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air, water condenses on the leaves of the plants and drips through the canopy to the floor. In 1970, the original extent of cloud forests on the Earth was around 50 million hectares. Population growth, poverty and uncontrolled land use have contributed to the loss of cloud forests. The 1990 Global Forest Survey found that 1.1% of tropical mountain and highland forests were lost each year, which was higher than in any other tropical forests. In Colombia, one of the countries with the largest area of cloud forests, only 10–20% of the initial cloud forest cover remains.

Cloud Forest in Tandayapa/Mindo region, north-western Ecuador. by Celestyn Brożek

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let it flow ... by Suzy Unyink

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Taken at the Cloud Forest - Garden by the Bay, Singapore.

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Gray-breasted mountain toucan- by John Bacaring

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Manizales, Colombia

Honduras Spike-thumb Frog (Plectrohyla dasypus) by McCall Wildlife Photography

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Cusuco National Park, Cortés Department, Honduras

McCall Wildlife Photography

This species is a Critically Endangered endemic to Cusuco National Park in northwestern Honduras.

Sparkles by Vivienne

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This is a Sparkling Violetear. Some of the hummingbird names are somewhat long, so this name got shortened to "Violet Sparkles" and then just "Sparkles."

They have a distinctive chatter. So whenever we'd hear it, we'd announce "Sparkles!"

multi-flash set up

Ecuadorian Cloudforest by Thomas Shahan

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Cloud Forest, Gardens by the Bay by Ginger Robinson

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Singapore, Cooled Conservatory

Cloudy mornings by Rashmeen D

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CostaRica 091 by kristenpj

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Steep slopes covered with cloudforest by Jeannette

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Laurisilva forests covered the northern hemisphere until the ice age. Actually they only exist on the macaronesian archipielagos and are considered among the richest aereas of biodiversity in Europe.

Life High Up by David Brossard

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Telephoto shot (taken from our hotel room) of bromeliads growing near the top of one of the cloud forest canopy trees. These plants take advantage of the height of the tree to get enough sunlight (impossible if they were rooted to the forest floor).

By the way, the image is a bit hazy because it had ben raining.

Cloud Forest canopy walk, Monteverde by Buster&Bubby

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Cloud Forest by Choo Yut Shing

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At the Gardens by the Bay.

Cloud Forest and Gardens by the Bay - Singapore by Tony Wasserman

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Both tourist attractions, side by side

Wild Orchids High in the Cloud forest of Ecuador by Ozaero

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??flowerL1003335 by Joseph