Sentences with phrase «rain forests with»

«we are threatening the culture of native peoples that live within the rain forests with contined rain forest destruction»

In addition to climate changes and animal extinction, we are threatening the culture of native peoples that live within the rain forests with continued rain forest destruction.

The Arenal Volcano National Park primarily consists of various rain forests with a wide variety of wildlife.

You will be able to dine and drink steps away from one of the world's most spectacular beaches, Playitas, surrounded by rain forests with white faced monkeys chattering next to baritone Howler monkeys bellowing and above, sloth lazing in the trees.

Mr. Boeddeker envisioned «a terrain of lush seaside golf courses and rainless rain forests with two hotels, more than 400 condominium units and a shopping center» on the 35,000 acres.

We drove up and down the mountains and through the clouds at times, into incredibly dense rain forests with some plants bearing giant leaves measuring five or six feet in diameter.

While filming the elusive Basilisk lizard, which can sprint on water for up to 100 feet in moments of danger, photographers ventured deep into the Brazilian rain forest with a super-slow-motion camera shooting at 2,000 frames per second, 80 times as rapid as a traditional camera.

Galagan likens the genome to a rain forest with biodiversity waiting to be explored.

If you get stuck on the side of the road, which happens easily as this is very serious rain forest with a very primitive road, there's little chance the inhabitants of the tiny villages will help you.

Extend your trip to Peru's Amazon rain forest with a stay at Inkaterra Hacienda Concepción, a member of the National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World collection.

Situated along the shores of Lake Quinault, this resort is surrounded by Olympic National Forest, a lush rain forest with magnificent views and unique, cozy lodging.

Contemporary 3 bedroom home sits on a mountain top among lush tropical rain forest with breathtaking views of the pacific ocean.

Akaka Falls State Park on the Hamakua Coast is a rain forest with densely packed foliage providing the backdrop for the famous Akaka Falls.

MA - 07 is a Bali - style tropical vacation rental set high in the rain forest with majestic ocean views.

The Great Ocean Road begins in Torquay, 22 km from Geelong, and winds through lush rain forest with amazing wildlife and spectacular ocean views to Warnambool.

For the youngsters, the Monkey Forest is a winner, and the tall canopied rain forest with swinging monkeys attracting plenty of attention.

I heard of this white man who was said to be living deep in the rain forest with hunter - gatherer pygmies for decades.

«Comparing the flora of the rain forest with that of oil palm plantations shows the devastating effect of forest conversion on biodiversity.

Not exact matches

With 878 islands as part of its territory, Malaysia has a variety of landscapes, from pristine beaches to mountains and rain forests.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

What does an exotic bird with a colorful beak sitting on a branch in the rain forest look like to you?

What do you get when you combine a tropical breeze, lazy days at the beach, a water park, along with a National Rain Forest and a really cool 400 year old City?

As farmers are driven from their homesteads, many go into the jungle to clear new land for crops, with the result that some 1.75 million acres of rain forest have been lost.

We have, for example, already taken some measures to deal with one of the probable causes of the growing holes in the ozone layer, and to reverse the destruction of European forests by acid rain.

If they could only have cast their minds further back, perhaps they might have recalled a lost paradise: green and yellow meadows stirred by tender winds, umbrageous forests and emerald groves, glass - blue mountain peaks melting into azure skies, glittering bays whose diamond waters break in jade and turquoise surges on sands like powdered alabaster — where the rain falls gently, and is transformed by the setting sun into shimmering curtains of gold — where, beyond verdant valleys and limestone caves, lies a palace filled with every delight the senses can endure, enclosing garden courtyards where crystal fountains splash in porphyry basins, intoxicating perfumes hang upon the breezes, undying flowers of every hue shine out amid the greenery's blue shadows...

It's rough out there in nature, whether in the wilds of a rain forest or an urban jungle, partly because the earth is jammed with devout human predators unlike all others: we not only kill for food, we kill each other along with the natural forces nourishing life on this planet.

Most plants in tropical rain forests keep their leaves all year, gradually replacing them as they fall with age.

However, when conservationists try to oppose polluters and developers solely with pragmatic arguments about the value to human welfare of, for example, gene pools in rain forests, they have been maneuvered into fighting on the same ground as their opponents.

They are taken up by plants again with such efficiency that the water that runs from the undisturbed Amazonian rain - forest is virtually the same as distilled water in composition.

Along with Vernon and Michael's wife, Danielle, we took a tour of the northern rain forests, with a stop along the way at Maracas Bay.

We will continue working with the Rain Forest Alliance on coffee certifications, and will look to expand sources from Ethiopia and other parts of Africa, as well as Central America.

Hi Heidi, Could you send some of that excessive rain our way in Colorado, where it is dry, Dry, DRY, with forest fires??

The great heart and soul of Corvallis Waldorf drew me north where I can be closer to the home I share with my son and daughter in law on the Washington Coast in the Quinalt Rain Forest.

Even as the color of rain forests and wetlands enjoys a wave of unprecedented popularity, with everyone from NBC («Green is Universal») to Hertz («Make the world a little greener») wrapping themselves in shades of emerald, pine and avocado, cutting - edge activists and advertisers have begun to look elsewhere.

Removable toy tray with 6 bat - at rain forest friends keeps baby entertained with action, music, lights and sounds!

I is decorated with a variety of rain forest animal prints and has a gentle incline that naturally promotes sleep and is easy to rock with a gentle push.

For mammals, researchers say that the overhead sunlight near the equator favors species with darker backs and lighter fronts because the combination offers camouflage in the shadowy rain forest.

Seconds after stepping into the steaming rain forest of French Guiana, he announces his agenda: «Let's divide and search for holes with big, hairy legs.»

An Australian sand plain with wretched soil mysteriously yields more diversity than a rain forest

Software upgrades promise to turn the Internet into a lush rain forest of information teeming with new life

Nearly 150 years ago, the famed naturalist Alfred Russell Wallace noted that range boundaries for a number of animal species in the Amazonian rain forest seemed to coincide with the region's many rivers.

Back here on Earth, this once - gorgeous planet, now plodded and trammeled by doomed and flatulent cattle, shall see its scenery restored when billions of acres are replanted with swards of lush, sky - thickening rain forest.

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The weather — usually hot and humid — and the presence of unrelenting mosquitoes are only some of the challenging factors to contend with in the tropical rain forest.

The physicists and foresters behind this controversial idea say that if we chop down the forests, we will lose the winds — and the rains they bring with them.

Moreover, the long - term success of the Maya in exploiting their tropical rain forest environment prior to the collapse, with populations far exceeding those today, can provide useful clues to economic development in the region today.

It is produced naturally by soils, with agricultural and tropical rain forest soils being the main sources of N2O to the atmosphere.

The statement that research on medicines of the rain forest is cost effective contrasts with the paucity of medicines that actually come to market.

«There's a place in the south,» he says, «where you can stand with one foot in the rain forest being sucked on by land leeches and the other foot in a spiny thicket with baobab trees and a 12 - month dry season.»

Despite the often lush appearance of the terrain, the soil in a rain forest is typically nutrient - poor compared with, say, the soil of the American Midwest, which is rich enough to support most of our farming.