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From Fraser Island beaches to Daintree rainforests up to Cooktown and Cape York, we have exciting four wheel drive day tours and overnight extended 4WD touring tours thru the outback country and rainforest regions of Tropical North Queensland Australia.

Jungle Lodge is located in the remote rainforest region of Cape Tribulation in Tropical North Queensland.

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A number of good examples already exist, whether that is Marine Stewardship Council's longstanding focus on regional fisheries as the certification unit, the Alliance for Water Stewardship's approach to watershed - level management, Rainforest Alliance measuring conservation outcomes across regions with a prevalence of certified enterprises, or the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil partnering with state - level governments to move whole jurisdictions towards certifiable production.

East Africa is not just a region of vast savannas — it also contains several tropical forests, including the eastern portion of the Congo rainforest.

The Rainforest Alliance will continue its commitment to reduce the effects of climate change by building climate resilience in some of the world's most vulnerable regions through forest conservation and sustainable agriculture.

Bananas, the world's most popular fruit, can only be grown commercially in the tropical regions of the world where rainforests also thrive.

Schoolchildren from a community in the Mosquitia region of Honduras, site of a Rainforest Alliance community forestry enterprise.

As Director for Southeast Asia of the Rainforest Alliance, Nurdiana leads a diverse team in creating and implementing a strategic plan to grow the NGO's footprint in the region, especially in the palm oil sector.

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.

As part of my work for the Rainforest Alliance, I visited the beautiful Sava region in the northeast part of the country.

The Buon Ma Thuot region Vietnam's Central Highlands was at the center of the coffee boom, and it is also the focus of Rainforest Alliance's (RA) efforts in promoting sustainable coffee production in the country (PDF).

When we purchase coffees from any of the world's great coffee growing regions, we favor Fair Trade and Rainforest Alliance certified beans over those without these third party certifications.

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Deforestation of the Amazon is about to reach a threshold beyond which the region's tropical rainforest may undergo irreversible changes that transform the landscape into degraded savanna with sparse shrubby plant cover and low biodiversity.

According to the authors, since the 1970s, when studies conducted by Professor Eneas Salati demonstrated that the Amazon generates approximately half of its own rainfall, the question has been raised of how much deforestation would be required to degrade the region's hydrological cycle to the point at which it would be unable to support rainforest ecosystems.

A review suggests that the Amazon rainforest may be changing, courtesy of human impacts on the region's weather

The distribution of frogs ranges from tropic to subarctic regions, with most of the species found in tropical rainforests.

The study is one of several in the region investigating the impact of land use on biodiversity, and the recovery process in damaged rainforest.

The researchers surveyed a large area in the Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems (SAFE) site, a region of rainforest in Malaysian Borneo.

The excavation of hundreds of kilometers from coast to coast, traversing Lake Nicaragua, the largest drinking - water reservoir in the region, will destroy around 400,000 hectares of rainforests and wetlands.

One of them, the Carabayo, lives in voluntary isolation in the remote upper Puré River region in the Colombian Amazon rainforest.

«The biodiversity richness of the rehabilitated forests of Drabo now rivals that of natural rainforest remnants of the region,» note the authors.

To evade capture, many isolated tribes fled into ever more remote regions of the rainforest, where a few remain isolated even today.

They can therefore play an important role for the climate, especially in the great forest regions of the world such as the taiga or the tropical rainforests.

Mining throughout tropical regions in Central Africa and beyond for metals and minerals that go into our electronics leads to wide swaths of rainforest destruction as well.

Bathyal regions «have much greater biodiversity than coral reefs, which are often said to be the rainforests of the ocean», says Lambshead.

Ecologically sensitive regions are the Arctic tundra, parts of the boreal forest belt, the tropical rainforests, alpine regions worldwide, steppe and prairie regions of central Asia and North and South America, forests in South America and eastern areas of Australia.

«We have found ecologically sensitive regions with amplified responses to climate variability in the Arctic tundra, parts of the boreal forest belt, the tropical rainforest, alpine regions worldwide, steppe and prairie regions of central Asia and North and South America, forests in South America, and eastern areas of Australia,» says Seddon.

The remotest parts of the Amazon rainforest and the least accessible regions of deserts might have escaped, but with people moving into ever more isolated parts of every continent it can only be a matter of time.

As the forest becomes shorter and its canopy more open, compromising its remarkable resistance to fire, it is clear that drought in tandem with fire could swiftly push the tall, dense rainforests of the region towards savanna scrub.

If the damage is severe enough, they say the loss of rainforest could cause the release of large volumes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and could also disrupt plant and animal communities in one of the world's most biodiversity - rich regions, as outlined in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

New research published Wednesday in the journal Nature reaffirms that key regions of the globe that have been a source of major climate worry to researchers — such as the Amazon rainforest and the forests of the global north — are exquisitely sensitive to swings in climate.

«We find ecologically sensitive regions with amplified responses to climate variability in the Arctic tundra, parts of the boreal forest belt, the tropical rainforest, alpine regions worldwide, steppe and prairie regions of central Asia and North and South America, the Caatinga deciduous forest in eastern South America, and eastern areas of Australia,» the researchers report.

The acai palm is most commonly found in regularly flooded regions of rainforest and often forms large groves along lowland river edges.

Since trees and fresh berries are restricted by their tropical rainforest climate, it can be difficult to find raw acai outside of its native regions.

Native to the tropical regions of Peru and Brazil, camu camu thrives in the riverbanks of the Amazon rainforest, but it can be adapted to hot subtropical climates.

Guayusa is grown almost exclusively in the upper Amazon region of Ecuador, where the Andes Mountains meet the Amazon rainforest.

The Port Douglas region offers the choice of rugged outdoor adventure and rainforest walks to lazy, pampered days by the pool and strolls along Four Mile Beach.

There are also overnight tours and packages which allow for more time and exploration of the rainforest and its secrets or travellers can rent cars to view the region by themselves but keep in mind you are not allowed to take the rent a cars off sealed roads so you may miss out on seeing the best attractions that the Daintree and Cape Tribulation rainforest has to offer which would be a great shame.

If you would like a birds eye view of two iconic World Heritage listed sites you definitely should book a helicopter scenic flight over the Great Barrier Reef and the Rainforests of the Daintree and Cape Tribulation regions.

In the sheltered central regions of the island, where the dunes are stable and there are more nutrients for growth, diverse plant communities and rainforests are found.

These are some of the best value holiday units in the city of Cairns in Queensland Australia for couples and families to enjoy a holiday in the tropics and explore all the iconic sightseeing attractions such as the Great Barrier Reef and the wonderful World Heritage Rainforests of the Daintree and Cape Tribulation region.

After a day of exploring the region enjoy a relaxing dip in the Swimming Pool overlooking the tropical rainforest.

The Atherton Tablelands region is picture postcard perfect with its lush green undulating rolling hills of dairy farms and crop growing farms interspersed with ancient rainforests, savannah land, rivers and waterfalls.

According to the insider, the model crew will be spending their time trekking in the rainforest, kayaking, and going on excursions to spot the varied wildlife of the region.

One of the northern Cairns beaches, Trinity Beach is a s20 - minuteinute drive north of the Cairns airport and a central location to most of the tourist attractions and natural wonders (Great Barrier Reef, rainforests, waterfalls) in the Cairns region.

Port Douglas Holiday Home Stay 4 + Nights and SAVE $ $ The perfect Port Douglas family holiday home - this spacious 3 bedroom holiday home is the pefect base for exploring the Great Barrier Reef, the World Heritage listed rainforests of the Daintree and all this region has to offer.

With its warm tropical weather, breathtaking beaches, tropical rainforest and rugged outback, it's no wonder people from all over the world flock to this region of Far North Queensland every year.

Port Douglas is an excellent holiday launching site for exploring all of the unique beauty the region has on offer from the lush green rainforests of the World Heritage Daintree and Cape Tribulation to the vibrant colors of the Port Douglas Great Barrier Reef.

Atherton Tablelands Accommodation Nestled amongst 100 acres of pristine tropical rainforest in the magnificent region of the Atherton Tablelands is The Canopy Rainforest Treehouses and Wildlife rainforest in the magnificent region of the Atherton Tablelands is The Canopy Rainforest Treehouses and Wildlife Rainforest Treehouses and Wildlife Sanctuary.