Ecology – Ecologie – Caribbean Footprint

Forests have layers, called the undergrowth, middle layer and canopy. Even with the semi-arid environment of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao the mondi also has layers, only not as impressive and pronounced.

Ecology - Ecologie Fauna

Shrubs and trunks full of shells

april 16, 2025

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Anyone who walks in the mondi of Jan Thiel on Curaçao during the dry season, and other locations as well, can regularly come across a strange phenomenon; trees, grasses and shrubs that are completely covered with the white Kokolishi di kalakuna (Cerion uva).

Ecology - Ecologie

Forests on the semi-arid ABC islands (4) – ‘Sexy’ forest: the Amazon

april 13, 2025

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There is no tropical rainforest in the world as famous as the Amazon rainforest, an area of approximately 7 million square kilometres where more than half of all the rainforest in the world is located. This tropical jungle is spread over nine different countries.

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Forests on the semi-arid ABC islands (3) – Forests and climate

april 8, 2025

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Forests worldwide have more than just the function of a habitat (place to live) for plants and animals. The large numbers of trees and other plants in forests together provide a large part of the oxygen that humans and other animals so desperately need to survive.

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Forests on the semi-arid ABC islands (2) – Wet forests

maart 31, 2025

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The most striking ‘wet’ forests in the world, but still somewhat the ‘underdogs’ of the forests as a whole, are the mangrove forests, the only forests that can grow and flourish in and near salt water.
Mangrove forests were the neglected child, forgotten by many despite major information campaigns by nature organisations over the years.

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Forests on the semi-arid ABC islands (1) – The forest called ‘Mondi’

maart 21, 2025

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The ABC-islands also have forests, although they are somewhat different from the forests we have in mind when we think of the large areas of forests in, for example, Germany, the United States and the Amazon region in South America.

Caribbean Footprint

Categorie: Ecology – Ecologie

Forests on the semi-arid ABC islands (5) – Undergrowth and Canopy

Shrubs and trunks full of shells

Forests on the semi-arid ABC islands (4) – ‘Sexy’ forest: the Amazon

Forests on the semi-arid ABC islands (3) – Forests and climate

Forests on the semi-arid ABC islands (2) – Wet forests

Forests on the semi-arid ABC islands (1) – The forest called ‘Mondi’

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