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https://www.andesamazonfund.org/news-blog/giant-trees-of-the-amazon-state-park-established-in-the-brazilian-state-of-para/>
"In Brazil’s State of Pará, a new, very special, protected area has been
established, guarding some of the most majestic trees in the Amazon rainforest.
The Giant Trees of the Amazon State Park (
Parque Estadual das Árvores Gigantes
da Amazônia) spans 1,384,000 acres (560,000 hectares) and aims to protect a
rare type of tropical forest with extremely tall trees (many over seventy
meters tall) located in the area, one of which, an exemplar of Angelim Vermelho
(
Dinizia excelsa), is considered the tallest tree in the tropical Americas at
a height of 290 feet (88.5 meters). These trees are unique; their carbon stock
is equivalent to 500 average sized trees and their age may be somewhere between
400 to 600 years old according to researchers.
Andes Amazon Fund celebrates the creation of the Giant Trees State Park by
Pará’s governor Helder Barbalho on September 28th, during New York Climate
Week. This is a place where water vapor from the evapotranspiration of the
tallest tropical trees recorded in Latin America floats across vegetation
filled valleys cut through by dark brown Amazonian rivers. By creating this
protected area, the state of Pará is paving the way to host COP 30. The new
protected area, which safeguards an important area of natural heritage, sends a
strong signal of the State’s environmental commitments."
Via
Fix the News:
https://fixthenews.com/275-resurrection-notre-dame/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
