cmestoque
Philippines
TIGed provided my students and I with the virtual classroom tools and resources that we needed to link to students from another side of the world. My students look forward to using TIG and other websites to learn more about the reality of life in different corners of the world: they realize that even though we live in a diverse world, there are ways for us to understand and respect each other. ( read more)
Ronaldo
Kenya
I am inspired by the opportunities that each day affords us to wake-up and live another day striving to reach our goals in life. I am also inspired by the kinds of dreams that motivate youth to become leaders in new and innovative ways; because let’s face it, our generation needs a revolution to move this world forward (instead of backwards). ( read more)
snyamhuno
Zimbabwe
Young people who collaborate with concerned stakeholders to eliminate social, economic or even political challenges and build a sustainable living environment for the community. ( read more)
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The Greater Blue Mountains Area consists of 1.03 million ha of sandstone plateaux, escarpments and gorges dominated by temperate eucalypt forest. The site, comprised of eight protected areas, is noted for its representation of the evolutionary adaptation and diversification of the eucalypts in post-Gondwana isolation on the Australian continent. Ninety-one eucalypt taxa occur within the Greater Blue Mountains Area which is also outstanding for its exceptional expression of the structural and ecological diversity of the eucalypts associated with its wide range of habitats. The site provides significant representation of Australia's biodiversity with ten percent of the vascular flora as well as significant numbers of rare or threatened species, including endemic and evolutionary relict species, such as the Wollemi pine, which have persisted in highly-restricted microsites.
