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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Latin American and Caribbean countries houses more than 50 percent of the world’s tropical forests‚ 33 percent mammals‚ 33 percent reptiles‚ 40 percent birds and well over 50 percent of the amphibians in the world. But Columbia alone hosts a great deal of these life forms. The focus on Columbia is necessary because the biological entities are diverse and numerous. Research from Columbia’s Biodiversity reveals the copious life in this country. Colombia houses more life forms than most countries
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Chagnon gained access to the Yanomamo by offering trade goods to the Yanomamo natives. Trade goods included machetes and other modern day goods in which the Yanomamo wanted but would never encountered in the worldly goods. Chagnon traded for goods that he didn’t need like native’s bows. He did this kind of trading so the natives would accept him and not get pissed off if he gave out gifts not to everyone. Chagnon used many techniques to establish a rapport with the Yanomamo. Chagnon from time to
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The jungle: the densest and most intriguing corners of planet earth‚ littered with animals and plant life that are too plentiful to count. Only 6% of the earth is jungle but more than half of all species live there. Scientist have confirmed what every urbanite has long suspected-life in the city is more stressful. However‚ part studies have shown that exposure to green space reduces stress‚ boosts health and makes us less vulnerable to depression. The findings come from the brain scans of 32 health
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Main Idea: The main idea of the passage Vanishing Forest by Patricia Janes is the negative effects on things related to the boreal forest as the forest is disappearing at a quick speed. According to scientists‚ logging‚ mining‚ and oil and gas companies are yelling "timber‚" because trees are being leveled more often than the forest can sustain. Furthermore‚ North America’s boreal forest is being harvested at a rate of roughly 2.5 million acres a year. This rapid deforestation in many areas of
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Information about Bolivia Geography Bolivia is a landlocked country in South American. It borders Peru and Chile to the west‚ Argentina and Paraguay to the south and Brazil to the east. Bolivia is home to the Altiplano plateau on which lives half the country’s population. The big cities of Oruro‚ Potosí‚ and La Paz are found in the plateau‚ which has an altitude of 11‚910 ft (3‚630 m). The north eastern and eastern lowlands of the Oriente make two-thirds of the country. This region is mainly forest
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Would you rather have a national park or nothing at all. Have you ever been to a Providence Canyon? If so‚ did you feel like you where in a Grand Canyon. Well many people call Providence Canyon the little Grand Canyon. I am against the federal government decision. We should have a national park. Maybe if we had a national park more people would go out and see it. I am for the federal government decision‚ because the farmers came down cutting the trees and‚ started planting their seeds in long straight
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Cultural and Religious Practices of the Yanomami Tribe South America is home to one of the most fascinating tribes in the world--the Yanomami‚ also known as Yanomamu or Yanomamö. Found along the banks of the Amazon‚ the Yanomami have a rich culture riddled with symbolic rituals and deeply-held beliefs‚ especially regarding life after death (Jacob 1). The Yanomami are incredibly isolated‚ however their culture is not immune from being influenced by outside systems (Chen). The Yanomami practice
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The Kenyan Natural Resource Management project The project location is an area called Cherangany Hills‚ an area covered by rich forest and includes numerous national parks‚ swamps‚ lakes and conservation areas. A large indigenous population known as the Sengwer People‚ also called Cherangany or Dorobo by some are also from this area. This project that was intended for financial and industrial improvement of the native people of Cherangany Hills actually caused a lot of chaos and heartbreak and displacement
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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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