UN report highlights benefits of conserving earth's cloud forests.

M2 Presswire;  February 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ......highlights benefits of conserving earth's cloud forests(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...CAMBRIDGE/NAIROBI (UNEP) -- The Earth's cloud forests, vital and unique habitats for thousands...romantic and fragile worlds, indicate that cloud forests cover an area of just under ...

Concern over increasing threat of destruction to cloud forests

New Straits Times;  February 10, 2004 ;     378 words ......increasing threat of destruction to cloud forests Byline: Elizabeth John; Deborah Loh...Main/Lifestyle; 2* Section: Nation CLOUD forests, vital and unique habitats for thousands...are resulting in increasingly-damaged cloud forests. The "Cloud Forest Agenda" report was...

EARTH'S CLOUD FORESTS ARE SHRINKING

United Press International;  February 9, 2004 ;     183 words ......Press International 02-09-2004 Earth's cloud forests are shrinking KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia...Monitoring Center say the extent of the cloud forests is about one-fifth smaller than scientists...runs until Feb. 20, the BBC reported. Cloud forests can be found between 1,650 and 9,850...

Earth's cloud forests are shrinking.

United Press International;  February 9, 2004 ;     170 words ......Monitoring Center say the extent of the cloud forests is about one-fifth smaller than...until Feb. 20, the BBC reported. Cloud forests can be found between 1,650 and 9,850 feet. The ability of cloud forests to strip and retain moisture from...

On a Quest for the Quetzal

Americas;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the high reaches of the Guatemalan cloud forests, our author is on the lookout for that...the wake-up call in the Guatemalan cloud forests is a recital of contralto bird songs...why the name is appropriate. These cloud forests are ageless. Great civilizations flourished...

Species dying out as clouds evaporate

The Independent - London;  April 26, 1999 ;     537 words ......are close to extinction because the cloud forests of central America are being destroyed...toad are believed to have perished. Cloud forests are some of the world's most delicate...its present course we may indeed lose cloud forests. They are important areas for endemic...

Opening hidden gateways

Americas;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......the Lake of the Condors in the Andean cloud forests of northern Peru yielded the kinds...Andean slopes have been made both in the cloud forests of Rio Abiseo National Park and in...government assessments of the high cloud forests as useless for agricultural purposes...

Biogeography of Tropical Montane Cloud Forests. Part II: Mapping of...

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......cloud-immersion statistics for tropical montane cloud forests (TMCFs). The first technique uses a...Comparison with known locations of cloud forests in northern Costa Rica shows that the...successfully to map the biogeography of cloud forests and to quantify cloud immersion over...

Born to ramble; After months on the road, your thoughts wander too

Pacific Sun;  May 6, 2005 ;     653 words ......has learned the value of good marketing. They tout their "cloud forests" as great destination points, which they are. But if instead...time?" most folks would answer, "No way." But calling them "cloud forests" makes them sound dreamy and romantic. * I go to a hotel...

Trip Fix

Plenty;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......hours, you can venture from steamy coastal wetlands to chilly cloud forests, or trek to an indigenous Mayan village and be back in town...Georginas, where natural thermal pools nestled in verdant cloud forests (lasfuentesgeorginas.com). Protect Endangered Turtles Some...

Making examinations accessible to all.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  May 21, 2008 ;     433 words ......experienced a steady increase in the number of students receiving support during examinations as a result of disability disclosure...So, what accounts for the rise in numbers of students receiving support? Earlier diagnosis of learning difficulties surely plays...

NewsBriefs: Witnesses in need of help.(News)

Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  November 29, 2006 ;     44 words ...A RISING number of witnesses at risk of intimidation are receiving support to give evidence at criminal trials, according to figures released today. Victim Support said almost 5,000 more witnesses, including children and victims of domestic violence, were helped in the past year.

THE ART OF SAVING CLOUD FORESTS.(RHYTHM)(Column)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  March 22, 2007 ;     301 words ...Byline: JACOB STOCKINGER A group of local artists hopes to help save cloud forests, one of the world's most threatened ecosystems, with an exhibition...elsewhere in town, is part of an art show at LaMop to help save endangered cloud forests.

Peru: The Ruin of Me

The Washington Post;  January 18, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Here's a tip for visiting remote ruins in the cloud forests of northern Peru: If someone offers you a donkey, take...the pre-Inca ruins hidden in the region's cliffs and cloud forests. But Sinecio had shaken his head at my weather sense...

U.S. general says there are indications insurgents receiving support for...

AP Worldstream;  January 15, 2005 ;     211 words ......Iraq The U.S. general responsible for security in northern Iraq said Saturday there were indications that insurgents were receiving support from Iraqis who fled to Syria after the collapse of Saddam Hussein's rule. "There are some indications, clearly, that the...