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Five years to save the Orangutan  -  Mar 26, 2007
infoshop.orgDisplaced from their rainforest habitat, the orang utans struggle to survive in the oil palm plantations and are regarded as an agricultural pest. ...

Print nzherald.co.nz Article  -  Jun 26, 2009
New Zealand HeraldWHAT TO DO Rainforest Habitat: Wildlife Sanctuary open daily 8am-5pm on Port Douglas Rd. Go to www.rainforesthabitat.com.au. ...

Five years to save the orang utan  -  Nov 3, 2009
The GuardianDisplaced from their rainforest habitat, the orang utans struggle to survive in the oil palm plantations and are regarded as an agricultural pest. ...

Student studies coastal wolves  -  Oct 13, 2007
Canada.comGenetically distinct from inland wolves, coastal wolves have become highly adapted to their rainforest habitat. Their coats blend into the coastal ...

Asiaone - S'pore firm offers  -  Feb 26, 2008
AsiaOneIt is a fantastic way to explore the unique rainforest habitat without disturbing the flora and fauna. We whizzed past treetops, waterfalls and sparkling ...

Article: S8 expands into north.(Brief Article) - Australasian...  -  Mar 14, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Australasian Business Intelligence - HighBeam ResearchThey are the Radisson Treetops Resort, Rainforest Habitat and Rainforest Dome. ... Article: Spirit Bear rainforest habitat to be protected ...

Zoo goes ape to preserve precious forests  -  Aug 9, 2009
The AgeThe zoo is launching a campaign to help protect the rainforest habitat of wild orang-utans from palm oil farmers. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer ...

Article: Salmon: It's what's for dinner (and breakfast). - St. Louis...  -  Oct 16, 2006
Pay-Per-View - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Spirit Bear rainforest habitat to be protected News From Indian Country; May 31, 2001 ; 700+ words ... ... News From Indian Country 05-31-2001 ...

Blackpool Zoo staff organise orangutan stamp collection  -  Jun 21, 2008
Blackpool CitizenOrangutans are in grave danger of extinction because their rainforest habitat is vanishing at an unprecedented rate. The foundation actively conserves the ...

Orang Utans Face Extinction By 2012  -  Mar 24, 2007
BuzzleDisplaced from their rainforest habitat, the orang utans struggle to survive in the oil palm plantations and are regarded as an agricultural pest. ...

Cincinnati Powers Up Two Buildings with Solar Electricity  -  May 26, 2006
RenewableEnergyWorld.com...which is currently under construction, will be a dynamic facility that integrates the wonder of exploring a rainforest habitat with educating children ...

Net casino wins right to name monkey  -  Apr 15, 2005
Globe and MailPark and protect the casino's new mascot. All of the proceeds generated from these efforts will go to preserving the monkeys' natural rainforest habitat.

From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine  -  Mar 24, 2008
politicalaffairs.net...successful adaptation to more northerly urban environments bodes well for their future, despite the loss of much of their ancestral rainforest habitat. ...

Pampering spas, fine restaurants and white sand beaches -- Port...  -  Jun 3, 2006
$2.50 - Townsville Bulletin - News Limited Australia...comprising Radisson Treetops Resort & Spa, Sheraton Mirage Port Douglas, The Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary and Quicksilver Group. ...

From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine  -  Mar 26, 2008
Richmond.com...successful adaptation to more northerly urban environments bodes well for their future, despite the loss of much of their ancestral rainforest habitat. ...

Humble origins for the Woodward family  -  Oct 12, 2009
Cairns Post - The Cairns PostEldest son Michael is the general manager of The Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary in Port Douglas, while Ben divides his time between London and the ...

S8 Ltd acquires Port Douglas-Radisson Treetops from Port Douglas Reef...  -  May 31, 2005
Pay-Per-View - deals - Alacra StoreConcurrently, SL acquired Rainforest habitat Wildlife Sanctuary. The two transactions had a combined value of ##.# mil Australian dollars: Mergers ...

MFS will launch online. | Article from Australasian Business Intellige...  -  Sep 12, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Australasian Business Intelligence - HighBeam ResearchResort, The Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary and The Links golf course. Publication Date: 15 February 2005 S8 LIMITED - ASX SEL: PORT DOUGLAS REEF ...

Article: Cashed-up S8 looks at Port Douglas.(S8 Ltd.)(Brief Article) ...  -  Feb 14, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Australasian Business Intelligence - HighBeam ResearchPDR controls the Radisson Treetops Resort, The Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary and The Links golf course. Publication Date: 15 February 2005 ...

Orangutans in Peril as Indonesian Logging Accelerates  -  Feb 7, 2007
Environment News ServiceThis young orangutan may not live to become an adult if its rainforest habitat is logged. (Photo courtesy UNEP). "Without direct intervention in the parks, ...

See three top attractions for free Just go wild  -  Nov 10, 2005
$2.50 - Cairns Post - News Limited AustraliaThe Get Wild promotion is a fantastic chance to see the area's amazing range of fauna and flora at The Rainforest Habitat and Wildlife Sanctuary at Port ...

Congo-Kinshasa: Threat to Great Apes Highlighted At Virunga Meeting  -  Jul 11, 2008
AllAfrica.comShe praised the courage of park rangers who risk their lives to protect wildlife and the rainforest habitat. More than 120 rangers have been killed on the ...

Article: When the boy met the bear: at age 13, Simon Jackson gave a …  -  Aug 1, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Alternatives Journal - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Spirit Bear rainforest habitat to be protected News From Indian Country; May 31, 2001 ; 700+ words ... ... News From Indian Country 05-31-2001 ...

Adorable but Endangered: Lemurs Face Possible Extinction  -  Jul 21, 2009
ABC News...creatures from the political forces threatening their existence, especially not the illegal loggers destroying the lemurs' precious rainforest habitat. ...

Daniel enlists PM in fight for planet of the apes  -  Nov 12, 2007
The Age...schools to publicise the plight of the orang-utans, who are threatened by the loss of their rainforest habitat, and appealed to Mr Howard for help. ...

Busch Gardens Africa - Reviews and Ratings of Sights in Tampa - New …  -  Jan 24, 2010
New York TimesNext stop is Nairobi, the most beautiful part of the park, where you can see gorillas and chimpanzees in their lush rainforest habitat in the Myombe Reserve ...

Article: One-third of British Colombia's Great Bear Rainforest.(Brief...  -  Sep 22, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Science Activities - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Spirit Bear rainforest habitat to be protected News From Indian Country; May 31, 2001 ; 700+ words ... ... Indian Country 05-31-2001 Spirit Bear ...

10 great endangered places to see while you can  -  Apr 18, 2008
Pay-Per-View - USA TODAY - ProQuest Archiver...an island shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei -- are threatened by the loss of their rainforest habitat as a consequence of logging and farming. ...

Article: NEWS DIGEST: Rainforest pledge.(News) - The Birmingham Post ...  -  Jan 23, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Birmingham Post - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Spirit Bear rainforest habitat to be protected News From Indian Country; May 31, 2001 ; 700+ words ... ... Indian Country 05-31-2001 Spirit Bear ...

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan  -  Jan 13, 2010
Daily Times...island to Balls Pyramid, and how they could have survived in such a hostile environment devoid of their natural rainforest habitat, remain a mystery. ...

Lucrative palm oil crop putting red apes in danger  -  Dec 15, 2008
Toronto StarBut, it's humans who are clear-cutting Kesi's rainforest habitat in Indonesia and Malaysia. Orangutans are being forced from their homes. ...

The Sunday Age  -  Feb 27, 2005
Sydney Morning HeraldRainforest Habitat wildlife sanctuary, home to about 180 species from the wet tropics, is a great place to see animals that are too shy to be spotted in the ...

Biofuels: Green energy or grim reaper?  -  Sep 22, 2006
BBC News...where oil palm plantations are destroying the rainforest habitat of orangutans and many other species. Species are dying for our driving ...

Brazil's Amazon Rainforest Policy Is a One-Way Road to Disaster  -  Nov 12, 2009
Brazzil.com...ecocide is the construction of roads which tear through the rainforest habitat, laying down concrete in every direction with each newly paved yard. ...

Top five Daintree discoveries  -  Mar 12, 2005
Sydney Morning HeraldRainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary, in Port Douglas, far north Queensland, is home to about 180 species. It's a great place to see animals too shy to be ...

Ranger arrested in killing of gorillas  -  Mar 19, 2008
USA TODAY - USA TodayMashagiro is accused of arranging the mass killing to deter conservationists who were trying to prevent the destruction of the animals' rainforest habitat, ...

Mining giant to raze apes' forest home  -  Jul 15, 2007
Times Online...a supporter of the BBC's Saving Planet Earth campaign to protect orang-utans, is planning to raze some of the great apes' rainforest habitat. ...

Spirit Bear guide bears witness to Canada's Great Bear Rainforest...  -  Sep 5, 2006
ESPNColumbia-based non-profit research and public-education organization working to protect marine and rainforest habitat in the Great Bear Rainforest. ...

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan  -  Jan 10, 2010
Daily TimesQueensland Museum spider specialist Dr Robert Raven said the spiders normally stayed in their rainforest habitat but recent rains had flushed them into ...

Their future's bright, their hair is orange  -  Feb 19, 2009
The SunSwathes of the apes' rainforest habitat are being destroyed my man in a quest for land to produce much sought after palm oil. TV presenter Michaela Strachan ...

Bali to plant 1m rain trees  -  Jan 20, 2010
Jakarta PostVenezuela and Mexico, the wide-canopied rain tree may grow to almost 25 meters high with a diameter of 40 meters in its tropical rainforest habitat. ...

At home among the gum trees  -  Nov 11, 2006
Sydney Morning HeraldOn to the rainforest habitat. Australia has the oldest continually surviving rainforests on Earth so this should be good. We get an immediate and up-close ...

City slickers scared off by bird-eating snake  -  May 8, 2009
Sydney Morning HeraldRegretfully, Mr Holloway doesn't know whether the snake survived, although rangers with the Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary said it was unlikely the ...

Rainforest plan for film studios  -  Feb 12, 2008
BBC NewsDirector John Woodman said it welcomed the invitation of Dragon Studios "to establish the footprint of an endangered rainforest habitat in this former ...

Howard swings in from the trees  -  Nov 11, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald...schools to publicise the plight of the orang-utans, who are threatened by the loss of their rainforest habitat, and he appealed to Mr Howard for help. ...

Mammal Conservation Battlegrounds of the Future  -  Mar 7, 2006
Environment News Service...and mineral and oil exploration as well as hunting by local people are decreasing the number of wild tree kangaroos.(Photo courtesy Rainforest Habitat)

World's Largest 'Avoided Deforestation' Project Helps Save Endangered...  -  Dec 15, 2009
Bizjournals.com...organization dedicated to the survival of the highly endangered great ape, the bonobo (Pan paniscus) and its rainforest habitat in the Congo Basin. ...

Port Douglas  -  Nov 13, 2008
Sydney Morning HeraldThe owners of Rainforest Habitat have established an artificial rainforest environment very near to the extensive Daintree Rainforest. ...

Rabid vampire bats kill 23 people after rainforest exodus  -  Nov 2, 2005
ScotsmanThe victims were bitten after the bloodsucking mammals were displaced from their rainforest habitat by continued widespread tree-felling, ...

Winging it to the Caribbean for some birding  -  Jan 3, 2010
Plain DealerMurphy described the Gilpin Trace Forest Reserve as a rainforest habitat that hasn't changed much in 10000 years. It felt prehistoric from the moment we ...

Orangutan ruse misleads predators  -  Aug 5, 2009
BBC News..."Because it is very rare and difficult to get a full view of an orangutan in its rainforest habitat, this could be very advantageous, since a potential ...

Rio Tinto weighs new smelter  -  Aug 7, 2007
Canada.comThe dam would also put highly valued rainforest habitat under water. Amid protests from social and environmental activists, Alcan, which was recently rated ...

Resort breaks up on reef  -  Mar 16, 2006
Sydney Morning HeraldThe company owned the 303-room Radisson Treetops Resort, The Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary and The Links golf course in or about Port Douglas. ...

Madagascar's forests under threat from illegal timber trade  -  Oct 12, 2009
Telegraph.co.ukJust a tenth of the lemur's rainforest habitat remains today, and it is feared that it and the chameleon could become extinct by 2100. ...

Tiny monkey rejected by mother  -  Oct 29, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk...they live in small family groups, their status is regarded as "vulnerable" because of the destruction of their tropical rainforest habitat in Brazil.

Glowing attraction  -  Aug 26, 2006
NEWS.com.auThe rest of us loved it, walking along the narrow tunnel to see and learn all about these increasingly threatened insects whose natural rainforest habitat ...

Summer vacation in the Amazon  -  Aug 30, 2007
Boston Globe...field research alongside conservation scientists focused on protecting the rainforest habitat and endangered species such as the black lion tamarin. ...

Solar Electric Light Fund Wins Chevron Conservation Award.  -  Oct 28, 2005
Free with registration - Europe Intelligence Wire - AccessMyLibrary.com...and fauna of the Amazon in Peru; Orangutan Foundation International for its work to protect orangutans and their rainforest habitat in southeast Asia. ...

Going ape at Tanjung nature reserve  -  Mar 22, 2009
Toronto SunBut a United Nations report last year forecast 98% of their rainforest habitat will be destroyed by 2022. Their time is running out. ...

Perth Zoo unveils Australia's first sun bear cub  -  Jun 27, 2008
NEWS.com.auThe toll on species numbers from this illegal culinary trade and from the destruction of its rainforest habitat is very high. ...

Pledges Safeguard Heart of Borneo, Far-Flung Island Ecosystems  -  Mar 30, 2006
Environment News ServiceDesilets said, "With the launch of the Heart of Borneo initiative, there is some hope for the future of the orangutan and its rainforest habitat. ...

Adelaide Zoo's beloved orang-utan Pusung dies  -  Apr 15, 2009
NEWS.com.auTheir rainforest habitat is being felled for palm oil and other crops at an overwhelming rate, with the remaining forest frequently degraded by drought and ...

Baby deer ventures into paddock  -  May 29, 2008
BBC NewsChile and Argentina and is considered a vulnerable species. Pudu numbers have declined because of predators and the destruction of their rainforest habitat.

Crabtree Publishing Company  -  Mar 1, 2007
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Monkey talk not just chattering  -  Apr 5, 2005
New Zealand Herald..."In their native rainforest habitat this may provide important clues for nearby friends, allies or relatives, particularly as to whether or not they should ...

Guide to Port Douglas in QLD  -  Nov 19, 2008
Sydney Morning HeraldThe owners of Rainforest Habitat have established an artificial rainforest environment very near to the extensive Daintree Rainforest. ...

Your questions  -  Jan 11, 2009
Sydney Morning HeraldI would also recommend doing "breakfast with the birds" at the Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary in Port Douglas. If you have any travel questions, ...

Poison Frogs Lose Venom with the Habitat Loss The toxicity is linked...  -  Nov 8, 2006
SoftpediaBy Stefan Anitei, Science Editor. A new study carried in Madagascar has showed that poison frogs are losing their toxicity as human activity fragments their ...

A Trip to Guatemala's Mayan Ruins  -  Jun 2, 2007
NPRDr. FREIDEL: There are probably 200 or 300 scarlet macaws left and we are in a desperate race for time to see if we can save this rainforest habitat for ...

Dusky baby a rare sight at zoo  -  May 3, 2008
NEWS.com.au...orange in contrast with their grey parents. Due to a reduction in their native rainforest habitat, Dusky Langurs are becoming increasingly threatened.

Orangutan expert visits Cornwall  -  Nov 30, 2009
BBC NewsLone Droscher Nielson believes the greatest threat to the survival of the orangutan is the destruction of their rainforest habitat to create oil palm ...

Friends of Calakmul Protects 57,000 Acres of Jaguar Habitat; New …  -  Aug 21, 2006
Free with registration - Europe Intelligence Wire - AccessMyLibrary.com..."By protecting more rainforest habitat in this important biological hotspot we can provide adequate space for a viable population and guarantee the jaguar ...

Guide to Hawks Nest in NSW  -  Nov 20, 2008
Sydney Morning HeraldThe one island in southern Australia to include rainforest habitat it was also the first gazetted flora and fauna reserve in NSW. ...

Slow boom-and-bust cycle found in marine life  -  May 9, 2005
World ScienceNoted threats to its existence include destruction of its rainforest habitat for slash-and-burn agriculture; extensive cutting of bamboo, its food; and, ...

Local News Adding new passion to gardening  -  Apr 29, 2007
Gulf Daily NewsThere are thought to be around 400 species, but many are under threat in their natural rainforest habitat. The passiflora was an in-vogue plant with the ...

Joyau du Queensland - La Grande Barrière de Corail  -  Jan 25, 2010
Le Devoir - Le Devoir (Abonnement)On peut continuer par un tour dans la belle réserve zoologique de Rainforest Habitat, qui abrite loriquets, perroquets Eclectus et échassiers, mais aussi un ...

Slow Boat to Orangutans (Central Kalimantan)  -  Nov 23, 2008
Jakarta PostA United Nations report last year forecast 98 percent of the orangutans' rainforest habitat will be destroyed by 2022, mainly due to logging and palm oil ...

Frogs back from the dead  -  May 26, 2008
The AustralianThe Kroombit tinker frog was still at risk from the destruction of its rainforest habitat by feral pigs and bushfires.

Atlanta News, Sports, Atlanta Weather, Business News | ajc.com  -  May 16, 2009
Atlanta Journal ConstitutionThe world's emerald tree boa population has been bit hard by mankind, via disappearing South American rainforest habitat and climate changes. ...

Smart pair a great nest-egg for zoo  -  Mar 8, 2007
Stuff.co.nz...breeds becoming increasingly endangered in the wild due to the destruction of their rainforest habitat and the Southern American illegal pet trade. ...

Bin Laden assails Europe on cartoons  -  Mar 20, 2008
Boston GlobeMashagiro is accused of arranging the mass killing to deter conservationists who were trying to prevent the destruction of the animals' rainforest habitat. ...

Ghana: Ecotourism: What is Our Competitiveness?  -  Jan 9, 2006
AllAfrica.comCreativity Kakum forest was just a mere 360 square km of tropical rainforest habitat reserved for logging and hunting. However, through a creative design ...

UK firm plans to log habitat of critically endangered orangutan for...  -  Jun 23, 2009
Mongabay.comA Scottish firm has been implicated in funding a plan that would destroy the rainforest habitat of critically endangered orangutans in Sumatra. ...

Orang-utan | Wildlife | Safeguarding the natural world | WWF UK  -  Jun 1, 2005
WWF-UKThe most serious threat to orang-utans is the destruction of their rainforest habitat. In the last 20 years an estimated 80% of suitable orang-utan habitat ...

Bobby the gorilla soaks up the sun with a snooze  -  Jun 16, 2007
Daily MailDisease, illegal poaching and the loss of rainforest habitat have ravaged wild gorilla numbers in central Africa. There are believed to be 94000 west ...

Demo the randy Orangutan gets all THREE of his females pregnant at...  -  Dec 4, 2008
Daily MailThe Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is threatened by hunting, the pet trade and the destruction of its rainforest habitat in order to create palm oil ...

INTERNATIONAL BREIFS  -  Mar 20, 2008
$2.95 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram - NewsBank...who were trying to prevent the destruction of the animals' rainforest habitat, the international conservation group WildlifeDirect said. ...

Orangutans join effort to save species  -  Jul 8, 2009
New Zealand HeraldThe significant drop in the species is due to the growth of palm oil plantations taking over the apes' rainforest habitat, Ms Dixon said. ...

Guide to Gosford in NSW  -  Nov 19, 2008
Sydney Morning HeraldA path leads down alongside Floods Creek to three viewing platforms, each a descent in altitude and into an increasingly dense rainforest habitat. ...

Peter Garrett has ignored requests for funding to save a dying bat...  -  Feb 6, 2009
The AustralianAnd much of the rainforest habitat has been destroyed by phosphate mining. After being contacted by The Australian yesterday, Mr Garrett called for an ...

FINANCE: Prickly Peru Gas Project Gets Key Loan  -  Dec 22, 2009
Inter Press Service...including the upstream consortium's failure to provide adequate impact assessments for local communities and their precious rainforest habitat," it said ...

Cheeky show-off the star attraction  -  Jun 11, 2009
Stuff.co.nz..."This is primarily because of the destruction of their rainforest habitat for oil palm plantations and illegal logging." ...

Philippine Eagles survey starts 2009  -  Dec 18, 2008
Inquirer.net...non-stock, non-profit organization that was organized in 1987 and dedicated to saving the endangered Philippine eagle and its rainforest habitat. ...

Saving the hornbill  -  Dec 12, 2006
Malaysia StarFor her efforts in saving threatened hornbills and their rainforest habitat in Thailand, she was honoured at the Rolex Enterprise Award in Singapore ...

Where tribes go troppo  -  Nov 9, 2008
The Age...tea but the youngsters will fall over laughing at the up-close and personal antics of the flying residents of the Rainforest Habitat, just out of town. ...

Nigeria: Group Wants Edo to Suspend Issuance of Logging Permit  -  Mar 10, 2009
AllAfrica.comBeing one of the seven national parks in the country, Okomu is distinguished as the last remnants of the last Guinea lowland rainforest habitat in Nigeria. ...

Bat face shapes sound  -  Jun 25, 2009
Science NewsThe tightly focused beam might also cut down on signals that bounce back from irrelevant objects in the bat's southeastern Asian rainforest habitat. ...

Living Pura Vida in Costa Rica  -  Feb 29, 2008
AsiaOneIt is a fantastic way to explore the unique rainforest habitat without disturbing the flora and fauna. We whizzed past treetops, waterfalls and sparkling ...

Newsweek International: Mail Call: A Changed China?  -  Sep 1, 2008
$2.95 - Newsweek - NewsBankNearly 60 percent of Fiji's rainforests have been destroyed, and this is a serious commitment to restore the original rainforest habitat. ...

Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA)  -  Jan 31, 2009
$2.95 - Virginian-Pilot - NewsBankRe "Push for palm oil imperils red apes' rainforest habitat," Spotlight, Jan. 21: The long-term survival of apes and many other incredible species is an ...

An enriching vacation: Students go to school in the summer  -  06 Aug 2009
Saugus AdvertiserWildlife experts brought in animals that live in a rainforest habitat and spoke about the importance of saving the environment, Carney said.

Orangutans show unique moves  -  ‎Jul 30, 2009‎
Planet EarthThis is partly because their rainforest habitat in Indonesia and Malaysia is being devastated as trees are cut down for timber and to clear room for palm

Snakes slither into homes  -  ‎Jul 30, 2009‎
Cairns PostChris Dehaan, of the Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary at Port Douglas, said although the number of snakes they had removed was on par with last year,

Adorable but Endangered: Lemurs Face Possible Extinction  -  ‎Jul 21, 2009‎
ABC News...creatures from the political forces threatening their existence, especially not the illegal loggers destroying the lemurs' precious rainforest habitat.

Washington Marriott Wardman Park Goes Bananas to Help the Orangutans  -  ‎Aug 5, 2009‎
WebWire (press release) (press release)5% of the room revenue will be donated toward the Orangutan Outreach, an organization dedicated to protecting the orangutan and its rainforest habitat.

Possum earns stripes  -  ‎Jul 27, 2009‎
Cairns PostTwo months after being taken in by Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary supervisor Clare Anderson the tiny stripped possum has doubled in weight after a

A walk in the clouds  -  ‎Jul 28, 2009‎
FrontlineThe resulting reservoir would have flooded 8.3 sq km of the rainforest habitat, home to a large number of lion-tailed macaques, among numerous other

An inexpensive and fun summer experience  -  ‎Jul 17, 2009‎
Examiner.com...short educational background on the life of the butterfly along with many other tidbits as they release young butterflies into their rainforest habitat.

Hilo's Rainforest Zoo presents baby bearcat bintlets  -  ‎Mar 4, 2009‎
Big Island Video News...first people to see them when they are ready to leave the confines of their nest and begin to explore their rainforest habitat enclosure in a few weeks.

Stranraer Doctor goes ape in Borneo  -  ‎Mar 5, 2009‎
Dumfries and Galloway StandardThe foundation actively rescues both wild and captive orangutans which have been displaced by poaching and the devastation of their rainforest habitat for

Reptile enthusiasts can win a trip to the Honduran jungle  -  Feb 18, 2009
Examiner.comAnyone interested can enter by going to the company's site and either answering a set of questions or purchasing an Exo Terra Maya Rainforest Habitat Kit

Their future's bright, their hair is orange  -  Feb 18, 2009
The Sun,Swathes of the apes’ rainforest habitat are being destroyed my man in a quest for land to produce much sought after palm oil. TV presenter Michaela Strachan

Discovery Of Giant Snake Fossil Gives Hope To Rainforests ...  -  Feb 4, 2009
Groovy Green,The way humans are influencing today’s average climate temperature at such a dramatic rate, there’s no telling if rainforest habitat would truly survive the

Peter Garrett has ignored requests for funding to save a dying bat ...  -  Feb 5, 2009
The Australian,And much of the rainforest habitat has been destroyed by phosphate mining. After being contacted by The Australian yesterday, Mr Garrett called for an

Tusculum Faculty Ready To Embark On Trip To Belize  -  Jan 30, 2009
Greeneville Sun,...who will then bring back drawings from the Belize children of their rainforest habitat and local animals which are very different, Fife said.

Mum driven batty  -  Jan 26, 2009
Cairns Post,Rainforest Habitat's Charles Woodward said the flying fox plague was so bad even culling would not work. Mr Woodward said the flying foxes had caused

Paradise Earth Hires Charlavan Mandarich as Co-Host of Weekly ...  -  Nov 13, 2008
PR-CANADA.net (press release),Paradise Earth, a 195000 sq. ft attraction, will house a living rainforest habitat, a 1000-seat conference center, a medical research facility,

Helping The Environment Never Tasted So Good  -  Nov 9, 2008
PRLog.Org (press release),...partnered with Rainforest Rescue to protect rainforest habitat for the critically endangered Cassowary in far north Queensland’s Daintree Rainforest.

Don't let the bed bugs bite; know where they hide  -  Nov 15, 2008
Kentucky.com,They're found naturally in a mountainous rainforest habitat, so in Kentucky, they would make great patio container plants, in bright but not direct sunlight

Where tribes go troppo  -  Nov 9, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,...tea but the youngsters will fall over laughing at the up-close and personal antics of the flying residents of the Rainforest Habitat, just out of town.

Tiny monkey rejected by mother  -  Oct 29, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,...where they live in small family groups, their status is regarded as "vulnerable" because of the destruction of their tropical rainforest habitat in Brazil.

America is addicted to oil – It's time for an intervention  -  Nov 6, 2008
Topanga Messenger,...who is facing the challenge of trying to stop their rainforest habitat from being raised to make room for biofuel plantations. "I know.

Is this the new doomsday book?  -  Sep 15, 2008
Liverpool Daily Post,The close proximity of housing to the Amazonian rainforest habitat contributes to the outbreaks diseases like visceral leishmaniasis (in which parasites

Stork baby boom breaks  -  Sep 10, 2008
cairns.com.au,The pair, who live in Port Douglas’ Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary, are the world’s only pair of storks breeding in captivity, wildlife curator Terry

It's up to you to save Rocky Zoo  -  Sep 25, 2008
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin,The tender for a new rainforest habitat for the chimpanzees would be advertised on October 4 and the aviary dome, which had been closed for many moths,

Father's Day gift for James Courtney  -  Sep 3, 2008
Gold Coast News,..."We had a fantastic time taking Zara on a helicopter ride over the Great Barrier Reef and to see the kangaroos and other animals at the Rainforest Habitat

Greenspace: Remember the earth when you order your coffee  -  Sep 9, 2008
Post-Bulletin,This method is friendly to a rainforest habitat. It's also known as "bird-friendly," as the trees that provide shade also provide a much-needed refuge for

The Rainforest Site Partners with Sumatran Orangutan Society to ...  -  Jul 26, 2008
PR-CANADA.net (press release),...items on the site (in 2007, such sales saved an additional 93770700 square feet of rainforest habitat) and through the Gifts That Give Moretm program.

• World's most distinctive birds at the Toledo Zoo  -  Aug 13, 2008
WNWO,The rhinoceros hornbill requires large trees for nesting, so the loss of rainforest habitat in their native Southeast Asia places them in danger.

LA teacher on Australian expedition  -  Jul 22, 2008
Los Angeles Times,Our morning began with light hiding behind tropical storm clouds, but it broke through as we had "Breakfast with the Birds" at the Rainforest Habitat park,

Protecting Mountain Gorillas  -  Jul 25, 2008
Voice of AmericaAccording to park rangers and conservationists working to save the gorilla’s rainforest habitat, the killings were a warning to authorities from charcoal

Skull of Large Extinct Primate Reconstructed  -  Jul 28, 2008
LiveScience.com,...at least 12 distinct calls by the red ruffs, which are considered endangered due to hunting and deforestation of their rainforest habitat in Madagascar.

Tapping into veggie power  -  Jul 18, 2008
Palo Alto Daily News,...pair of straw-colored fruit bats, explaining that some plantings intended for bio-fuel are increasingly endangering the bats' native rainforest habitat.

Paradise Earth Team Visits Belize and Panama and Offers Free Video ...  -  Apr 8, 2008
Emediawire (press release),The team behind the Paradise Earth rainforest habitat project in the greater Phoenix area recently traveled to Belize and Panama on an information-gathering

Parrots avoiding extinction by thriving in new environment  -  Apr 11, 2008
Miramichi Leader,...successful adaptation to more northerly urban environments bodes well for their future, despite the loss of much of their ancestral rainforest habitat.

Rainforest plan for film studios  -  Feb 12, 2008
BBC News,Director John Woodman said it welcomed the invitation of Dragon Studios "to establish the footprint of an endangered rainforest habitat in this former

Rainforest attraction a possibility for Southport's Pleasureland site  -  Feb 8, 2008
icSeftonandWestLancs,Mr Woodman – whose firm was established in 2006 “with singular focus on endangered rainforest habitat� – stressed that RVL is “not party to any of those

Climate change: what’s the problem?  -  Jan 24, 2008
People's Weekly WorldHistorically, tropical rainforest habitat totaled 6 billion acres. Today we have less than 1.5 billion acres left, and this remaining rainforest is being

TV crew in Belize blogging about rainforest plight  -  Nov 29, 2007
AZ Central.com,Titled Rainforests in Crisis, the blog is an official mouthpiece of the Paradise Earth Project, a proposed rainforest habitat modeled loosely on the Epcot

Rainforest Reserve Established in DR Congo to save bonobo  -  Nov 19, 2007
Mongabay.com...nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the survival of the highly endangered bonobo (Pan paniscus) and its rainforest habitat in the Congo Basin.

Bamboo Banger's noble cause  -  Nov 18, 2007
inthemix,...and the massive expansion of palm oil plantations have all contributed to a decreasing rainforest habitat,� the press release for Bamboo Banger asserts.

The 2007 San Francisco Green Festival  -  Nov 15, 2007
City on a Hill Press,Unlike other groups that work to defend rainforest habitat, Save Your World is a for-profit company. “We want to set an example where you can be both

Howard swings in from the trees  -  Nov 11, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,...schools to publicise the plight of the orang-utans, who are threatened by the loss of their rainforest habitat, and he appealed to Mr Howard for help.

Why do so many species live in tropical forests and coral reefs?  -  Nov 1, 2007
RxPG NEWS,For example, a rare plant species might survive in a dense rainforest habitat by exploiting a peculiar soil composition for which it is genetically adapted.

Why Do So Many Species Live In Tropical Forests And Coral Reefs?  -  Oct 31, 2007
Science Daily (press release)For example, a rare plant species might survive in a dense rainforest habitat by exploiting a peculiar soil composition for which it is genetically adapted.

Student studies coastal wolves  -  Oct 13, 2007
StarPhoenix,Genetically distinct from inland wolves, coastal wolves have become highly adapted to their rainforest habitat. Their coats blend into the coastal

Spare a buck for the rainforest ANZ  -  Oct 24, 2007
Scoop.co.nz,The palm oil industry is rapidly destroying the rainforest habitat of the endangered orang-utan. "ANZ doesn't need to finance rainforest destruction and add

Uganda cancels controversial rainforest logging plan  -  Oct 18, 2007
Mongabay.comCritics said the project would destroy a rare rainforest habitat for endemic species, while threatening rainfall and soil erosion and hurting Uganda's

Monkey business at zoo  -  Oct 25, 2007
Florida Today,Their rainforest habitat in South America is endangered, they've been killed for their fur, and they've been captured as pets, which is not a good idea,

Two years left to save wild orangutans from extinction - Feature  -  Oct 25, 2007
Earthtimes,It was the start of a lifelong mission to save one of the world's last surviving great apes from extinction and to preserve its rainforest habitat that is

Port Douglas  -  Aug 15, 2007
The Age,The owners of Rainforest Habitat have established an artificial rainforest environment very near to the extensive Daintree Rainforest.

Paradise Earth and Jimmy Kristie Productions Ink Television Agreements  -  Aug 14, 2007
PR-GB.com (press release),Paradise Earth, a 90000 sq. ft attraction, will house a living rainforest habitat, a 1000 seat conference center, a medical research facility,

Moluccan cockatoo, tree boa steal show Wildlife encounters at ...  -  Aug 5, 2007
Laconia Citizen,At the end of his presentation, Small said that rainforest habitat is disappearing at a rapid rate as the human population continues to expand and use up

Sweet sight, sick smell  -  Jul 24, 2007
Chronicle-Telegram,The titan arum is one of the world’s largest flowers and rarely blooms even in its native Sumatran rainforest habitat. The zoo joins just 20 institutions

A Rose By Any Other Name  -  Jul 23, 2007
WCPN,The titan arum is one of the world's largest flowers and rarely blooms even in its native Sumatran rainforest habitat.

Rio Tinto weighs new smelter  -  Aug 7, 2007
Montreal Gazette,The dam would also put highly valued rainforest habitat under water. Amid protests from social and environmental activists, Alcan, which was recently rated

Smart pair a great nest-egg for zoo  -  Aug 3, 2007
Waikato Times,...breeds becoming increasingly endangered in the wild due to the destruction of their rainforest habitat and the Southern American illegal pet trade.

Port Douglas road show heads south  -  Jul 31, 2007
micebtn,Port Douglas companies participating in the road show include Sea Temple Resort and Spa, GBR Helicopter Group, Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary,

49 News Now: An evening, online update of news and weather  -  Jul 23, 2007
49abcnews.com,It rarely blooms even in its native Sumatran rainforest habitat, but this one did at the Cleveland, Ohio zoo. 49 Storm Team Forecast Partly cloudy skies



Groups urge govt to take action to protect orangutans  Nov 20, 2006
...also asked the President and related ministers to stop issuing destructive policies that allow the conversion of the orangutans' rainforest habitat into palm ... - Jakarta Post,

Hancock writer gets into kangaroos  Nov 11, 2006
...pouches. They are gentle, arguably cuter than koalas and vulnerable – especially to the loss of their rainforest habitat. Montgomery ... - Nashua Telegraph (subscription),

Ground zero chief plans rainforest in Blackpool  Nov 11, 2006
...“It will not be a casual walk around neat potted plants on a pebble pathway. We will recreate the intensity of a tropical rainforest habitat. ... - The Sunday Times,

RELAXED KATE FINDS SCENIC TREASURE IN PORT DOUGLAS  Nov 16, 2006
Her son, however, might prefer to visit Port Douglas' Rainforest Habitat, a wildlife park situated on eight acres of land inhabitated by over 1,600 animals. ... - hellomagazine.com,

Hornbill research recognised by Rolex  Oct 28, 2006
...of the birds and has transformed former poachers and illegal loggers in Budo-Sungai Padi, Narathiwat, into protectors of the birds and their rainforest habitat ... - Nation Multimedia,

Fresh setback for power plant  Oct 30, 2006
This scheme came under fire from green campaigners who feared that using the oil would threaten the endangered orangutan's rainforest habitat. - Basingstoke Gazette,
Rainforest takes center stage at Earth Day celebration 31 Mar 2006
...a variety of activities, including live animal encounters, craft activities and a musical puppet show to share what makes the rainforest habitat so unique and ...
Duluth Weekly,

Briefs - March 23, 2006 Mar 23, 2006
...mice or 100 humans. With the destruction of its rainforest habitat, it faces a fight for survival. London - Forget the Marlboro ...
The South African Star (subscription),

Circus coming to town Mar 16, 2006
...comedy act. Celebese apes are an endangered species because of dwindling rainforest habitat in its native Indonesia. Never before ...
Joplin Globe,

There’s nothing sleepy about booming Port Douglas Mar 9, 2006
At the junction of the highway from Cairns turning into Port Douglas is the Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary, home to more than 180 species of native ...
Canberra City News,
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