Sentences with phrase «tropical rain forest on»

Guests will then zip line through the thick tropical rain forest on lines spanning as long as 500m.

Fly through the treetops of a tropical rain forest on 800 - foot - long zip lines extending between platforms, at heights of up to 150 feet above the forest floor.

In Brazil, which houses 30 percent of the remaining tropical rain forest on Earth, more than 50,000 square miles of rain forest were lost to deforestation between 2000 and 2005.

Cable from tree to tree along a zip line through the jungle canopy in the tropical rain forests on the western foothills of the Sierra Madre mountains.

Not exact matches

The Rutgers study is the first to compare variations of food and nutrition at similar tropical rain forest sites — some of the oldest forests on Earth — that are in close proximity.

The Brazilian Association for the Sustainable Use of Amazonia Biodiversity is a national research program sponsoring research on the tropical rain forest.

Finding such a plethora of frogs — despite the fact that Sri Lanka has already lost 95 percent of its original rain forest habitat — puts the island's amphibian diversity on par with that of tropical islands nearly 10 times its size, such as Borneo and Madagascar.

This product includes a hands - on, creative activity for students to learn 8 different biomes: freshwater, saltwater, tundra, desert, grasslands, deciduous forest, tropical rain forest, and coniferous forest.

The main 28 minute activity includes a carousel with key information (rain forests, Tundra, Desert and Tropical Oceans) that students must contemplate and then consolidate on a worksheet.

Primarily found on the island of Madagascar, but also Asia, Africa and even the United States, their habitats range from tropical rain forests to west African deserts.

From active volcanoes to dense rain forests and tropical beaches, the variety of experiences on this Indian Ocean island just east of Madagascar are endless....

Boasting a wonderful view of the Pacific Ocean and the rain forests, this lodge is situated on 150 acres of privately owned tropical wilderness.

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

From Costa Rica's rain forests to the beaches of Belize, from Baja's desert lagoons to tropical islands off the Yucatan, Mexico and Central America harbor a greater diversity of species than anywhere else on Earth.

Developed on 4000m2 of land, with exotic landscaping that includes seasoned rain - forest trees, Le Jardin is an unsurpassed location in which to enjoy a tropical retreat.

Island Marketing Ltd (Cayman) is a Cayman Islands Registered Company (Cayman Islands Trade and Business License 2002 - 06) specializing in Vacation Solutions; from exciting excursions on Private Sailboats, Scuba Diving, Stingray City Boutique Shore Excursions and Cave Tubing in Tropical Rain Forests of Belize to Vacation Ownership and Restaurants in The Cayman Islands.

MA - 12 sits on 5 acres of tropical rain forest.

Tucked high up on the hills, in the treetops of the tropical rain forest above the town of Unitedville in the Cayo District, sits your Jungle Resort, the perfect location to get away from it all, yet easily accessible to the wonders that Belize has to offer.

The design is reminiscent of a luxury Mediterranean villa but situated on over 2 1/2 acres of tropical rain forest and gardens.

The ride starts on the property from the Creek Trail through the Tropical Rain Forest, crossing the flowing freshwater river onto the pristine white sand beach.

Use your hands to take pictures of the rain - forest canopy teeming with monkeys or take a closer look of a tropical bird with your binoculars while you float with us in the oar boat where our expert naturalist will paddle and you relax like the iguanas nearby sunning themselves on the branches.

You will take a thirty - minute hike on a moderate trail through a lush tropical rain forest where your guide will point out several medicinal plants and archaeological features.

The best place to spot the tropical creatures is the rain forest located on the southern region of the park.

This lodge is nestled on 2.5 acres of tropical grounds in a midst of verdurous rain forest and tranquil ambience and its exterior and interior parts of the lodge are equally meticulous.

WASHINGTON — With discussions about climate change intensifying ahead of treaty talks in Copenhagen in December, African and United States officials and experts on forests and climate met in Washington this week to discuss United States involvement in a decade - old international program aimed at preserving the tropical rain forests of Central Africa's Congo Basin.

The Rain Frogs are petite frogs that lay their eggs beneath the leaf litter on the damp floors of tropical forests.

One of the problems is that bioethanol production relies on the cultivation of large amounts of plant material often on land that was formally tropical rain forest, or on land that would otherwise have been used to produce food.

I wonder if there was a survey on whether action should be taken on coastal flooding, or droughts in the southwest, or desolation of tropical rain forests.

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:: Restoration Of A Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystem Successful On Small - scale.