He is also calling on the Bank to expand its work on rainforest protection by piloting new ways to provide alternative incomes for people living in rainforests, rather than cutting them down.
These elephants live in the rainforests of central (and possibly west) Africa.
Its cousin, the eastern lowland gorilla, is less prevalent (fewer than 20, 000 individuals) and can only be found in the rainforests of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, says WWF.
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President Jagdeo is now practised at international grandstanding about ceding Guyana's rainforests in a noble global cause.
Sabah at the time had become a playground for young, mostly British adventurers who faced tropical diseases like malaria and the occasional headhunter in the thick rainforests.
After 18 months of negotiations with RAN, The Walt Disney Company agreed to stop procuring paper for its global operations from endangered rainforests in Indonesia and elsewhere.
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While there, you can hike through rainforests, swim in waterfalls, fish, sail and--at the end of the day--receive a well-earned massage.
With help from local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the group expanded into a network of eco-lodges and cultural tours that provide tourists with an authentic experience in local villages and the rainforests that surround them.
An international conference held at the University of Oxford this year found that African rainforests are more resilient in the face of climate change than those in South America or Southeast Asia.
They have vast arable land for agriculture, large rainforests that play a crucial role in combating global warming, great biodiversity, abundant renewable energy resources, enormous reserves of fresh water and precious marine and coastal resources.
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The cloud cover associated with rainforests makes Sar something of a game-changer in that sense, allowing repeat viewing of an area on a frequent basis whatever the weather.
Remote habitats such as rainforests are clearly involved, but the lack of instruments in these places means the details are hazy.
Its rainforests and beaches have doubled as backdrops for Vietnam, Central America and fantasy islands in the Pacific.
There is sailing, jet-boating, sandboarding and helicopter flights, or more gentle outdoor pleasures like chasing the reflections on a mirror-calm Gordon River cruise, riding through the rainforests on a restored heritage railway or being driven to the heart of it all in a comfortable 4x4.
Most outsiders who visit Atiu come not for beaches and sun, but to see the rainforests, the ancient coral caves and the riot of birdlife, which includes some of the rarest species in the South Pacific, such as the brilliantly plumed Rimatara lorikeet.
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