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Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Niger Delta swamp forests (AT0122)
(AT0122) Afrotropics > Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests > Niger Delta swamp forests (AT0122) Satellite view of Niger River delta, Nigeria Photograph by USGS Western Africa: Southern Nigeria Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests ... -33° C). Humidity levels are close to 100 percent throughout the year. Swamp forests grow on more than half of the delta's 8,000 ...
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Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Niger Delta swamp forests (AT0122)
Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Niger Delta swamp forests (AT0122) Afrotropics > Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests Niger Delta swamp forests (AT0122) Satellite view of Niger River delta, Nigeria Photograph by USGS World Wildlife Fund and ...
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IPCC Bogs & Fens of Ireland Conservation Plan 2005 - Campaign Action
Approximately half of the World's wetlands are peatlands such as bogs, fens, swamp forests and converted peatlands. They are found in all biomes but particularly the boreal, temperate and ...
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Conservation International - Projects
Give Future for Life Benefits of Giving Events Sojourns Home > Learn > Forests > Projects Learn Climate Change Forests Species Communities Land Use Oceans Freshwater Related Links Climate Change ... watershed of lower montane, lowland, and swamp forests in Papua, Indonesia, with high biodiversity conservation value. Increasing pressure to convert the existing forests to palm oil plantations is a ...
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Different types of forests
Littoral and swamp Dry tropical Montane temperate forests Dry deciduous Wet Thorn Moist Dry evergreen Dry Sub alpine Alpine Moist Dry Moist tropical forests Wet evergreen Wet evergreen forests are ... evergreen shrubs in the undergrowth. These forests are dominated by sal and teak, along with mango, bamboo, and rosewood. Littoral and swamp Littoral and swamp forests are found along the Andaman ...
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Native Forests
Wetland - The trees that grow in the wetland or swamp forests like to have wet feet. Wetland forests are found at the edge of fresh water, near lakes and rivers ... found in lowland forests with colder climates. There are two main types of lowland forests in New Zealand, podocarp/broadleaf and beech. Learn more about Native Lowland Forests Alpine - Alpine forests are found at ...
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Peat Swamp Project
Swamp Project SOCP | Swamp Forests | Research Local Governance | Livelihood Palmoil instead of orangutans? Precious swamp forests threatened by palm oil industry "How palm-oil plantations (...) increase ... swamp forests of Aceh With this acute situation, PanEco and its local partner YEL are undertaking a programme to halt the destruction and ensure the long-term restoration of these unique forests ...
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WWF - Central Congo Basin Moist Forests - A Global Ecoregion
Eastern Congolian swamp forests; Central Congolian lowland forests. Together with the Northwestern Congolian lowland forests, they comprise the Earth's second ... and relatively intact. Although swamp and primary forests dominate, there is a mix of vegetation types, including swamp forests, seasonally flooded forests, lowland rain forests, and forest-grassland ...
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UNEP/GRID-Arendal - Publications - The Last Stand of the Orangutan - Forests on Fire
Measures and their EffectConclusions and Recommendations: State of Emergency for Orangutans and National ParksContributorsReferences Forests on Fire Insular Southeast Asia endures months of smoke-filled air every year during ... clear the way for crops, and in logged-over forest, fire spreads rapidly. When peat swamp forests catch alight, the peat burns as well as the trees. These fires can spread ...
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WWF - About the Heart of Borneo forests
Home > About WWF > Where We Work > Asia > Solutions by Region > Borneo Forests > The area Borneo Forests The area Why is it special? Wildlife Mammals Amphibians Reptiles Fish Birds ... a mosaic of varied habitats: mangroves, peat swamps and freshwater swamp forests, lowland dipterocarp forests, ironwood forests, heath forests and montane forests are all part of a complex ecosystem that has evolved ...
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