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The following is a mobile ready guide to flora and fauna at the O and in Nicaragua provided by Wapedia and formated for the Ostional Private WildLife Reserve.
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The objective is to shift behaviors by incentive-based policies that lead to sustainable development through market based processes that trade one form of behavior for more sustainable outcomes with negative impacts offset by positive actions that produce a net gain for succeeding generations. --Michael M. McCarthy, Gathering Matters
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The International Union of the Conservation of Nature has released version 3.1 of its threatened species list for 2008. The range is from the least concerned to the critically endangered, and we have been inclusive of various habitats due to our proximity to varied habitats and our plans to create wetlands and freshwater pools in our lowland dry tropical forests.
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 Wetland creation and restoration project is a process of tracking wetland and upland buffer credits that are designated for replacement of future wetland losses for the purpose of establishing wetland credits in Wetland banks either locally, nationally or internationally. The O Wetland bank(s) allow wetland acreage to be purchased from the account holder.
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Welcome to the our current offering of restoration work and scenic shots of the Ostional Private Wildlife Reserve |
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While exploring the Northeast section of the reserve for the fertile valley, we discovered a group of
howler monkeys. Howlers are called "congos" in Nicaragua. Their name comes from their
distinctive loud barking whoop they make, which can be heard over
nearly 3 miles. They are considered the loudest land animal. Though they don't grow much above two feet, there "howl" sounds like King Kong. |
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How much carbon do farm and grazing land soils are currently store?:
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In an effort to achieve a sustainable balance between what humans need to live and the natural environment, O is establishing the creation and selling of natural resource commodities and pollution reduction. This is known as environmental banks.
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O is not in the business of settling arguments and we don't expect to start now. We focus on providing for the net and the people that live on it. However, we embrace and encourage skepticism within our group and our visitors. It is the only way we will improve the world we experience.
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 The Following Documentation supplements the picture show found on the Picassa website and future pictureshow on the website.
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January 11th, 2008: The research team documented native Papaya trees currently located in areas inaccessible by vehicles. Truth be told, cultivation of papaya
began in Central America (no old records, unfortunately). O is on to ensure protection and cultivation of this family tree to harvest its sweet, nutritious fruit. |
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