Available data demonstrate that organic management of rice
paddy fields provides optimal foraging areas for birds and is beneficial to many endangered species of birds, such as the cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis), little egret (Egretta garzetta), grey heron (Ardea cinerea), purple heron (Ardea purpurea), purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides), black - winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) and many others.
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During the flooding period, the network of irrigation canals and the organic
paddy fields close to lagoons become a crucial link between marine and river environments, and
provide an important habitat for many species of fish and amphibians, such as damnbusia (Gambusia holbrooki), carp (Cyprinus carpio), fartet (Lebias ibera - an endemic fish of the western Mediterranean Sea), coruna frog (Rana perezi), and others.
Noting the ease with which labouring women squat and give birth in the
paddy fields, compared with the painful and laborious experience of many Western women in childbirth, she concluded that the stressful, sedentary modern lifestyle and sugary diet
provide clues to the problem and that preparation, inside and out, was the key.
The rice terraces are flooded from September to March, [and] the evaporation from these
paddies provides a cool and pleasant climate for local residents while the
fields provide a spectacular view for travelers.»
Some species of Anabaena, which can be found worldwide, have been successfully used to
provide nitrogen to rice crops in flooded
paddy fields.
Or maybe you just want to enjoy the cool morning sunshine villa in the area surrounded by
paddy fields when you do yoga or meditation which is a routine activity of this villa
provided.
Local bicycle tours can take visitors amidst
paddy fields and rural villages and Southeast Asia's greatest lake, Tonle Sap, also
provides opportunities to visit some of the fishing villages scattered around the lakeshore or take a trip to the bird sanctuary.
Additionally, a huge elevated pavilion above the guest suites overlooks the pool and
provides spectacular views of terraced
paddy fields surrounding the house.