Sentences with phrase «of rainforest reserves»

«Accurate genotyping for enhanced oil yields will optimize and help stabilize the acreage devoted to oil palm plantations, providing an opportunity for the conservation of rainforest reserves,» Martienssen explains.

Set amongst tropical gardens and a backdrop of rainforest reserve it's hard to remember you are in the heart of Byron Bay and only walking distance to some of the world's most beautiful beaches and surf breaks.

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The company, which manages nearly 300,000 acres (119,200 ha) in the Amazonian forest reserve of Bajo Paragua, has been certified by the Rainforest Alliance to Forest Stewardship Council standards since 1999.

The joint initiative, called the Rainforest Alliance - Olam Partnership for Livelihoods & Landscapes in Western Ghana, aims to conserve the cocoa forest landscape and sustain the agricultural livelihoods of communities around the Sui River, Suhuma, Tano Ehuro and Santomang Forest Reserves — a region where forests are particularly threatened by cooca production.

Thank you, Don Alfonso, for teaching me so much in just a short weekend, for sharing your passion, for being a loyal and longstanding Rainforest Alliance partner, and for giving me a few pounds of the founder's reserve to take home with me — I don't think it will sit on the shelf for long!

A 2015 study co-authored by the Rainforest Alliance established that the deforestation rate in the Forest Stewardship Council - certified community forestry concessions was nearly zero, as compared to an annual deforestation rate of 1.2 percent in the MBR overall and 5.5 percent in the reserve's buffer zones.

The reserve was established as a rainforest research center in 1996, with half of its land remaining untouched while the other half is set aside for sustainable logging, ecotourism and the production of crabwood oil from carapa seed by forest - dwelling communities.

On one page he is persuading Prince Philip (another hunter turned conservationist, whom he met while painting the duke's daughter) to become head of the World Wide Fund for Nature, on another he is lobbying the Sultan of Brunei to save his rainforests and bribing the Chinese to set up panda reserves.

The dense green canopy of the rainforest in eastern Peru and Ecuador hides substantial reserves of oil, and over the last 4 decades a web of wells and pipelines has spread through the forest.

Survey results (which included the canopy and not just the forest floor) will advance the understanding of this little - explored rainforest and contribute to its future nomination as a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) biosphere reserve.

Adventure in a class by itself.Set in a private nature reserve spread over 1,000 acres of Central America's last remaining lowland tropical rainforest in Costa Rica, Lapa Rios Ecolodge matches every one's idea of paradise.

Unspoiled nature, natural habitats, virgin rainforests, wildlife refuges, biological reserves, and volcanoes; these are some of the fantastic highlights of Caravan's Costa Rica adventure tours.

Amazingly, over 23 % of Costa Rica is now protected through nature wildlife preserves, biological reserves (to preserve the country's unique flora and fauna) and unbelievable National Parks, many with untouched virgin rainforests.

Corcovado National Park is a remote environmental reserve in Coast Rica with deserted beaches, waterfalls, pristine rainforest, and lots of wildlife.

With 270 hectares of protected rainforest on neighbouring Ulva Island, wildlife lovers and adventurers will not want to miss two of New Zealand's best - protected nature reserves.

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.

The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage area includes expansive rainforest reserves including Lamington National Park and Springbrook National Park.

Copa De Arbol Beach and Rainforest Resort is set on 70 acres of pristine rainforest reserve and it offers intimate eco-luxury lodging on the beach in the remote enclave of Drake Bay, CRainforest Resort is set on 70 acres of pristine rainforest reserve and it offers intimate eco-luxury lodging on the beach in the remote enclave of Drake Bay, Crainforest reserve and it offers intimate eco-luxury lodging on the beach in the remote enclave of Drake Bay, Costa Rica.

Situated amongst 70 acres of pristine rainforest reserve along the South Pacific coastline of Costa Rica, Copa De Arbol is a luxurious beachfront eco-resort.

then drive for about 1.5 hrs to the reserve of Tarrales, here you will go birding into a rainforest and cloud forest.

The route is the same travelers normally follow from the Kona direction when driving toward HAWAI`I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK and offers views of landscapes that run from mauka (mountains) to makai (ocean), including a rainforest reserve, well - vegetated volcanic terrain, sweeping vistas of the ocean as well as the volcanoes MAUNA LOA AND KILAUEA.

Enormous jungle reserves and a great variety of exotic wildlife can be found in the lush rainforest that still covers 75 % of the entire country.

The park has incredible biological diversity due to the existence within the reserve of 11 different habitats including rainforest, swamps, beaches and lagoons.

Accessible from a number of lodges in the Puerto Maldonado region, the reserve is home to some of the world's most bio diverse rainforest and Colpa Colorado, the world's largest macaw clay lick.

It is part of the large Rios Tropicales private reserve that protects 1,977 acres (800 hectares) of primary rainforest and pastureland being converted back to rainforest.

Russia is also known as the «lungs of Europe», due to having the world's largest forest reserves, absorbing more CO2 than the Amazon Rainforest.

Adventure in a class by itself.Set in a private nature reserve spread over 1,000 acres of Central America's last remaining lowland tropical rainforest in Costa Rica, Lapa Rios Ecolodge matches every one's idea of paradise.

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This protected nature reserve, close to the popular resort of Kololi, encompasses a swathe of coastal rainforest.

Set in a 300 - acre private natural reserve, this jungle hotel has two miles of river frontage and borders the Tapir Mountain Nature Reserve, a 6800 - acre rainforest sanctuary that is home to colorful toucans, hummingbirds, howler monkeys and jaguars.

The Holiday Park is within a 60ha reserve of rainforest remnants and eucalypt stands.

Our experienced, bilingual naturalist guide will point out interesting plants and wildlife in the vibrant primary and secondary rainforest of the El Silencio nature reserve that skirts the Arenal Volcano National Park.

These reserves, especially those in the Amazon Rainforest, contain an incredible diversity of wildlife.

Discover Costa Rica's largest network of naturally flowing thermal mineral springs in Arenal's largest and most beautiful private, rainforest reserve.

The Pacaya Samiria is Peru's largest national reserve and protects over one million hectares of flooded tropical rainforest.

Broken Head is a tiny settlement with just a handful of houses, one or two small resorts and a caravan park with a small shop, nestled into the thick rainforest of the nature reserve which surrounds it.

Our luxury hotel is set within 11 acres of private nature reserve, where the rainforest meets the Pacific Ocean.

The Lodge at Chaa Creek is a resort located on a private nature reserve of 365 acres where you can enjoy the unique setting of a rainforest along with unmatchable service and accommodations.

These group and family Costa Rica rainforest tour packages also include a guided tour of Tortuguero National Park plus many of Costa Rica's most famous attractions including beaches, volcanoes, rainforests, wildlife preserves and biological reserves.

With only eight cabanas on the 105 - acre Macal River reserve, guests can enjoy the intimate rainforest setting and the sights and sounds of the Belizean jungle.

Access to the entrance of the Manu Reserved Zone is normally by road from Cusco, a 2 day trip carrying you over the Andes at 4000m, past Inca ruins and down through cloud forest on the eastern side of the Andes into lush lowland rainforest.

Arrive in time for dinner at the unique lodge perched on a 58,000 - acre private rainforest reserve on the turquoise waters of the Caves Branch River.

Enjoy a fascinating stay at Yacuntinga in one of the last untouched private rainforest reserves in Argentina.

We are on 3 acres that backs onto a huge rainforest reserve so it's like we have hundreds of acres.»

In March a private equity firm took the unprecedented step of purchasing the rights to environmental services generated by a 371,000 - hectare rainforest reserve in Guyana.

(12/23/2009) On Monday, Brazil decreed nine new indigenous reserves covering 51,000 square kilometers (19,700 square miles) of the Amazon rainforest, an areas larger than Denmark or Switzerland, reports the AFP.

In the remote Peruvian Amazon, Julio Cusurichi secured a national reserve to protect both sensitive rainforest ecosystems and the rights of indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation from the devastating effects of logging and mining.

This venue is located in a private nature reserve over 1,000 acres of Costa Rica's lowland tropical rainforest, built with local natural materials, and equipped with locally made bamboo furniture.

At the Clinton Global Initiative this week, Ecuador pledged to forgo the development of the country's largest oil reserve in the Amazon basin's most diverse rainforest located below Yasuni National Park, also home to the Tagaeri - Taromenani indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation

TreeHugger also has a lot of background on the issue: Why the World Should Pay Ecuador to Keep its Oil in the Ground Ecuador Moves Forward with Plan to Not Drill the Amazon in Exchange of Funds Ecuador Rainforest Conservation Plan Would Leave 20 % of Oil Reserves Untapped