Canaima – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:01:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png Canaima – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Venezuela’s Flat-Topped Mountains https://onvenezuela.com/venezuelas-flat-topped-mountains/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuelas-flat-topped-mountains Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:01:19 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=10233

Canaima National Park has inspired many books and movies. After he created the Sherlock Holmes character, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote The Lost World, describing an adventurous ascent of a plateau in the Amazon Basin similar to those found in Canaima. In the movie Up, the main character travels by balloon to fulfill a longtime dream to live in a park that bears a striking resemblance to Canaima. Although fictional, both stories captured the authentic allure of this region. By by Kasha Patel.. Full Text -> EarthObservatory. NASA

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What Colombia is learning from Venezuela about fire management https://onvenezuela.com/what-colombia-is-learning-from-venezuela-about-fire-management/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-colombia-is-learning-from-venezuela-about-fire-management Fri, 21 Aug 2020 04:12:31 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=5160

Indigenous people, scientists and firefighters from Venezuela have worked together for 20 years to manage fire in the Canaima National Park. By Tatiana Pardo Ibarra. Full Text -> Dialogo Chino

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