Sentences with phrase «smaller forest countries»

Beyond the Brazilian Amazon, the governments of Norway, the United States, and the United Kingdom are using REDD to support sustainable agriculture through the Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes (BioC ISFL), which funnels REDD payments through the World Bank's BioCarbon Fund to smaller forest countries or to individual states within larger nations, beginning with Ethiopia's Oromia State and Zambia's Luangwa Valley.

Beyond the Brazilian Amazon, the governments of Norway, the United States, and the United Kingdom are using public finance for avoided deforestation to support sustainable agriculture through the Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes, which funnels these payments through the World Bank's BioCarbon Fund to smaller forest countries or to individual states within larger nations, beginning with Ethiopia's Oromia State and Zambia's Luangwa Valley.

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It may be in visiting forest or seacoast in periodic retreat, either alone or in small groups with time for solitude; it may be by seeking out the edges of wild country in park or garden in the quiet corners of the day; or for those unable to travel first - hand, it may be by preserving such spiritual topography for future generations.

El Salvador, the smallest country in Central America, is facing serious problems of environmental degradation; in fact, only 2 percent of its original forest cover remains under natural conditions.

There is currently a ban on small - scale mining in the country following the widespread devastation of the water resources and forest reserves due to the activities of illegal miners.

I recall the decision to fight galamsey (illegal, small scale mining) in my country, Ghana and my decision to approve the deportation of some foreign nationals that were neck deep in the brazen destruction of our forest reserves and environment.

It's a small country, it does not have the, kind of, a presence in the international stage of a China or an India or a Brazil, but it is concerned about the future of its forests and it wants to play in the climate game, that is it wants to participate in any kinds of offsets that might benefit its economy and also its wild areas.

So, for example, even though Canadians have a small footprint, Canada's excesses of cropland, forest and fisheries are essentially exported to countries like the U.S. and China, which have oversize footprints.

Forest ecologist Juan Armesto of the Universidad Católica de Chile, who collaborates with Weathers, says that the country's modern coastal rain forest represents small fragments of what must have once been a contiguous forest, connected to the Amazon Basin, that changed gradually over the past 5 million to 25 million years due to the colossal upheaval that created the Andes MounForest ecologist Juan Armesto of the Universidad Católica de Chile, who collaborates with Weathers, says that the country's modern coastal rain forest represents small fragments of what must have once been a contiguous forest, connected to the Amazon Basin, that changed gradually over the past 5 million to 25 million years due to the colossal upheaval that created the Andes Mounforest represents small fragments of what must have once been a contiguous forest, connected to the Amazon Basin, that changed gradually over the past 5 million to 25 million years due to the colossal upheaval that created the Andes Mounforest, connected to the Amazon Basin, that changed gradually over the past 5 million to 25 million years due to the colossal upheaval that created the Andes Mountains.

Based on a series of beloved children's» books not well - known outside of their native country, the film focuses on an elderly toad named Gordon — the chief of police in a small forest enclave, populated by a small group of rabbits, blackbirds and squirrels.

The winding country road was beautiful, with small lakes, horse ranches, and breathtaking forests.

The country setting of this small hotel alone will encourage a stay on the edge of the Tsitsikamma forests, the Kouga Mountains looming in the background.

Even though it is the smallest national park in the country, it is one of the most popular ones for its stunning white sand beaches backed by evergreen tropical forests.

Even though it is the smallest national park in the country, it is one of the most popular for its stunning white sand beaches backed by green tropical forests.

Although Belize is a small country, it makes up for its lack of size with its incredibly diverse landscape including the vast mountains, waterfalls, jungles, rain forests, beaches, wetlands, and Savannah.

Belize is a beautiful, small country full of natural & scenic wonders in the form of amazing beaches and steamy rain forests.

Cockpit Country Adventure Tours uses local guides to lead hikes into forests teeming with exotic wildlife and plants, with the added bonus of stays at small bed & breakfasts and dining on authentic Jamaican cuisine.

Although Belize is a small country in Central America located between Mexico and Guatemala, the country contains an astonishing variety of pristine landscapes, including tropical forests, coral reefs, and sugar sand white beaches.

One of Europe's smallest but most scenic countries, Estonia is full of beautiful lakes, forests and beaches...

From highland cloud forests shadowed by looming volcanoes and crystal clear seas fringed by perfect white - sand beaches, you'll have it all in Panama with smaller crowds and fewer hassles than other countries in the region.

However, DKC 3 took place in only one small section of Donkey Kong Country, as far as I could reason, with the themes being mostly mountains, forests, abandoned mills, and industrial factories again.

Fjellman has been working with Sweden's The Glass Factory, an art glass producer based in Boda — a small village in the country's forests — to develop the project over the last two years.

After seeing the almost total destruction of her country's forestland — by 1977, Kenya's forests had been cut down to 3 percent of what they'd once been — Maathai started a small tree nursery in her own backyard.

The small Scandinavian country has committed 3 billion krone ($ 440 million) a year to the effort, a figure vastly greater than the $ 100M pledged — but never fully contributed — by the United States under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA).

This monoculture is expanding at the expense of natural forests and wildlife and land share by other livelihoods, such as traditional small scale farming (cassava, plantain, yam, etc) that feeds the country's increasingly growing population.