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Common Sugarbush (Protea repens), Silvermine, Table Mountain National Park, SA The Common Sugarbush is since 200 years the national flower of South Africa. It was one of the first species of the rich Protea family, which Carl Linnaeus (in 1753) found and described. The honey-rich species is importa...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Crassula (Crassula coccinea), Table Mountain National Park, SA One of the most colorful succulent plants of rocky higher mountain slopes, within the high diverse flora an obvious attraction for the many visitors of the Table Mountain plateau of Cape Town.

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Table Mountain Watsonia (Watsonia tabularis), Table Mountain National Park, SA The stunning Table Mountain Watsonia is endemic to the southwest of the Western Cape in South Africa. Its habitat is mainly rocky sandstone slopes.

By Peter Prokosch

Everlasting Vygie (Erepsia anceps), Silvermine, Table Mountain National Park, SA The tiny pink species of the family Mesembryanthemum still flowers in the South African autumn in the rocky slopes of the Table Mountain National Park.

By Peter Prokosch

Walking Trail through the finbos of Table Mountain National Park at Silvermine, SA "Finbos" is a high diversity shrub habitat, characteristic for South Africa is well protected in the Table Mountain and other national parks in the Cape Provinces.

By Peter Prokosch

Arctic Terns defending their breeding territory against tourists, Magdalenefjord, 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 a...

By Peter Prokosch

High class cruise tourism, Magdalenefjord, Spitzbergen, 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 a...

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

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