Sentences with phrase «rainforest which»

A rubber tapper by trade, Mendes fought to preserve the rainforest which sustained the profession, opposing development and deforestation from cattle farmers and loggers.
Atta Rainforest Lodge is located in close proximity to the Iwokrama Canopy walkway, and is completely surrounded by tropical rainforest which offers a complete immersion in the rainforest experience.
Port Douglas is the gateway to exploring Australia's Great Barrier Reef and the amazing diversity of the marine life living in it as well as the Daintree Rainforest which is the oldest rainforest in the world.
As a result, it can only be visited by going on an adventure through the rainforest which may require several days to do so.
Broughton Strait Campsite is located in a coastal setting abundant rainforest which supports many species of fish and wildlife.
Then we drive to Pile Valley, a subtropical rainforest which used to be the center of forestry on the island.
Much of the country's southeastern forests — part of the great Central African rainforest which extends east through Zaire — remains intact.
The Santa Teresa area has a divergent landscape consisting of many beaches, forests, pastures, rivers, mangroves, and tropical rainforests which all attract different types of species of birds.
The Otways is home to wonderful waterfalls and lush, temperate rainforests which cry out to be explored.
The mountainous highlands of Bali are field with streams, rainforests which house prehistoric tree - ferns, wildflowers, creepers, orchids, leeches, butterflies, birds and monkeys, while tall pines and cypress grow high above the mountain villages of Kintamani, Penelokan and Bedugul.
The temperature changes caused by such natural phenomena can cause CO2 levels to vary by killing off CO2 - absorbing rainforests which can't move, while CO2 - emitting animals can migrate to compensate for the climatic change.

Not exact matches

Other attractions include the Na» vi River Journey, a boat ride in which visitors «journey deep into a bioluminescent rainforest in search of the Na» vi Shaman of Songs,» and the Valley of Mo'ara, a hiking expedition among the exotic plants and animals of Pandora.
Guayaki Sustainable Rainforest Products The Sebastopol, California, company, which sells yerba maté teas, has used its B Corp status to partner with fellow B Corps Numi Organic Tea and Traditional Medicinals.
Amazon opened its new Seattle office space which looks more like a rainforest.
Instead of advancing storytelling toward greater self - awareness (and self - examination), a 3 - D spectacular like Avatar relies on the same naivete of once neo-genre movies like The Time Machine, Dances with Wolves, FernGully: The Last Rainforest, and Rapa Nui, which took a nostalgic, unsophisticated view of industry and colonial expansion; this time Cameron pretends to introduce modernity and globalization to his naive audience.
Using god for science is wrong.Materials be came present after the big bang as atoms.Eventually processes started which created rock.Our planet came together with many materials, such as gold, platinum and others.When a rainforest dies when it dries up, gets buried and compresses to form coal.Oil is made from sea organisms that die and get buried.The brain uses algorithms to process information.God does not need to be included.
You've heard of the infamous Africanized Killer Bees — we've turned the tables on these prolific honey producers, which are actually the predominant bee species in the rainforests of Costa Rica, by tapping into their golden harvest to produce BeeSting Honey N» Habanero Pepper Sauce.
Look for Rainforest Alliance certification on the packet, which identifies brands concerned with conservation and sustainability.
The Rainforest Alliance and UTZ program welcome the report, which highlights that efforts to address poverty and unsustainable practices in the cocoa sector are falling short.
The certification from the Rainforest Alliance shows that Caribou Coffee is concerned about how its business impacts the world on a global scale, but the company is just as focused on how it affects the communities in which its stores are located.
Although the international market does not currently differentiate climate - smart cocoa at a wide scale, the Rainforest Alliance will introduce a wider choice of traceability systems in 2017, which are expected to have a positive impact on demand.
During the Rainforest Alliance's 30 years, we have seen — and been a part of — impressive changes within the business community, which has embraced sustainability practices slowly but steadily.
Their sustainable practices may earn them certification through the Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard, the Forest Stewardship Council standard (which was co-founded by the Rainforest Alliance) or the Rainforest Alliance's UN-accredited tourism standard.
Olam is committed to buying and selling Rainforest Alliance CertifiedTM cocoa and has provided an incentive structure to farmers, which has greatly enhanced the number of farmers willing to attend training sessions that serve to improve their skills and cocoa quality.
The project supports the Rainforest Alliance, which works in partnership with Brazilian nonprofit Imaflora — as well as farmers, forest communities and cattle ranchers — to protect Brazil's magnificent and ecologically fragile natural heritage.
Palm Oil Not to be Confused with Processed Palm Kernel Oils (Which is Mass Produced and Whose Cultivation often Results in the Deforestation of the Valuable Rainforest)
To this day Sambazon is the ONLY Fair Trade Certified açaí (which is a lot more in depth and different than 1 % For the Planet and many pay to play certifications other brands have), and is the only vertically integrated company on the market, ensuring the highest quality, and premium açaí out there, and has protected millions of acres of Amazon Rainforest to this day, by providing 20,000 family farmers with employment from sustainable harvesting of açaí fruit.
It is a large perennial herb which is found in rainforest habitats.
They created the Afognak Forest Carbon Project (AFCP), which the Rainforest Alliance validated and verified in a 2012 audit.
The island's 500 - year - old Sitka spruce temperate rainforest is also the native habitat of the largest grizzly species in the world — the Kodiak bear, which can grow to an imposing 1,500 pounds.
Meanwhile, look for Colombia's Mesa de los Santos coffee, which is certified organic and shade grown (by both Smithsonian and Rainforest Alliance).
The Rainforest Alliance and POSADA will be building a wastewater treatment system at the nearby Sovu coffee washing station, which is owned by the Maraba Coffee Grower's Cooperative.
RA honored companies which significantly advanced the goals set forth by the Rainforest Alliance and have integrated environmental and social sustainability into their work at their 20th anniversary gala last month.
Rainforest Alliance is committed to ISEAL's Code of Ethics and supports the ten ISEAL Credibility Principles, which capture what is essential for a sustainability standards system to deliver positive impact.
I've reviewed their organic, Rainforest Alliance certified coffee, which is available from Allegro Coffee Roasters at Whole Foods.
The Rainforest Alliance's longstanding partner, the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), which owns the 2017 SAN Standard, has granted the Rainforest Alliance an exclusive and perpetual license to the 2017 SAN Standard.
Eco-Index, an online compilation of Neotropical conservation projects provided by Rainforest Alliance, has a really nice interview with Georges which describes their work with sustainable coffee, community, and conservation.
The Rainforest Alliance works to conserve or enrich wildlife habitat — the destruction of which is the gravest threat to nearly all species.
Through Rainforest Alliance certification, the cooperative has adopted a systemized approach to training, which has improved the sustainability and quality of its production.
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.
We work directly with farmers and cooperatives, many of whom are Rainforest Alliance Fair Trade Certified and all our farmers use organic and ethical farming methods which are accredited by Ecocert and the UK Soil Association.
The report also identifies some areas of weaker performance, which Rainforest Alliance and SAN members will work to address through enhanced farmer training and revisions to the SAN Standard.
This «mass balance» model of production allows companies to buy more cocoa from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms, which means that farmers, the environment, and cocoa - growing communities benefit from companies» increasing purchases.
The Nespresso AAA program uses criteria that are based on the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) standards used for Rainforest Alliance certification, but which criteria and how they are scored or evaluated is not publicly disclosed.
To further strengthen the link between sustainability and quality, the Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) has partnered with the Rainforest Alliance to connect the Q Coffee System, which certifies high - quality specialty coffees, with the network of Rainforest Alliance Certified ™ coffee farms.
To obtain Rainforest Certification, which Aquiares first earned in 2003, standards have to be met in terms of forest protection and treatment of workers — all employees must have access to education and medical care, be paid fairly and be properly equipped.
Davids discusses what inexpensive coffees mean to farmers, even the theoretically beneficial types like the Rainforest Alliance certified Yuban blend (which I discussed in depth here).
Rainforest Alliance (RA) allows use of their seal on products with a minimum of 30 % certified beans (a fact for which they are sometimes criticized).
In 2010, Nespresso purchased 490,000 bags (60 kg each) or 29,400 tons under their «AAA Sustainable Quality Program» which includes, but is not exclusively, Rainforest Alliance certified farms [5].
And as part of the Nespresso AAA Sustainable Quality Program, which incorporates Sustainable Agriculture Network standards, the Rainforest Alliance has been working with Nespresso for 10 years to promote environmental and social responsibility on supplier farms and support producers who wish to seek Rainforest Alliance certification.
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