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Costa Rica, Linking Tourism & Conservation,
Costa Rica represents a most remarkable model for the linking of tourism and conservation. Costa Rica enjoys 5% of the world‟s biological diversity on less than 1% of the world‟s land area. Rapid deforestation in the 1970s led to a bold decision to set a goal of protecting 25% of the country‟s l ...
By Peter Prokosch
African Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya
The African Bush Elephant or African Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana) is the larger of the two species of African elephant. Both the Savanna Elephant and the African Forest Elephant have usually been classified as a single species, known simply as the African Elephant. Whether species or su ...
By Peter Prokosch
Leopard (Panthera pardus), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its range of distribution has decreased r ...
By Peter Prokosch
Female Lion with cubs (Panthera leo), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya
The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia with an endangered ...
By Peter Prokosch
White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
The white rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros is one of the five species of rhinoceros that still exist. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. With recently again Increasing poaching the already endangered species (with far less than 20 000 individ ...
By Peter Prokosch
Rifts in Rift Valley, North of Masai Mara, Kenya
A rift valley is a linear-shaped lowland between highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault. This action is manifest as crustal extension, a spreading apart of the surface which is subsequently further deepened by the forces of erosion. When the tensional forc ...
By Peter Prokosch
Lake Naivasha, Kenya
Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake in the Rift Valley North-West of Nairobi. The lake and its surrounding swamps, grass- and woodlands are home to a high diversity of wildlife, among them more than 400 bird species and a sizeable population of hippos. Floriculture forms the main industry around ...
By Peter Prokosch
Male Lion (Panthera leo) with buffalo, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia with an endangered ...
By Peter Prokosch
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) and Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) Elementaita Lake, Kenya
The Lesser Flamingo is the most numerous flamingo, with a total population of 2-4, possibly 6 million birds. the bulk of the population concentrates in the Rift Valley in Eastern Africa, where the species in saline and alkaline lake habitats. The species is highly specialized and dependent on mi ...
By Peter Prokosch
Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), Mabamba Bay Wetland, Victoria Lake, Uganda 09 peter prokosch 030
The Shoebill is a very large stork-like bird, which mainly lives in swamps in Sudan, Uganda, eastern Zaire and Zambia. Its total population is estimated at between 5 000 and 8 000 individuals and classified as Vulnerable. Main threats are habitat destruction, disturbance and hunting. - Shoebills ...
By Peter Prokosch
Local people's fishing boat, Anakao, South-West Madagascar
The waters around Madagascar serve as a rich fishery and are an important source of income for villagers. Unfortunately fishing is poorly regulated. Foreign fishing boats encroach artisanal fishing areas to the detriment of locals and the marine fauna.
By Peter Prokosch
Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi), Isalo National Park, Madagascar
The Verreaux's Sifaka or White Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) lives in the forests of south-western Madagascar. This endemic lemur species of the family Indriidae is classified by IUCN as Vulnurable. It depends on the small spiny forests fragments of South Madagascar, where it prefers large trees.
By Peter Prokosch
Deforestation in South-West Madagascar
Madagascar is among the world's poorest countries. As such, people's day-to-day survival is dependent upon natural resource use. They must live off the land that surrounds them, making use of whatever resources they can find. Their poverty costs the country and the world through the loss of the ...
By Peter Prokosch
Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the City of Abu Dhabi, UAE
Healthy natural coastal ecosystems, such as mangrove forests, saltwater marshlands and seagrass meadows provide a vast array of important co-benefits to coastal communities around the world, including throughout the Arabian Peninsula. These benefits include ecosystem services such as a rich cult ...
By Peter Prokosch
Drake Passage
The Drake Passage are the waters between the southern tip of South America at Cape Horn, Chile and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It connects the southwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean with the southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean and extends into the Southern Ocean. The passage i ...
By Peter Prokosch
black-browed Albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys, Antarctic Peninsular
The Black-browed Albatross or Black-browed Mollymawk, Thalassarche melanophrys, is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae, and it is the most widespread and common albatross. Declines may be attributable to increased longline fishing effort and/or the development of new longline fis ...
By Peter Prokosch
Grave of a Norwegian Carpenter working at the former Whaling Station on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Antarctic whaling began on a large scale in 1904 with the building of a whale processing station at Grytviken, South Georgia. A number of shore-based stations were in operation under some kind of regulation on the catches very shortly after this, among them the station of the Norwegian Hektor Co ...
By Peter Prokosch
Glacier ice and sea ice, Antarctic Peninsula
Unlike the Arctic, which at its centre is an ocean, Antarctica is a landmass that is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. A permanent, massive ice sheet on Antarctica covers 98% of the continent and is containing the major freshwater reserves of the globe. Moving permanently towards the coasts, the ...
By Peter Prokosch
Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophagus), Antarctic Peninsular
The Crabeater seal is a truly Antarctic seal. They are specialist feeders that live mainly on krill. Their habitat is the pack ice, ranging among icebergs and smaller floes.
By Peter Prokosch
Raftsund, Lofoten/Vesterålen, Norway
Raftsund between the Norwegian archipelagos of Lofoten and Vesterålen. It is one of the most scenic fjords in Northern Norway, visited by cruise ships. Tourists are getting impressed by the beauty of nature and often take the opportunity to go on a sea eagle safari with smaller boats.
By Peter Prokosch
Tourists photographing thick-billed guillemots, Alkefjelet, Svalbard
WWF once facilitated a process of developing Arctic guidelines for tourists and tour companies. Representatives from local communities, governments, different sectors of the tourism industry, conservation organisations and scientific institutions used their experience to create ten principles a ...
By Peter Prokosch
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