The Great Barrier Reef, Australia

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:16:44 +0000

Considered the largest barrier reef in the world, the Great Barrier Reef is located northeast of Australia, is one of the top destinations for lovers of diving. This is one of the marine ecosystems that is estimated at over twenty thousand years old, formed by three thousand coral reefs formed along the coast of Queensland in Australia, was discovered by British Capt. James Cook in 1770.

This large ecosystem has good visibility throughout the year and has a high biodiversity of marine species especially pelagic fish living in shallow areas of open water, was declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1981. Favored destination for nature lovers, the Great Barrier Reef offers an incredible underwater scenery, with its colorful corals in various ways, their fish and sea turtles, seabirds provide food in this natural habitat.

The Great Barrier Reef of Australia, is the favorite spot for snorkeling practitioners, places such as Cod Hole, Pixie Pinnacule, North Horne, Challenger Bay, Osprey Reef, or Steve’s bommie, are the most visited by divers from around the world.

The main gateway is Cairns, the most important tourist city in northeastern Australia, from where catamarans depart daily full of tourists in order to delve into areas for such purpose in the Great Barrier Reef and enjoy the extraordinary scenery nature provides us.

A number of islands are formed by the Great Barrier Reef, some of which you can enjoy the services of posh hotels and some others are deserted where you can camp, prior permission from the respective authorities, ensuring the conservation of estos lugares paradisíacos, pués muchas de ellas están considerados como Parques Nacionales Marinos.

The cities of Cairns and Port Douglas, because of its proximity to the coast are the cities preferred by thousands of tourists for a visit to this wonder of nature. The high season for tourism, which receives a large influx of tourists is during the months of May through September, apart from Cairns and Port Douglas also cities like Mission Beach, Cooktown, Townsville, Bundaberg, among others, are also places where you Access to the Great Barrier Reef.

If you are a fan of diving, the Great Barrier Reef is your destination in one of their holiday travel. It is the largest natural attraction in Australia, although in recent years have noted the effects of global warming in this beautiful ecosystem, hence it is important that all those visiting this area act responsibly with existing life, avoiding pollute the waters of this beautiful place.

Spanish Atlantic Islands Natural Monument

admin — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:42:53 +0000

The islands of Galicia Cies, Ons, Salvadora and courted, called up the National Park of the Atlantic Islands located in the Autonomous Community of Galicia. It is a beautiful marine ecosystem – land, in which space holds a great biodiversity, among which are yellow-legged gulls and cormorant, on the seabed are a variety of fish, shellfish, plus several dolphin species. For its great biodiversity of these islands were declared in the year 1980 as a Natural Park.

Emergen majestic on the ocean with its high cliffs and turning the landscape of rare beauty, a place to discover the mysteries and legends of the Atlantic. In this place could be found more than 200 varieties of seaweed among which live in large numbers of different varieties of marine species that make up the marine ecosystem also can appreciate the ecosystems of beaches, dunes formed by Sitemas Atlantic coastal scrub and subatlánticos.

The Atlantic Islands are distinct geographic units and each has different characteristics. The conservation of the islands is good but there is always an underlying concern that this looks natural ecosystem damaged by human activities such as oil pollution or over-exploitation of fishery resources, hence the importance of constant vigilance the institutions to ensure compliance with existing regulations.

The massive presence of tourists is another factor that is trying to control with protective measures, such as making meshes around the dune systems in order to avoid deterioration of this fragile ecosystem ireversible. Recently the Atlantic Islands have been chosen as the best natural monument of Spain, through the Telecinco website where nearly two million votes to emerge as such.

Galicia is proud with this award because it recognizes the beauty and richness of its natural heritage and the beautiful beach itself Cathedrals was also chosen as the third favorite spot for tourists. It is noteworthy that the Cies and Ons islands are the most visited of the Atlantic Islands.

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The Great Barrier Reef, Australia

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