Comprising around 5% of Nicaragua’s total land area, making it the second largest rainforest in the western hemisphere (after the Amazon), the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve has been a UNESCO biosphere reserve since 1997. The main threat to the rainforest comes from Nicaragua’s booming livestock industry. Ranchers have migrated to the reserve en masse where they often pay land traffickers to illegally secure title to land.
Khao Yai National Park is Thailand’s first and oldest national park. Established in 1962, it’s the third largest national park in the country and is just three short hours away from Bangkok. It covers 2,166 square kilometers of the Dong Phaya Yen Mountain Range. The best way to travel around the park is to bike or rent a motorcycle or a scooter. If you want to take a guided tour or participate in a wildlife viewing, Khao Yai National Park is the place for you! Some common wildlife species include elephants, otters, bears, gibbons (apes), and macaques. Wondering when is the ideal time for hiking? Thailand’s cold season is perfect for trekking through Khao Yai’s wonders and runs from November to February. Travel to Thailand for your ultimate wildlife spotting escape now!
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Congo Rainforest: The Congo rainforest is the second largest in the world and covers a total area of 1,780,000 km2. It is found in Central Africa and also has one of the longest rivers running from within it. The rainforest covers a bigger part of Northern Congo. The Congo River is the world’s second largest river by volume, draining an area of 3.7 million square kilometers known as the Congo Basin. Nine countries; Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia have part of their territory in the Congo Basin. They are conventionally six countries with extensive forest cover in the region, which are generally associated with the Congo rainforest: Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. The Congo rainforest is also widely recognized for its high levels of biodiversity, characterized with more than 600 tree species and 10,000 animal species. Some of its most famous residents include forest elephants, gorillas, chimpanzees, okapi, and lions.
Perhaps the most stunning bird of El Yunque is the Puerto Rican parrot, but it is also one of the saddest stories. At the time of the first Spanish colony in the early 1600s, there were believed to be a million parrots on the island, but over the years, as human population increased and deforestation occurred, the numbers dropped drastically until in 1973 there were only 13 iguacas, the Taino word for the parrot. The Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Program was making great strides to renew the population and at last count, before Hurricanes Irma and Maria, there were almost 60 parrots in the wild. Read extra info at El Yunque rain forest exploration blog. I have a spiritual background and try to simplify my life (if this is possible?). Therefore I don’t drive or own cars. So my family has many times taken me to the forest, and picked me up after a week, hungry and wasted. My sons also sometimes came with me – Jose and Miguel. All have helped in many ways…