Hidden deep in a remote corner of eastern Nepal, Kanchenjunga rises to 8, 586m and encompasses a conservation area and ecological hotspot the size of Mauritius.
Experts with Conservation International argue that the discovery is particularly significant since amphibians serve as an accurate gauge of an area's ecological health.
The presence of both pristine and rehabilitated forests makes Mount Kuwol an important area to study the ecological changes and effects of forest rehabilitation as well as the associated biodiversity.
"We measure the ecological load an area can take and we offer licences only where were convinced there is a proper balance between effects of fish farming and the ability of local environment to absorb the effects of farming, " says Stewart Stevenson the Scottish Minister for Environment and Climate Change.
The new species were discovered as part of a CI program aimed at assessing the ecological health of a given area.
Officials recommended the scheme was turned down as its scale, siting and prominence would "result in demonstrable harm to the landscape character, visual, ecological and historical qualities" of the area.
The high-resolution picture is of the Rio San Pablo, an ecological transition zone that's marked as a protected area by the National Environment Authority of Panama.
She also suggested that exploiting oil reserves in the area was not a realistic option as a spill would be an ecological disaster without access to logistical support from Argentina.
The foundation is also involved in a major project that will see the construction of an ecological school for 100 children in the Katanga province in the south of the DRC, the area where Coursaris was born and spent her early childhood.
"Most importantly, from an ecological point of view, we're going to add a lagoon which will provide a better area nearby for wildlife to breed, " he said.
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