61. Rainforest Biomes rainforests now cover less than 6% of Earth s land surface. Scientists estimate that more than Dominant species do not exist in tropical rainforests. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm

T. Sibona. F.A.O Plants Animals Climate Southeast Asian Rainforests The tropical rain forest is a forest of tall trees in a region of year-round warmth. An average of 50 to 260 inches (125 to 660 cm.) of rain falls yearly. Rainforests now cover less than 6% of Earth's land surface. Scientists estimate that more than half of all the world's plant and animal species live in tropical rain forests. Tropical rainforests produce 40% of Earth's oxygen. A tropical rain forest has more kinds of trees than any other area in the world. Scientists have counted about 100 to 300 species in one 2 1/2-acre (1-hectare) area in South America. Seventy percent of the plants in the rainforest are trees. About 1/4 of all the medicines we use come from rainforest plants. Curare comes from a tropical vine, and is used as an anesthetic and to relax muscles during surgery. Quinine, from the cinchona tree, is used to treat malaria. A person with lymphocytic leukemia has a 99% chance that the disease will go into remission because of the rosy periwinkle. More than 1,400 varieties of tropical plants are thought to be potential cures for cancer. All tropical rain forests resemble one another in some ways. Many of the trees have straight trunks that don't branch out for 100 feet or more. There is no sense in growing branches below the canopy where there is little light. The majority of the trees have smooth, thin bark because there is no need to protect the them from water loss and freezing temperatures. It also makes it difficult for

62. Barnens Regnskog, Children's Rainforest Of Sweden Nonprofit association working to save the world's rainforests by buying the rainforest in order to save it. Provides project and sponsorship information. http://www.barnens-regnskog.net/

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63. Southeast Asian Rainforests All about the alpine biome, description, global position, climate, and information on specific plants and animals of this biome. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/se_asian_rnfrst.htm

Plants Animals Climate Tropical Rainforests The Southeast Asian rainforests are the oldest, consistent rainforests on Earth, dating back to the Pleistocene Epoch 70 million years ago. It has a biological richness and diversity unequaled by that of the Amazon or African rainforests. Yet Southeast Asia is losing its rainforests faster than any equatorial region, and has the fewest remaining primary rainforests. It is projected that most of the primary rainforests of Southeast Asia will be destroyed in the next 10 years. One interesting feature of the lowland rainforests of Malaysia, Borneo and Sumatra is the dominance of one family of trees, the Dipterocarpaceae. Dipterocarp are emergent trees and can reach heights of 120 feet. Their crowns are supported on large straight trunks. Many epiphytes, like orchids and ferns grow on the trees. Lianas, vines and strangler figs cling to the trees as they grow towards the sunlight. The emergent species is the tualang

64. WELCOME To The Rainforest Hostel Located at the Olympic National Park in Washington near the temperate rainforests and the Olympic Coast Marine Sanctuary. http://fp1.centurytel.net/rainforesthostel/

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65. What Are Rainforests Tropical rainforests in particular possess an astonishing array of flora and fauna. In fact, at least half of the Earth s species are found in rainforests. http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/background/rainfwld.htm

Return to Education Supplement Contents Rainforest Information Centre Educational Supplement RAINFORESTS OF THE WORLD What Are Rainforests? There are many definitions. In ecological terms, rainforests have been defined as "multi-storied closed, broad leaved forest vegetation with a continuous tree canopy of variable height and with characteristic diversity of species and life forms" . Tropical rainforests in particular possess an astonishing array of flora and fauna. In fact, at least half of the Earth's species are found in rainforests. Contents 1. The Importance of Rainforests 1.1 Biodiversity 1.2 Medicines 1.3 Food Diversity 1.4 Climate 1.4.1 Water and Temperature 1.4.2 The Greenhouse Effect 1.5 Watersheds 1.6 Homeland for Forest Peoples 1.7 Non-material Values 1.8 Decay and Renewal in the Rainforest 2. Rainforest Facts 3. Deforestation in the Temperate North 1. The Importance of Rainforests 1.1 Biodiversity Because of tropical deforestation, it has been estimated that at least 40 species are perishing every day. This is a rate hundreds of times faster than at any period in recent geological time. Tropical forests cover only 12 per cent of the land area of the Earth, yet they are home to between 50 and 90 per cent of the world's species. They contain 90% of non-human primates, 40% of all birds of prey and 80% of the world's insects and over 60% of all known plants. Because one species in a tropical forest may be found in a small area and nowhere else, the destruction of relatively small areas of forest can cause extinctions.

66. APFT Home Page Multidisciplinary project sponsored by the European Community which aims to investigate and document the future of the peoples of the rainforest. Involves over 30 researchers in the Caribbean, central Africa and the southwestern Pacific. Site is for the use of anthropologists and others to promote wider access to information concerning the earth's rainforests and its people. http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/Rainforest/

Graphics APFT Members Text Only APFT is a multi-disciplinary project sponsored by the European Community (DG VIII) which aims to investigate and document the future of the peoples of the rainforest. The major input is from anthropologists. Started in 1995 the project runs for five years, and involves over 30 researchers EU and ACP (senior and trainee) in three principal areas: the Caribbean, central Africa and the southwestern Pacific. Contact: Enrico Pironio. Tel. Fax. Email: Enrico.Pironio@dg8.cec.be APFT APFT Bureau de Sensibilisation is strictly prohibited. Comments can be sent to APFT IT Co-ordinator APFT Website

67. Rainforests - Stage 3 rainforests are a complex balance of plants and animals. This is called an ecosystem. implement laws to protect large areas of rainforests. http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_Modules/rainforest_module/

Background Rainforests are a complex balance of plants and animals. This is called an ecosystem. In the past, Australian Aboriginals have found food, shelter and medicine within the rainforest, but have done so, without damage to the ecosystem. Today human involvement is threatening the rainforest environment. Question Why do you think the Australian government should make laws to protect our rainforests? Task Congratulations, your school has chosen you to join a team of scientists who are going on a dangerous two week expedition into unknown territories of an Australian rainforest. You are to provide evidence which will help support the government's decision to implement laws to protect large areas of rainforests. You are to use your time in the rainforest to study and investigate the plants and animals which live there, and their dependency upon one another. You must also consider the overall effects to the environment of any human involvement, and use this information to explain why the goverment should make

68. KuKura, Guardian Of The Rainforest Online book explains why the rainforests are important. 56page book can also be downloaded and printed for offline reading. Site also includes Flash animated pages. http://greenkeepers.com/

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69. RAINFORESTS rainforests get over 2 m (80 inches) of rain each year. Where are rainforests? Tropical rainforests are found in a belt around the equator of the Earth. http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_Modules/wet_dry/rainfore.htm

RAINFORESTS Environment Rainforests are very dense, warm, wet forests. They are havens for millions of plants and animals. The plants of the rainforest generate much of the Earth's oxygen. These plants are also very important to people in other ways; many are used in new drugs that fight disease and illness. Climate It is almost always raining in a rainforest. Rainforests get over 2 m (80 inches) of rain each year. This is about 3.8 cm (11/2 inches) of rain each week. The range of temperature in a tropical rainforest is usually between 24-27° C (75° F and 80° F). Where are Rainforests? Tropical rainforests are found in a belt around the equator of the Earth. Animals of the Rainforests An incredible number of animals live in rainforests. Millions of insects, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals call them home. Insects are the most numerous animals in rainforests. Plant Life Different animals and plants live in different parts of the rainforest. Scientists divide the rainforest into strata (zones) based on the living environment. Starting at the top, the strata are: EMERGENTS: Giant trees that are much higher than the average canopy height. It houses many birds and insects.

70. Rainforest Relief Nonprofit dedicated to ending the destruction of the world's tropical and temperate rainforests. http://www.rainforestrelief.org/

Rainforest Relief Airs Ad on NY1 Flooding caused by hurricane Katrina . Credit: Kyle Niemi/U.S. Coast Guard Rainforest Relief today began airing an ad on NY1 calling on New York City to end the use of tropical hardwoods. The city is contributing to climate change and the increased power of hurricanes such as Katrina and Rita. More Join Rainforest Relief Today Rainforest Relief needs your help in supporting the work we do to protect Earth's rainforests and their inhabitants. Thank You! More Woods to Avoid and Alternatives Rainforest Relief's unique guide to avoiding wood from endangered rainforests, described and cross-referenced by species, by product, by company and by country. More E/The Environmental Magazine More Kmart's Martha Stewart Outdoor Furniture Ending Use of Nyatoh The Martha Stewart Sierra Vista line of outdoor furniture. Martha Stewart, Inc. will no longer sell nyatoh furniture through Kmart. The Martha Stewart line of outdoor furniture, sold through Kmart, will no longer be made of nyatoh, logged from the old growth rainforests of Indonesia. More The Play "Tight Quarters" Opened Friday, Sept. 16th with Rainforest Safe Sets™

71. Canadian Rainforests - Clearcutting Continues: 2004 Report From The David Suzuki Environmentally responsible alternatives exist. It s time to implement them. View site low bandwidth. http://www.canadianrainforests.org/

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72. Index Travelogues from 4month expedition in the rainforests of Belize, 1995 and 1999. http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/1905

Jaguar's Lair Welcome to the place I call my electronic HOME. These pages are dedicated to my travels and those lifelong friends I've made along the way. Please sign my guestbook if you desire. Email has become less pertinent in my life due to all the JUNK and ADS that clogg my inbox. However, feel free to contact me via email. I design webpages that reflect my creativity and energy in my life. I am doing a 100% cleaning of my web pages so please check back often. Enjoy the pictures and stories that have become my life. The mighty King of the Central American Jungles. Contact Info: Belize Links Mount Rainier NP About ME Photo's and Traveloges- Belize 1999 ... p_onca@hotmail.com Email: Heather Name: Jaguar ~ Central America 2003 Shenandoah NP- soon Maui ~ Hawaii 2001 -soon Olympic NP ~ Pacific Ocean

73. Rainforest Facts rainforests are being destroyed because the value of rainforest land is percieved as Fewer rainforests mean less rain, less oxygen for us to breathe, http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm

The Disappearing Rainforests We are losing Earth's greatest biological treasures just as we are beginning to appreciate their true value. Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth's land surface; now they cover a mere 6% and experts estimate that the last remaining rainforests could be consumed in less than 40 years. One and one-half acres of rainforest are lost every second with tragic consequences for both developing and industrial countries. Rainforests are being destroyed because the value of rainforest land is percieved as only the value of its timber by short-sighted governments, multi-national logging companies, and land owners. Nearly half of the world's species of plants, animals and microoganisms will be destroyed or severely threatened over the next quarter century due to Rainforest deforestation. Experts estimates that we are losing 137 plant, animal and insect species every single day due to rainforest deforestation. That equates to 50,000 species a year. As the rainforest species dissapear, so do many possible cures for life-threatening diseases. Currently, 121 prescription drugs sold worldwide come from plant-derived sources. While 25% of Western pharmaceuticals are derived from rainforest ingredients, less that 1% of these tropical trees and plants have been tested by scientists. Most rainforests are cleared by chainsaws, bulldozers and fires for its timber value and then are followed by farming and ranching operations, even by world giants like Mitsubishi Corporation, Gerogia Pacific, Texaco and Unocal.

74. Tangaloa.com Encourages people to protect rainforests by using Tangaloa hardwood, a quality replacement for rain forest and oldgrowth forest woods. http://www.tangaloa.com/

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75. Wealth Of The Rainforest - Pharmacy To The World From Raintree Nutrition, Inc. Rainforest rainforest, rain forest, rainforests, rain forest, The Raintree companies advocates the preservation of rainforests by promoting the use and http://www.rain-tree.com/

The Amazon Rainforest has long been a symbol of mystery and power, a sacred link between humans and nature. It is also the richest biological incubator on the planet. It supports millions of plant, animal and insect species - a virtual library of chemical invention. In these archives, drugs like quinine, muscle relaxants, steroids and cancer drugs are found. More importantly, are the new drugs still awaiting discovery - drugs for AIDS, cancer, diabetes, arthritis and Alzheimer's. Many secrets and untold treasures await discovery with the medicinal plants used by shamans, healers and the indigenous people of the Rainforest Tribes. So alluring are the mysteries of indigenous medical knowledge that over 100 pharmaceutical companies and even the US government are currently funding projects studying the indigenous plant knowledge and the specific plants used by native shamans and healers. We hope you will join us and others in supporting rainforest conservation and preservation to stop this tide of destruction. Raising consciousness of the problems is simply not enough. You as a consumer do have power and it can be put to good use. We hope that this website will not only educate you about the problems but show you effective ways in which you as an individual can positively affect your life and health while positively affecting the rainforest. Thank you for your support!

76. VirtualRainForest - An Online Tour An interactive online tour of the rainforests of Central and South America. It is excellent for school projects and is written for children. http://www.bsrsi.msu.edu/rfrc/tour/

77. Rainforest The eradication of the Amazon Rainforest and rainforests around the world are The cutting and destruction of the rainforests also changes the albedo or http://www.solcomhouse.com/rainforest.html

THE POWER FOR THE PEOPLE Aids Air Traffic Alaska Alaska Pipeline ... Wind Power New! Tsunamis Iraq Terrorism U.S. Gas Prices Rainforests The eradication of the Amazon Rainforest and Rainforests around the world are wreaking havoc on the climate of our Earth. Amazon Rainforest The Amazon Rainforest is like a giant "heat pump" that sends energy and moisture from the tropics into the colder high latitudes -it produces a climate in which we can live. The balance of nature is being destroyed. At the current rate of destruction the Amazon Rainforest will be gone in a few decades. MODIS Land Group/Vegetation Indices, Alfredo Huete, Principal Investigator, and Kamel Didan, University of Arizona. Satellite: Terra Sensor: MODIS Every second of the day land the size of 2 football fields is lost forever in The Rain Forests of the World. Now is the time to do something about this....before it is too late! Rainforests are the most productive and most complex ecosystems on Earth. This SeaWiFS overpass of Bolivia shows obvious human habitation in the forms of deforestation and urbanization.Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE Satellite: OrbView-2 Sensor: SeaWiFS

78. The Great Ocean Road Home Page Australia's most spectacular coastal drive. Home of the famous 12 Apostles rock stacks, surf beaches, resort towns, stunning scenery, lush rainforests, spectacular waterfalls and a fascinating hinterland. http://www.greatoceanroad.org

LATEST NEWS ROAD TO THE GAMES Coming to the Commonwealth Games? Why not the Great Ocean Road, too? more SPRING IS SPRUNG Spring is a great time to visit the Great Ocean Road. more OPEN YOUR HEARTS TO MUKTI Nepalese trekker Mukti Timilsina is walking the Great Ocean Road for charity more Conferencing on the Coast Special offers to warm you up. Otways rainforest, Bells Beach, on the Surf Coast , and the Great Ocean Road itself. Experience resort towns like Torquay Lorne and Apollo Bay , the coastal cities of Geelong and Warrnambool , and the historic villages of Queenscliff Port Campbell Port Fairy and Portland Do you have any questions? EVENTS Birregurra Weekend Festival October 8th and 9th Located near the Otway Ranges foothills... more Search Events QUICK SEARCH Accommodations, attractions and services - name or town FEATURED DESTINATION Related sites Select site Great Southern Tour Tourism Victoria Parks Victoria Australian Tourism Great Ocean Road Marketing Inc. Contact: Webmaster at GSDM. Proudly powered by Domain Host

79. Tropical Rainforest Information, Pictures And Ecology Tropical rainforests Their Wonders and the Perils They Face larger font size Preface Imperilled Riches Why Are rainforests being Destroyed? http://www.mongabay.com/home.htm

A Place Out of Time Tropical Rainforests: Their Wonders and the Perils They Face larger font size Preface World Rainforests - Forests Around the Globe Biodiversity - Species Richness ... contact

80. 300 Rainforest Links The rainforests are disappearing acres per minute, a number that grows so Rainforest Preservation Foundation Dedicated to saving the rainforests of http://www.mysteries-megasite.com/main/bigsearch/rain-1.html

Rainforest Database Rainforest Part 1 Go to Frames! Break Out of Frames Search Mystery Links Home Page-Site Guide ... http://www.amazondiscovery.com/ Rainforest Cures... http://www.mongabay.com/home.htm A place out of time. Tropical Rainforests and the perils they face. A site providing information on tropical rain forests. The site includes photos of rainforest animals and habitats. ... http://www.southlongisland.com South Long island nature lodge is the best way to experience and explore the Whitsunday islands and surrounding Great Barrier Reef Marine Park - while enjoying the peace and quiet of seclusion in an unspoiled natural wilderness - without crowds of tourists. This is a uniquely Australian, secluded island adventure, with no more than sixteen guests - and no traffic, phones, television or children to disturb the natural tranquility of a beautiful location... http://www.belize-vacation-package.com Spend your days exploring the mysterious jungle or enjoy some of the world's finest underwater adventures. Explore the rainforest and jungle and expect to see an abundance of wildlife. Go tubing down rivers through mysterious caves or visit the ancient Mayan ruins... http://www.redjellyfish.com/rj-saverainforest.html

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