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Linking Tourism & Conservation, Nationalpark Tortuguero, Costa Rica 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 197...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Nationalpark Manuel Antonion, Costa Rica Manuel Antonio National Park is a small National Park in the Central Pacific Conservation Area located on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, just south of the city of Quepos, Puntarenas. Established in 1972 with an area en...

By Peter Prokosch

Mangroves in the Lamu area, Indian Ocean coast of Kenya The mangrove and tidal flat habitats in the area of Lamu on the Indian ocean coast of North-East Kenya, close to the border of Somalia, are known as some of the most extensive and species-rich along the entire coast of E...

By Peter Prokosch

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae (the other is the Pygmy Hippopotamus). The hippopot...

By Peter Prokosch

African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya The buffalo is listed as Least Concern as the species remains widespread, with a global population estimated at nearly 900,000 animals, of which more than three-quarters are in protected areas. While some populations (su...

By Peter Prokosch

Topi (Damaliscus lunatus), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya The topi has an extensive geographical range with a patchy distribution. This is due to specialization for certain grasslands in arid and savanna biomes.Human hunting and habitat destruction have further isolated their p...

By Peter Prokosch

Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, salt lake, South-West Madagascar The Tsimanampetsotsa National Park with its salt lake and dry spiny forests comprises 430 km2 and has been protected already in 1927 due to its biological meaning (high endemism of species). The lake became because of it...

By Peter Prokosch

Madagascar Green Pigeon (Treron australis); Toliara, Madagascar The Madagascar Green Pigeon (Treron australis) is a fairly common and widespread species, although endemic to Madagascar and the Comores. It inhabits a variety of woodland habitats, including mangroves. Because of its gr...

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 Arab...

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 Arab...

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 ...

By Peter Prokosch

Swimming in Front of the Remains of former Whaling Station, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Tourist ships regularly visit Whalers Bay/Deception Island, where tourists can study the remains and history of Antarctic whaling. The station of the Norwegian Hektor Company was active here 1911-1931. Today tourists at...

By Peter Prokosch

Glacier ice and sea ice, Adelie PenguinsAntarctic 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 ...

By Peter Prokosch

Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) on iceberg, Antarctic Peninsula Adélie penguins are named after the wife of the French Antarctic explorer Dumont d'Urville. They breed in very large colonies, often 20,000 - 30,000 birds, sometimes more than 100,000, all around the Antarctic continent....

By Peter Prokosch

Arctic tundra, Taimyrski Zapovednik (nature reserve), central Taimyr, Russia Arctic tundra and Taimyr river, south of the Taimyr lake and Biranga mountains. The Taimyr peninsular is covered by the most extensive and northernmost tundra habitats in Siberia. These enormous wetlands are used during ...

By Peter Prokosch

Dissolving Sea Ice, South of Svalbard Approaching Svalbard by plane provides South of the archipelago the view on a sea area, where a cold current coming from East meets the last branches of the Golf stream from West. Here the compact sea ice, which is drift...

By Peter Prokosch

Thick-billed Murre or Brünnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia), Svalbard The Thick-billed Murre or Brünnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia) is a bird in the auk family (Alcidae). It breeds on coasts and islands in the High Arctic of Europe, Asia and North America, where it is one of the most numero...

By Peter Prokosch

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