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...Two hippos duck beneath the liquid brown silt of an ox-bowed river channel....
...Yet sceptics argue the crop remains an indirect cause of Cerrado deforestation, due to its displacement of livestock grazing sites....
...For my latest book, Magdalena: River of Dreams, I came to know the river, the Mississippi of Colombia, in all its dimensions, in all months of the year, with every shift of the seasons, from the headwaters...
...“Visitors are drawn to the mountains, canyons and rivers, the sparkling coastline, ancient towns, Greek and Roman ruins, Ottoman citadels and rural hospitality.”...
...Many remain, alongside a thriving café culture, and last year Unesco declared the city a World Heritage site....
...And then – I have this site called Little Brown Mushroom for the publishing world and the guy who worked for me said, “You’ve got to be on [Instagram] just for promotional purposes.”...
...I fell in love with the colours – the golden tones in the evening, in the sky and across the savannah, blended with powdery blues and greens....
...This is the spectacular setting for the Clayoquot Wilderness Resort, a safari-style encampment of white “prospector” tents surrounded by rainforest, rocky beaches and rivers....
...Lucia van der Post Discovery: When most people think of a safari they think of Africa’s vast savannahs, of Kenya’s Maasai Mara, of South Africa’s bushveld....
...Three or four million years ago there were reeds or marshy grasslands at this site, says paleontologist Louise Leakey. It was the edge of a lake or river....
...The forest also holds sacrificial sites within its folds — trees splashed with the blood of goats and chickens....
...After a time we came to a desert wadi, where pools of seasonal water lingered in the river bed....
...The on-site doctors offer remedies for almost any ailment. 8 Cochrane Street; +852 2544 3518 Kathrin Hille Moscow The best thing about summer in Moscow is watching Muscovites enjoy it....
...All farmers must provide detailed maps of their land to state registries, which authorities then use to monitor by satellite and through site visits whether they are deforesting....
...The southern section of Africa’s oldest national park – a Unesco World Heritage Site boasting 3,000 square miles ranging from snow-capped mountains and glaciers to savannahs and swamps, rivers, lakes and...
...The global hot spot for the development of that new generation is the US Department of Energy’s nuclear site at Savannah River, South Carolina....
...There is another site a short way east along the river, but that is private. And there is a small pad much further east in Docklands, but it is available only to the most powerful helicopters....
...River Site....
...So we shouldered our rucksacks and climbed gently through savannah woodland towards our first night’s halt, Biddlecombe Cascades....
...Its origins in the remote savannah were purely spiritual....
...“I don’t want to sell litres of ethanol abroad – I want to sell rivers.”...
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