The Cedars of Lebanon are evergreen coniferous trees growing up to 40 meters tall, with trunk of up to 2.5 meters in diameter. In early days, the Mount Lebanon chain used to be almost completely covered with cedars. These trees has always been a national emblem of Lebanon, in fact a cedar tree is in the middle of the Lebanese flag.

Since ancient times, these trees has always been significant to the people in the middle east. The Egyptian used its resin to mummify their dead, others burned cedars during offerings and ceremonies and also for medicinal purposes. It was also used for shipbuilding during those times.

Today, Cedars of Lebanon are most sought after because of it’s good quality of wood – hard, fragrant, resistance to insects and humidity and temperature. This resulted to decreasing numbers of cedars trees in the region.

Iguazu Falls is one of Argentina’s top tourist attraction and the most visited place in the Argentinian province of Misiones. In guarani language, the term “Iguazú” means “great waters”.

The falls was discovered in 1541 by Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and established as Natural World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984. It marks the border between Argentina and Brazil. It has 275 individual cascades which spread in a 2.5 miles horsehoe shape cliff which are the result of a volcanic eruption. During the rainy season the rate of flow of water going over the falls may reach 450,000 cubic feet (12,750 cubic m) per second.

Located between Bangladesh and India, Sundarbans is the world’s largest mangrove forest. It lies in the mouth of the Ganges river and is composed of mangrove forests, swamps and forest island all interwoven in a network of small rivers and streams. It covers an area of approximately 10,000 square kilometers.

Sundarbans is home to the Royal Bengal Tiger and many different animals including species of birds, spotted deer, crocodiles and snakes. It is considered a UNESCO World Heritage site and was designated a Ramsar site on May 21, 1992. It was also nominated as one of the New 7 Wonders of the World, though didn’t make to the final 14.