Sentences with phrase «indigenous plants and animals»

• Focus on providing environmental maintenance for local indigenous plants and animals to coexist with community golf course habitat.

Everything in our world that isn't rocks, dirt, or indigenous plants and animals was created as a result of energy expenditure by man — the vast majority of that, via fossil fuels.

We stop to see many different indigenous plants and animals along the way.

On the resort's second private island, Bailey's Key, trained naturalist host dolphin encounters, and lead tours that showcase the island's indigenous plants and animals.

In the company of a local Naturalist, you'll encounter indigenous plants and animals found only in the Galápagos Islands, such as giant tortoises, Galápagos fur sea lions, and marine iguanas — just to name a few.

Here, kids ages three to twelve can enjoy crafts and activities that immerse them in the Southwestern experience, such as making Indian headbands and pinch pots; hearing tales told by cowboy storytellers; learning about local culture, geography and indigenous plants and animals; or splashing around in the Water Playground.

A boat tour of The Sea Pines Forest Preserve gives you a close - up view of Hilton Head's indigenous plant and animal life, including the American Alligator.

This 600 - acre preserve features some of Hilton Head's many indigenous plants and animal species, including the American alligator.

Not exact matches

Story and Photos by Dave DeWitt When the first Spanish explorers ventured north from Mexico City in the sixteenth century and wandered into what is now the Southwest, they discovered that the indigenous Native Americans made excellent use of nearly every edible animal and plant substance imaginable.

Moreover, some Indigenous people rely on harvesting wild plants and animals, and irrigating crops threatens that (Biological Conservation, doi.org/tj2).

Visitors will want to begin by clicking on the interactive map of the South Rim and explore scenic overlooks, historic places and people, animals such as the bald eagle, mountain lion, and ringtail, and indigenous plants such as the beavertail cactus and cottonwood trees.

Birdlife and indigenous animals can all be seen here, and the plant life is ancient and little changed over many millennia.

El Yunque hosts a number of unique plant and animal species such as the endangered Puerto Rican parrot and the tiny coquis, an indigenous tree frog.

Guided Eco Tour exploring the Mayan jungle including 16 natural cenotes, indigenous animals and exotic plants.

Anamuya Mountain, while home to many indigenous species of plants and animals, is also home to the Dominican Republic's longest zipline!

The national park covers 18 % of the island and is home to some unique plant and animal species which can only be found on Aruba, including various indigenous reptiles and the Aruban Burrowing Owl.

The national park covers 18 % of the island and is home to some unique plant and animal species which can only be found on Aruba, including various indigenous reptiles and the

our day winding through the Northern River where we encounter a rich variety of plants and indigenous animals.

Indigenous trees and plants were introduced to maintain a natural environment that supports an abundance of bird and animal life.The Inn is ideal for both business and leisure travel to East London.

On this exciting semi-circumnavigation cruise of Sumatra and Java, encounter rare animals and plants, hike into the jungle spotting orangutans, climb an active volcano, meet indigenous groups, and sample local food.

Philosopher and ethnobotanist Terrence McKenna believed that the boundaries between machines, animals, plants, biotechnology, and art were becoming more fluid and would lead to a transformation of human consciousness, and he traveled to the Amazon in search of transformative experience, which he found through indigenous shamanism and the psychoactive plant «ayahuasca».

The state's 19 million humans have to share a warm, wet ecosystem with a mashup of rebounding indigenous creatures like alligators and introduced animals and plants, with 37 species of reptile alone now considered established, with names reflecting Florida's ecological globalization: Nile monitor lizard, African redhead agama, Burmese python.

And if those limits lie somewhere beyond the point where large portions of the earth become uninhabitable, or agriculturally useless, or lose their indigenous animal and plant species, that's all OK, because there's a «natural limit» to the damage we can And if those limits lie somewhere beyond the point where large portions of the earth become uninhabitable, or agriculturally useless, or lose their indigenous animal and plant species, that's all OK, because there's a «natural limit» to the damage we can and plant species, that's all OK, because there's a «natural limit» to the damage we can do?

Preserving tropical forests helps protect the millions of plant and animal species — many of which have been invaluable to human medicine — that are indigenous to tropical forests and in danger of extinction.

The impacts associated with these changes are both positive and negative, and are most pronounced in relation to the migration patterns, health and range of animals and plants that indigenous groups depend on for their livelihood and cultural identity.

12: Indigenous Peoples).91, 101 Warming also releases human - caused pollutants, such as poleward - transported mercury and organic pesticides, from thawing permafrost and brings new diseases to Arctic plants and animals, including subsistence food species, posing new health challenges, especially to rural communities.165, 166 Positive health effects of warming include a longer growing season for gardening and agriculture.5, 167

He wrote a book concerning one of the most famous flattop plateaus, or tepui's, where the plants and animals on top had become separated from the rest of the world because of eroding land around it, and they evolved by themselves over time into indigenous species existing nowhere else.

the most advanced scientific research has concluded that changes in climate will gravely harm the health of indigenous peoples» traditional lands and waters and that many of plants and animals upon which they depend for survival will be threatened by the immediate impacts of climate change.

Additionally, the dietary health of [Indigenous] communities is predicted to suffer as the plants and animals that make up our traditional diets could be at risk of extinction through climate change.

Indigenous traditional knowledge generally means traditional practices and culture and the knowledge of plants and animals and of their methods of propagation.

Through IPAs, the Government supports Indigenous communities to manage their land for conservation in line with international guidelines, so that its plants, animals and cultural sites are protected for the benefit of all Australians.

Indigenous peoples have the right to their traditional medicines and to maintain their health practices, including the conservation of their vital medicinal plants, animals and minerals.