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2. Cloud forest - Wikipedia

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   Tree ferns in a cloud forest on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo Stratus silvagenitus clouds in Uva Province, Sri Lanka. A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest, is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud cover, usually at the canopy level, formally ...

3. Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve - Wikipedia

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   The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ( Spanish: Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde) is a Costa Rican reserve located along the Cordillera de Tilarán within the Puntarenas and Alajuela provinces. Named after the nearby town of Monteverde and founded in 1972, [1] the Reserve consists of over 10,500 hectares (26,000 acres) of cloud forest.

4. Santa Lucia Cloud Forest - Wikipedia

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   Santa Lucia Cloud Forest ( Spanish: Bosque Nublado Santa Lucía) is a cloud forest reserve, located about 80 km northwest of Quito, in the province of Pichincha, in Ecuador. This is at the far south of the southern phase of the Choco-Andean Rainforest Corridor. Rainforest Concern works with the Santa Lucia co-operative, a community-based ...

5. Conservation in Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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   The tourism market in Costa Rica is estimated to grow by USD 1.34 billion from 2023 to 2028, growing at a CAGR of 5.76%. It is also the only country in the world that generates more than 99% of its electricity from renewable sources, relying on hydropower (72%), wind (13%), geothermal energy (15%), biomass and solar (1%).

6. Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve - Wikipedia

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   Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve. Coordinates: 0°0′57″S 78°40′53″W. Bellavista Cloud Forest, Ecuador. The Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve is a 2,000-acre (8.1 km 2) certified conservation area on the North-Western slopes of the Andean mountain range and is located 52 km from the Ecuadorian capital city of Quito.

7. Curi Cancha Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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   Curi Cancha Wildlife Refuge is a private wildlife refuge in the central part of Costa Rica, and protects cloud forest in the Cordillera de Tilarán near Juntas. The refuge entrance is about a kilometer before the famous Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve . The lower portion is drier, with few epiphytes, but the upper portion is cloud forest.

8. Maquipucuna - Wikipedia

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   Maquipucuna is a 6,000 hectare (14,820 acre) cloud forest reserve in Ecuador. Located in the Pichincha Province, it is the closest pristine rainforest to Quito, Ecuador's capital. The reserve consists of primary and secondary montane rain forest and cloud forest. [1] The Maquipucuna Reserve is located in the parish of Nanegal, within the ...

9. Cloud-forest pygmy owl - Wikipedia

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   The cloud-forest pygmy owl is a small owl, 14.5 –16 cm (5.7–6.3 in) in length [9] [10] with a 92.8–96.3 cm (3.7–3.8 in) wingspan. Weight can range from 75.6 to 79.3 g (2.7 to 2.8 oz). The male and female have similar markings and plumage, but as in many birds of prey this pygmy owl may display sexual dimorphism in size, with the female ...