Corcovado – Exploring Costa Rica’s National Park Corcovado National Park is located on the Osa Peninsula‚ on Costa Rica’s southern side. The magnificent beauty and spectacular vista make this park one of the most isolated rain forests in the country. It’s also home to a remarkable selection of trees‚ endangered plants and animal species. Even though this park is unique and breathtaking in all of its features‚ it’s also worth mentioning that this is a very remote region. Visitors only have access
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more than 500 species of trees. Plus‚ there are still more species to be discovered since research has only just begun. Secondly‚ due to the large amount of vegetation‚ it has been estimated that 20% of earth’s oxygen is produced by the Amazon rain forest. This has given the Amazon rainforest it’s nickname as the “lungs of our planet”. Third‚ some plants may contain a substance which can be used to cure a disease. Despite what the Amazon has to offer‚ they’re being destroyed every
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The Savanna A savanna is a rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees. It can be found between a tropical rainforest and desert biome. Not enough rain falls on a savanna to support forests. Savannas are known as tropical grasslands. They are found in a wide band on either side of the equator on the edges of tropical rainforests. They are located in Africa‚ South America‚ India‚ and Australia .Some animals that habitat here are wildebeest warthog elephants zebras and rhinos
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managed as a strict nature reserve or wilderness reserve in an HFLD (High Forest and Low Deforestation) country like Guyana can contribute to the achievement of REDD+ objectives. REDD means Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation in developing countries. Its overarching objective is to reduce greenhouse gases. REDD-plus includes the role of conservation‚ sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries. This serves as a mechanism to
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French broom is an invasive plant that destroys the surrounding environment. Broom is described as an “upright‚ evergreen shrub‚ commonly to ten feet tall” (“Invasive Plants of California’s Wildland”). It is an invasive plant species‚ commonly found in numerous places in California‚ for example‚ the Bay Area. Broom is a noxious weed‚ especially in the states of Hawaii‚ Oregon‚ Washington State and California. Nowadays more people are recognizing how detrimental it can be to nature. In fact‚ there
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The Fynbos Biome makes up the largest part of the Cape Floral Kingdom‚ which is the smallest of the world’s six floral kingdoms. The Fynbos Biome in particular is noted for its high levels of biodiversity (the highest in world) and endemism‚ which in turn results in a high number of threatened and endangered species. The Cape Floral Kingdom was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2004. 2 Discussion Fynbos is found predominantly in the the South Western Cape in an area extending from just
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A Walk in a Forest I noticed as I stood in an open field‚ that there was a path‚ seeming to go into a forest. I followed the path into the forest‚ the evergreen trees reached high into the sky and the birds chirped as they perched in them. Through the trees you could barely see the grey‚ cloudy sky and fell the little bit of water still falling from the trees. Little droplets of water dripped off the pine needles and fell to the ground. The ground under the tall evergreens‚ was sound
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Conservation Of Wild Life forests Protection and conservation of forests and wildlife are essential to maintain the earth’s health and environment. The earth is the only known living planet and it is because of its special environment and ecology which are life-supporting. Forests are part and parcel of our environment. They are one of the most valuable resources and gifts of nature. They play a key role in the maintenance climate‚ rain-patterns‚ water and soil conservation. They are the natural
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Katrina Pham Ms. Leang English 1 HP‚ Period 1 3 October 2012 Lost in a Forest “It’s too dark‚ Katrina. I can’t see!” cried Christopher‚ my baby cousin. “Slow down! If I lose you‚ the monsters are going to swallow me whole.” I heard him‚ but his whimpers only exacerbated the situation‚ which was already worsening by the second. The sun had nearly disappeared behind the mountain‚ and the darkness was quickly claiming the night. Out of instinct‚ I grabbed his hand and we ran as quickly as we could
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Kelp forests are amongst the most beautiful habitats in the ocean. They grow in both the northern and southern hemisphere‚ with the more developed areas being in the Pacific Coast between Baja California and Alaska. Kelp forests are very similar to forests on land in that they provide shelter and protection to many animals. Kelp forests can only grow in clear‚ shallow water because they require sunlight for photosynthesis. They grow along rocky coastlines at about 2 to 30 meters deep‚ and in
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