Sentences with phrase «of endangered rainforest»

New York City has recently come under fire from rainforest advocates, and rightfully so: The City is the country's number one buyer of endangered rainforest wood.
If the project is properly - structured, you're helping a specific community save a specific patch of endangered rainforest — and in a way that often helps them build schools, fund healthcare, and develop sustainable sources of income for the future.
APH is also a carbon balanced company and has, through the World Land Trust, helped purchase more than 1,000 acres of endangered rainforest.
APH is also a carbon balanced company and has, through support of the World Land Trust, helped purchase more than 1,000 acres of endangered rainforest.
In addition, fuel from the world's limited supply of coconuts could drive up the price of the cooking oil as well as lead to further clearing of endangered rainforests in Southeast Asia for palm plantation expansion.

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It was once widespread across the continent, but today its range has shrunk to the threatened rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo in Southeast Asia, where they are critically endangered.
The endangered apes depend on a diet of ripe fruit, but the rainforest's supply can suddenly plummet, forcing them to survive sometimes months at a time without adequate food.
For years, the Lukuru Foundation's TL2 Project team members have been surveying the rainforests for the presence of DRC's endemic and endangered species, and discovering diverse fauna including the Dryas monkey.
«The discovery of Shell indicates a clear path toward more intensive use of already planted lands, and thus should lessen pressures to expand the land area devoted to oil palm, notably onto endangered rainforest land — a major concern for the environment and a rallying point for activists in recent years,» says Robert A. Martienssen, Ph.D., scientific co-founder of Orion Genomics, who is also a professor of plant genetics at CSHL.
But in many places, these plantations are taking over rainforests, the natural habitat of endangered species such as orangutans.
The most endangered tribe in the world live deep in the Amazon rainforest, they are an ancient group of around 400 who carry everything they own; t...
Topic: Endangered Animals and Rainforests around the World 6 Lessons (6 - 8 hours of learning) Suitable for 7 - 11 years Learning Intentions covered: To explain why some animals are in danger To locate and describe rainforests To explain the importance of a rainforest To explain the consequences of human actions To identify rainforest animals that are in danger To describe features of rainforest animals To explain «how» rainforests are being destroyed To understand that destruction of the rainforests is bad for animals and people To persuade somebody to stop destroying the rainforest To describe rainforest animals To identify skills people have in a rainforest To describe our differences and how they can enhance each other To measure humans and animals Resources alsRainforests around the World 6 Lessons (6 - 8 hours of learning) Suitable for 7 - 11 years Learning Intentions covered: To explain why some animals are in danger To locate and describe rainforests To explain the importance of a rainforest To explain the consequences of human actions To identify rainforest animals that are in danger To describe features of rainforest animals To explain «how» rainforests are being destroyed To understand that destruction of the rainforests is bad for animals and people To persuade somebody to stop destroying the rainforest To describe rainforest animals To identify skills people have in a rainforest To describe our differences and how they can enhance each other To measure humans and animals Resources alsrainforests To explain the importance of a rainforest To explain the consequences of human actions To identify rainforest animals that are in danger To describe features of rainforest animals To explain «how» rainforests are being destroyed To understand that destruction of the rainforests is bad for animals and people To persuade somebody to stop destroying the rainforest To describe rainforest animals To identify skills people have in a rainforest To describe our differences and how they can enhance each other To measure humans and animals Resources alsrainforests are being destroyed To understand that destruction of the rainforests is bad for animals and people To persuade somebody to stop destroying the rainforest To describe rainforest animals To identify skills people have in a rainforest To describe our differences and how they can enhance each other To measure humans and animals Resources alsrainforests is bad for animals and people To persuade somebody to stop destroying the rainforest To describe rainforest animals To identify skills people have in a rainforest To describe our differences and how they can enhance each other To measure humans and animals Resources also attached!
The most endangered tribe in the world live deep in the Amazon rainforest, they are an ancient group of around 400 who carry everything they own; their children, their weapons and their pets.
There is no more unique landscape on earth in which to discover exotic wildlife as you explore the rainforests, nature reserves and national parks in search of the many species of endangered lemur.
Caravan's fully guided Costa Rica tour includes two low impact rainforest canopy aerial tram rides that bring you up close and face to face with many of the canopy's indigenous wildlife species including the endangered Central American squirrel monkey plus mantle howler monkeys, capuchins, and the Geoffroy spider monkey, another endangered species.
Having reached the broad flat coastal plain the rivers, home to important breeding populations of the endangered American Crocodile, meander through the lowland rainforest, itself home to troupes of Black Howler Monkeys and a myriad of exotic tropical birds.
The West Bali National Park, established in 1941, covers 77,000 hectares of wooded slopes, savannah, rainforest, monsoon forest, mangrove swamp and coastal flats, and is the only remaining natural habitat of the endangered jalak putih,...
The tropical rainforest is home to the most diverse range of plants and animals on earth, including the rare tree - dwelling kangaroo and the endangered cassowary.
You'll discover an amazing world of nature trails, waterfalls, scenic views and the sub-tropical rainforest habitat of Puerto Rico's endangered wildlife.
The plentiful rainforest landscape at Corcovado National Park is home to some of Costa Rica's most fascinating wildlife including the endangered tapir, the rare harpy eagle, the American crocodile, the spider monkey, the two - toed and the three - toed sloth and the rarely seen feline species of puma, jaguar and ocelots.
Hinchinbrook IslandOpens external site in a new window to the north of the region is a pristine natural playground bursting with ancient rainforest, isolated beaches and many endangered animal species.
The rainforest is also home to many endangered animals, over 12,000 types of insects and an array of wildlife unique to the region including the Lumholtz Tree Kangaroo and the cassowary.
«Once Mr. Harvey has finished hosting the International Costa Maya festival in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, he can explore and experience some of the world's best scuba diving off the coast of the Placencia Peninsula or visit the world - renowned Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary which is home to over 150 square miles of tropical rainforest that preserve some of the last endangered jungle jaguars in Central America,» said France.
Orangutans are endangered because their habitat — the rainforests of Indonesia — is being destroyed to make way for palm oil plantations.
WWF said its survey of certifiers and certification schemes shows that none apply to «the most controversial operations» of APP's suppliers: clearing of rainforests and peatlands that are home to endangered tigers, elephants, and orangutans.
19 July 2013 Amigos de la Tierra México, the Mexican affiliate of Friends of the Earth, sent a ripple of confusion through the environmental community on Thursday when its Chiapas office posted an error - riddled story that implied the Mexican state had «cancelled» its plans to develop a statewide regulatory regime for generating carbon credits by saving endangered rainforest.
In the end, we all lose — because carbon finance is emerging as one of the most powerful tools for reducing greenhouse gasses in the near term and saving endangered rainforest in the long term.
«The IPCC made a prominent claim in its 2007 report, again citing the WWF as its authority, that climate change could endanger «up to 40 per cent» of the Amazon rainforest — as iconic to warmists as those Himalayan glaciers and polar bears.
The Tarkine includes wild and rugged coastline, habitat of the endangered Tasmanian devil, Australia's most extensive temperate rainforest and Aboriginal stone carvings.
As a result, the 1300 - strong Paiter - Surui last week became the first indigenous tribe in the Amazon and globally to earn carbon credits under internationally recognized standards for capturing carbon in trees — setting the stage for scores of similar projects that can unleash needed funding for indigenous people who preserve endangered tropical rainforest across the Amazon.
Commercial logging and farming expansion has made the Congo rainforest one of the world's most endangered ecosystems (Flickr / rizzr)
They did all of this in part by leveraging the forest conservation aspect of their Life Plan to earn carbon offsets using REDD, which pays them to save and manage endangered rainforest.
High - profile corporates like Disney and Microsoft have traditionally been among the leading buyers of carbon offsets that save endangered rainforest, but a new initiative is betting that these offsets — with their unique, compelling stories — will resonate with individuals as well.
These are the last remaining rainforests in Nigeria and are home to 2,400 native forest communities comprising 1.5 million people, the highest primate diversity on the planet — including the world's most endangered gorillas, and an estimated 20 percent of the world's butterfly species.
But when plantations and processing plants move in, they clear cut vast tracts of tropical rainforest, destroying critical habitat for endangered species and violating the rights of forest - dependent communities.
ADD to that the senseless destruction of «carbon - sequestering» trees, with the enormous loss of pristine rainforest threatening endangered animal species like the majestic Sumatran elephant...
That will one day make it a an ideal choice for carbon offset projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) by saving endangered rainforest, as well as REDD combined with sustainable forest management, conservation, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks (REDD +).
Crafted in Sri Lanka from certified - organic cotton, all - natural materials, and non-toxic, water - based dyes, each Planet Pixie dwells in a different endangered zone of the globe: the Arctic Ocean (Anyu the Ice Pixie), the Florida Everglades (Kayla the Marsh Pixie) and the Amazon Rainforest (Maia the Tree Pixie).
After three years of preparation and four years of development, the Tolo River community of Colombia in 2013 began earning carbon offsets for saving their endangered rainforest.
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