ʻO ka Magic of Cloud Forests: He Haven for Nature and Ecotourism
ʻO nā ululāʻau ao, i kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo nā hale pule ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ke ʻano, he ʻano kaiaola pohihihi i uhi ʻia i ka noe a waiwai i nā mea olaola. Loaʻa ʻia ma nā ʻāina wela a me nā ʻāina subtropical, maʻamau ma nā pali mauna kahi e honi ai nā ao i ka Honua, he mea koʻikoʻi kēia mau ululāʻau no ke kaulike kaiaola honua a hāʻawi i kahi wahi hoʻohiwahiwa no ka poʻe ecotourists. He aha nā nahele ao? Hōʻike ʻia nā ululāʻau ao e ko lākou ʻano kūʻokoʻa - ka haʻahaʻa kiʻekiʻe a me ka uhi ʻana o ke ao mau i ka pae canopy. Hoʻokumu kēia hui ʻana i kahi kaiapuni piha i ke ola. Ua like nā ululāʻau ao i kahi moʻolelo moʻolelo me ko lākou mau lāʻau i uhi ʻia i ka liʻo, nā orchids olaola, a me nā wailele. Loaʻa pinepine ʻia lākou ma nā kiʻekiʻe ma waena o 3,000 a 10,000 kapuaʻi, me nā hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona ma Costa Rica, Ecuador, a me Indonesia. He kuleana koʻikoʻi kēia mau kaiaola i ka pōʻai wai honua. Ma ke ʻano he ʻōhuʻu maoli, hopu ka nahele ao i ka makū mai ka lewa a hoʻokuʻu mālie, hoʻopiha hou i nā kahawai a me nā aquifers ma lalo. ʻO lākou kekahi o nā kalapona kalapona, kaohi ʻana i ka nui o ka carbon dioxide a kōkua i ka hoʻēmi ʻana i nā hopena o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau. Hoʻokipa ʻia nā ululāʻau Cloud Hotspot Biodiversity i nā ʻano mea kanu like ʻole a me nā holoholona, a ʻaʻole i loaʻa ma kahi ʻē aʻe o ka Honua. ʻO Flora: Hoʻoikaika ka uhi mānoanoa a me ka wai mau i ka ulu ʻana o nā epiphytes e like me nā mosses, ferns, a me nā orchids, e pili ana i nā kumulāʻau a hoʻohui i nā papa o ka nani ʻōmaʻomaʻo. Fauna: He home lākou no nā ʻano holoholona hihiu, mai nā manu ʻoniʻoni e like me ka quetzal nani a hiki i nā mammals paʻakikī e like me ka bea nānā. ʻO nā ʻiniko, nā amphibians, a me nā mea kolo i loko o kēia wahi ulu, me nā ʻano ʻano he nui i ʻike ʻia. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua hoʻoweliweli ʻia kēia mau wahi wela o nā mea olaola e ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka ululāʻau, ka mahiʻai, a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, e hoʻololi ana i ke kiʻekiʻe i hana ʻia ai nā ao a hoʻoweliweli i ke koena palupalu o kēia mau kaiaola. ʻO Cloud Forests a me Ecotourism ʻO Ecotourism ke kū nei ma ke ʻano he hoʻolālā koʻikoʻi no ka mālama ʻana i nā ululāʻau ao ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana i nā pono waiwai hoʻomau i nā kaiāulu kūloko. Ma ke kipa ʻana i kēia mau mea kupanaha maoli, hiki i ka poʻe huakaʻi ke kākoʻo i nā hana mālama ʻoiai e ʻike ana i ka nani kūlohelohe ʻole. Nā Ululāʻau Cloud ma Costa Rica: ʻO ka Osa Peninsula ʻO kahi wahi kupaianaha kahi e hiki ai ke makaʻala i nā ululāʻau ao ʻo ia ka Osa Peninsula ma Costa Rica. ʻIke mua ʻia no Corcovado National Park, ka mea e pale ana i ka hapakolu o ka peninsula, ke kaena nei kēia ʻāina i nā ʻano kaiaola kaiaola, me nā ululāʻau ao. ʻO kēia mau ululāʻau kiʻekiʻe kahi home o nā mea olaola nui, e hōʻike ana i nā ʻano mea i loaʻa ʻole ma kahi ʻē aʻe ma ka Honua. ʻO kekahi o kā mākou mau hoa hana ma ka ʻāina, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Tulu Travel a me Swetours, ke kūpaʻa nei i nā hana mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau. Hāʻawi lākou i nā manawa e makaʻala i nā ululāʻau ao o Osa a me nā wahi noho a puni me ke kuleana, e hōʻoia ana i ka paʻa mau ʻana o kēia mau kaiaola maikaʻi no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana. Eia kekahi, ua kōkua ʻo CEPA Customized Educational Programs Abroad i ka mālama ʻana i ka Osa Peninsula ma ke kanu ʻana ma luna o 7,000 mau kumu lāʻau maoli a hiki i kēia lā, e hoʻopau ana i nā hoʻokuʻu kalapona mai kā lākou papahana ma o Saimiri Foundation,Forest Friends
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