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Cloudforest Tree-Sit Journal (Do or Die)
South America and is endemic to the Andes. It is a flagship species for the Tropical Andes hotspot - the richest and most diverse in the world. It is ...
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Research
As a result glaciers are receding throughout the tropical Andes, with potentially severe consequences for the availability of drinking water, and water for irrigation, ... -day mass balance of selected glaciers will be compared with observational records from the tropical Andes to verify the accuracy of our results. To gain a better understanding of the ...
www.geo.umass.edu

Mathias Vuille's Homepage
Andes, where the retreat of glaciers may soon pose a threat for the regional water supply ...
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Learning Site: Curriculum
Land of Heaven" -- Colombia's Cachalú Biological Reserve. Nestled in the tropical Andes, Cachalú is a small park occupying an environment that is not only critically endangered ... neighborhoods enjoy eating their highly nutritious bananas. By tracing the journey of bananas from tropical farms in Honduras to their breakfast tables, students will learn about the origin of ...
www.rainforest-alliance.org

Global Warming in South America
C) in the last decade of the 20th century. 101. Tropical Andes (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and northernmost Chile) - Increase in average annual temperature. Average annual ... several times, causing repeated coral bleaching events. Repeated and prolonged bleaching episodes - expected as tropical water temperatures warm with climate change - eventually kill corals and cause a decline ...
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Conservation International - Documentaries
Treasures Without Borders. The compilation aims to visualize the importance of conservation throughout the Tropical Andes. Atlantic Forest Duration: 12 Year Produced: 1993 Language(s): English, Portugese This short ... in the Congo Basin, the world's second largest tropical forest, after Amazonia, and one of the largest remaining tropical wilderness areas. Protecting Africa's Natural Heritage Year ...
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TMI Annual Report 2002 - Andes Program
Annual Report 2002 - Andes Program Annual Report 2002 Home President's Letter Andes Program Appalachian Program Himalaya Program Global Program Research and Exploration Program Summaries Trustees, Staff, Offices ... Master Plan, and new restricted areas will now protect the world’s largest number of tropical glaciers, as well as threatened forests and endangered species of birds like the condor and ...
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The Mountain Institute - Huascarán National Park, Peru
Work » In the Andes » Huascarán National Park, Peru Polylepis Conservation Corridors The Cordillera Blanca mountain range in northern Peru is not only the largest tropical glacier on ... Initiatives Andean Paramo Ecosystems Andes Program Publications Andes Program Office Locations Polylepis Tree, Huascaran National Park (HNP) Peruvian Andes Spectacled Bear HNP, Peruvian Andes Achupaya plant, a ...
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The Mountain Institute - Andean Paramo Ecosystems
Andean region. These wet, high altitude tropical grasslands comprise an intricate hydrological system for numerous mountain communities and an ... Park Huascarán Biosphere Reserve Andean Community-Based Tourism Initiatives Andean Paramo Ecosystems Andes Program Publications Andes Program Office Locations About TMI Our Work Mountain Stories About Mountains ...
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DuMond Conservancy for Primates and Tropical Forests
Monkey Jungle is located. In addition, the DuMond Conservancy uses ... owl monkeys (a collaboration with students from the University of Miami and the University of Andes, Bogota, Columbia) - Anointing in owl monkeys (a collaboration of students from Florida International University ...
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