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Yellow-vented bulbul, one of the 137 species of birds now found at Samboja Lestari. Samboja Lestari is a Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) rescue and rehabilitation centre, tropical rainforest restoration project, sun bear sanctuary, and eco-lodge [1] located in the district of Samboja in Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, [2] owned and operated by the Borneo Orangutan ...
Deniyaya is a small town located towards the south of Sri Lanka. It is located in Matara District of the Southern Province. It is surrounded by the Sinharaja rainforest, and the climate is relatively cool. The main source of income is tea cultivation, however people also engage in vegetable cultivation. The village also has many historic ...
The rainforest likely formed during the Jurassic period (from 200 million years to 145 million years ago). This forest encompasses an area of 36,000 hectares (88,960 acres/360 km 2 ). [ 3 ] The reserve is only 21 km (13 mi) from east to west, and a maximum of 7 km (4.3 mi) from north to south, but it is a treasure trove of endemic species ...
The lodge is situated within the Madidi National Park in the Amazon region of Bolivia, covering 210 hectares of forest. Accessible by a 3.5-hour motorboat ride upstream along the Beni and Tuichi rivers, the Ecolodge offers accommodation for up to 14 visitors in traditional Amazonian-style cabins.
This park, along with the other two reserved parks within the larger Sangha Reserve, is secluded from all economic activity involving roads and human interference, which has resulted in its maintenance as a pristine rainforest. [12] [7] [14] The park lies within the forest area of Congo which forms 11% of the total area of the country.
The park consists of nearly 832.5 thousand acres (3,369 km 2) of tropical moist forest, much of which is relatively intact. [11] Combined with its sister reserves, Lobéké National Park in Cameroon and the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo, this rainforest is the second largest on Earth. [4]
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The tallest of the units, the Tarzan House, is built on top of a living mahogany tree, at the height of 22 m from the ground. The towers are interlinked by a wooden catwalk system of approximately 5 miles (8.0 km), all within the canopy of the rainforest. Other facilities within these tree tops include 2 swimming pools, two observation towers ...