Sentences with phrase «lowland forests»

Lowland forests have historically been first targeted by loggers before being converted for agriculture.

Using a combination of science, community engagement and sheer determination, ethnobotanist Cox and Village Chief Senio raised the funds needed to both build the school and protect one of the last remaining lowland forests in Polynesia.

Lowland forests in the Amazon have annual average rainfall of 2,400 mm (94 inches), it said.

Changes in plant community composition lag behind climate warming in lowland forests.

«Our study suggests... [the] initiative will not significantly reduce deforestation in northern Sumatra and will have little impact on orangutan conservation,» David Gaveau of the University of Kent, UK, and the Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia Program told environmentalresearchweb, «because firstly a large amount of forest inside the proposed REDD project area is protected de facto by being inaccessible; and secondly much of northern Sumatra's lowland forests will remain outside of REDD and will be exposed to the combined expansion of high - revenue oil palm plantations and road networks.»

«These predicted losses of orangutans would largely arise from extensive losses (56 %) of forest cover in lowland forests (< 500 >

«A national / provincial approach would include all remaining forest landscapes in a REDD scheme, including highly threatened lowland forests, prime habitats for primates and other species, and also huge carbon stores,» said Gaveau.

Lake Crescent is surrounded by a variety of both self - guided and guided hiking trails, some of which meander through the lowland forests and creeks, while others involved a bit of climbing.

Beyond the reception area, an extremely inviting infinity pool that looks out over the bay and beyond, to the lowland forests of the West Bali National Park.

Cusco is located in the Andean mountain range of southern Peru and because of this experiences a cooler climate than the lowland forests to its north and east.

The Palawan Bearcat inhabits thick vegetation in the lowland forests of Palawan.

The medium - sized bird, found in lowland forests in the Amazon basin in South America, has one brood per year and mainly feeds on insects.

Sago palm is commonly found in tropical lowland forests and freshwater swamps.

«The ecosystem is recovering but has not reached its original state, because in undisturbed tropical lowland forests the species richness is estimated at more than 200 species per hectare.

24 % and 29 %: mammal and bird species likely to go extinct in lowland forests of Sundaland in South - East Asia in coming decades if forest loss continues at the present rate

An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University of Göttingen, the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig and Bogor Agricultural University in Indonesia has now performed a complete and multidisciplinary assessment of all ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations as compared to lowland forests.

Large areas of tropical lowland forests have been replaced by oil palm plantations, with major impact on environment and people.

Unlike arabica coffee, which can (and is, in much of Mexico) grown as an agroforestry crop under mixed shade, robusta is grown in the sun and will require the clearing of valuable lowland forests, no doubt substantial amounts of fertilizer and pesticides, and cause collateral environmental damage.

The site features 38 - acres of restored prairie, lowland forest and wetlands through which several hiking trails intersect.

To overcome this obstacle, we compiled and standardized species - level data on more than half a million trees in 1170 plots sampling all major lowland forest types to explore patterns of commonness, rarity, and richness.

The study found that tiger densities are 47 percent higher in primary versus degraded (logged) forests and that extensive clearing of pristine lowland forest has disproportionately reduced tiger numbers.

Krabi is well - known for areas of outstanding natural beauty and one place that should make your must - see list is the Emerald Pond (aka Crystal Lagoon) in the Thung Teao Forest Natural Park, an unusual lowland forest rich in bio-diversity, complete with a nature trail and a crystal lagoon.

It's a lowland forest rich in bio-diversity, complete with a nature trail.

On foot you'll find that rainforest meets reef at Cape Tribulation, where you can easily lose hours walking through tropical lowland forest or along stretches of white sand.

It is 230 metres above sea level and being on the periphery of the Mountain Pine Ridge it lies between a lowland forest environment and the highlands.

Located on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica, Corcovado National Park represents the largest remaining tract of lowland forest on the Pacific Coast of Central America, making it one of the most important protected areas in all of Central America.

A beautiful hike of 2.5 Km of 50 minutes takes you from the edge of Puerto Ayora through dry lowland forest until arrival at the pristine white sand beach.

Krabi is well - known for areas of outstanding natural beauty and one place that should make your must - see list is the Emerald Pool in the Thung Teao Forest Natural Park, an unusual lowland forest rich in bio-diversity, complete with a nature trail and a crystal pond.

Costa Rica's Corcovado National Park Join us on our next special Corcovado Tour to Sirena Station Located on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica, Corcovado National Park represents the largest remaining tract of lowland forest on the Pacific Coast of Central...

With habitats ranging from montane forest and cloud forest to lowland forest, this region features green slopes, cliffs, rivers, waterfalls and moderate vegetation and the towns of Chulumani and Coroico.

Acacia logs awaiting transport in Indonesia, where much lowland forest has been lost to logging.

By 2005, the country faces the loss of all lowland forest from Sumatra, and thus the extinction of the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan, among many other species.

Half of the lowland forest is currently gone and that could increase to two - thirds in just ten years.

Most of the lowland forest lies outside protected areas and is already concessioned for logging by companies.»

A section of the landscape is protected in Bukit Tigapuluh National Park, but most of this consists of upland forest, which while threatened, is less endangered than lowland forest.

Not exact matches

Even watersheds important to the lowland water supply were completely shorn of their protective forests.

These include an array of endangered wildlife, such as lowland and mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, drill, bonobos, and forest elephants.

Located in Bolivia's eastern lowlands, the concession covers an area the size of Rhode Island and its forests provide habitat to tapirs, giant otters, and pumas.

A diverse, lowland tropical forest in the Panama Canal.

The Lecanorchis tabugawaensis hosted by the fungi that live in this ecosystem is further proof of the importance of Yakushima's lowland laurel forests.

Field biologist Emma Stokes was working for the Wildlife Conservation Society in the forests of northern Congo in 2008 when she and her team announced the discovery of 125,000 western lowland gorillas, doubling the known number of that species.

A Japanese photographer has discovered a new mycoheterotoph in the lowland laurel forests of Yakushima and named it Lecanorchis tabugawaensis.

The presence of the Sciaphila yakushimensis, a parasitic species that relies on fungal hosts, is also evidence that a hidden network of symbiotic relationships between fungi and roots (mycorrhizae) exists in the lowland primeval forests of Yakushima.

The discovery of the Sciaphila yakushimensis, nurtured by the fungi and the nutrient - rich forests in which it grows, should make us reaffirm the value of Yakushima's lowland primeval forests.»

However, when most people think of Yakushima, their attention is first drawn by the Jomon cedars 500 meters above sea level, and the value of the lowland laurel forests is not widely known.

«New plant species discovered on Yakushima: Time for a closer look at the island's lowland primeval forests.»

Białowieża is the best - preserved remnant of old - growth forest that once spanned lowland Europe.

The expansive lowlands are largely malaria - free, but as the rice paddies give way to hills and then mountains, the risk rises, and malaria holds sway in the shrinking forest fringe where the mosquito vectors thrive.

Together the lowland Amazonian and sub-montane forests offer about 30 million hectares for potential new protected forest areas, which may be able to store close to 3 billion metric tons of carbon.

They range from steamy lowland jungles, swamps, and floodplains to cloud forests, alpine grasslands, and glaciers capping mountains more than 16,000 feet high.