Peter Prokosch | GRID-Arendal - Environmental Photo Library

HOME

About

Activities

Maps & Graphics

Photo Library

Publications

News & Features

Home >> Peter Prokosch

Portfolio for: 'Peter Prokosch'

Polygon tundra, Lena Delta, Sakha Republic, Siberia, Russia The Lena delta is one of the largest still pristine river deltas in the world. Its many naturally meandering arms form a magnificent tree-like shape. And ice wedges in the fine sediments of the treeless tundra form regul...

By Peter Prokosch

Polygone tundra, Lena Delta, Sakha Republic, Siberia, Russia The Lena delta is one of the largest still pristine river deltas in the world. Its many naturally meandering arms form a magnificent tree-like shape. And ice wedges in the fine sediments of the treeless tundra form regul...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Polygone tundra, Lena Delta, Sakha Republic, Siberia, Russia the Lena Delta state nature reserve. At 14,330 square kilometres, the Lena Delta reserve was already one of the largest and most important nature reserves in the Arctic. With its new size of 61,320 square kilometres, the...

By Peter Prokosch

Ice-wetch, polygon pond cut at a eroding river cliff, Lena Delta, Sakha Republic, Siberia, Russia The polygon ponds in the flat sediment tundra of the delta are formed by ice-rings, which form against each other ring-formed walls. - The Lena delta is one of the largest still pristine river deltas in the world. Its ma...

By Peter Prokosch

Rhinoceros Beetle (Megasoma elephas), Nationalpark Tortuguero, Costa Rica The Rhinoceros Beetle lives in Costa Rica's lowland rainforest, in younger stages inside large fallen trees. The species can be found from southern Mexico down to northern Colombia and northern Venezuela. It is reported ...

By Peter Prokosch

Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius), Nationalpark Tortuguero, Costa Rica The Boat-billed Heron is an atypical member of the heron family. It lives in mangrove swamps from Mexico south to Peru and Brazil. It is a nocturnal bird, and breeds semi-colonially in mangrove trees, laying 2-4 bluish w...

By Peter Prokosch

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

Strawberry Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates pumilio), Nationalpark Tortuguero, Costa Rica The Strawberry poison dart frog, a remarkable species native to tropical rain forests of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Although their eggs are laid among the leaves, the newly hatched larvae are carried on the backs ...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

nationalpark tortuguero, costa rica 08, peter prokosch 432 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

Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa), Nationalpark Tortuguero, Costa Rica The Northern Jacana is a wader which is a resident breeder from coastal Mexico to western Panama, and on Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola. The jacanas are a group of wetland birds, which are identifiable by their huge feet ...

By Peter Prokosch

Red-winged Grasshopper (Arphia pseudonietana), Nationalpark Tortuguero, Costa Rica 08 Red-winged Grasshoppers (Arphia pseudonietana) are found in the grasslands and prairies of North and Central America.The rattling of flying Red-winged Grasshoppers is one of the characteristic sounds of late summer in t...

By Peter Prokosch

Mantled Howler (Alouatta palliata), National Park Tortuguero, Costa Rica The mantled howler (Alouatta palliata), is a type of New World monkey, from Central and South America. It is one of the monkey species most often seen and heard in the wild in Central America. It takes its "mantled" name...

By Peter Prokosch

Previous | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 | Next

Feedback form
Sitemap