 acres of the Hudson Valley's most majestic landscapes, ecological treasures and working farms.

Scientists on an expedition to Jarvis Island found that one of the world's ecological treasures is now ghostly and barren.

Our ocean, waves and beaches are vital recreational, economic and ecological treasures that are put at risk by offshore oil drilling.

The result is devastating: We lose an ecological treasure and critical habitat for endangered species, as well as the world's largest «carbon sink.»