61. Oxfam's Cool Planet - On The Line - Tropical Rain Forests See some of the animals, plants and people which inhabit the tropical rain forests.Find out why they re in danger, and learn what people are doing to http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/explore/nature/trfindex.htm

Search Other Oxfam sites Cool Planet for Teacher Oxfam GB Make Trade Fair This feature on rain forests was transferred to the Cool Planet website from On the Line. Much of the information here relates to the time when the millennium dawned. Of all the many and varied natural environments to be found on the earth, perhaps the most awe-inspiring and popular are the tropical rain forests. Although it is the forests of the Amazon which spring most readily to mind, it is important to remember that they also occur in parts of North America, Asia, Australia, and Africa, for the most part within a narrow band 4 degrees either side of the equator. These forests, with their mighty trees and extraordinary flora and fauna constitute the planet's richest habitats, and one of our most precious natural resources. In this section we look at some of the fascinating animals, plants and people which inhabit the tropical rain forests along the meridian line, and we consider some of the conservation issues affecting these biological treasure houses. But before we do this, let's first get an idea of what a tropical rain forest actually is.

62. American Forests: America's Rainforests. - Book Reviews Full text of the article, America s rainforests. book reviews from AmericanForests, a publication in the field of News Society, is provided free of http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1016/is_n1-2_v98/ai_11875486

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65. The Temperate Rain Forest Temperate rain forests are found on the western edge of North and South America,where moist air from the Pacific Ocean drops between 60 and 200 inches of http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/rainforest

Home Science Notes Web Links Biomes ... Biomes Temperate Rain Forests Here is a place where the very air seems green! Notice the dark trunks of the evergreens, the tallest trees in this ecosystem. Notice the fragile shorter trees: these are vine maples that grow in the shade of the evergreens. The forest floor is covered by ferns, mosses, and small plants. Mosses and lichens grow on the tree trunks and rocks. Temperate rain forests are found on the western edge of North and South America, where moist air from the Pacific Ocean drops between 60 and 200 inches of rain a year. Unlike the tropical rain forest , the temporate rain forest has seasonal varition, with summer temperatures rising to about 80 degrees Fahrenheit and winter temperatures dropping to near freezing. In the northernmost regions, winter may be cold enough for some ice and snow. Although this rain forest has layers of tall, medium, and low growing vegetation, the cool winters limit the numbers and kinds of life forms that live here. Compared to the

66. Environmental Biology Sequence - Tropical Forests This page contains material from the tropical rain forests unit. There aretwo basic types of tropical forests tropical rain forests and tropical http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/102/rainfor.html

Environmental Biology - Tropical Rain Forests Introduction Tropical forests Nutrient cycling Tropical rain forest destruction ... Bottom of document Based on Mader, Sylvia S. 1996. Biology - 5th ed. WCB and Cox, G.W. 1997. Conservation Biology , 2nd ed. WCB. Reading: Cox Chapter 9. Introduction This page contains material from the tropical rain forests unit. Note: These notes are a skeleton, which your instructor will embellish with anecdotes and illustrations, both verbal and visual during lectures. Therefore, reading these notes is not a substitute for coming to class!!! Tropical Forests There are two basic types of tropical forests: tropical rain forests and tropical deciduous forest. Tropical rain forests are found primarily in South America, Africa, Asia and on some tropical islands. They have a 365 day growing season, more than 200 cm rain/year, and an extremely complex canopy. The canopy may have several layers made up of trees with various heights, as well as a profusion of epiphytes and vines. The forest floor may be relatively open, with few plants able to survive in an area where most of the light is intercepted by the layers above. The edges of a tropical rain forest may be a thick wall of plants; this thick growth at the light-rich forest edge is called a jungle. The tropical rain forest is highly diverse; with many species of plants and animals. This is due to the high productivity, the warm, moist conditions, the massive trees that provide homes for many other species including insects and epiphytes, and so on. According to Cox, a plot of 50-hectares in Malaysia had over 835 species of trees (compared to less than 100 species of trees in all of North America).

67. Tropical Rain Forests TROPICAL RAIN forests. Vegetation; Location; Climate; Precipitation; Wildlife;Deforestation Compare forest in our region to that of rainforests. (S) http://www.usask.ca/education/ideas/tplan/sslp/tropic~1.htm

TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS T. Otsig TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS Vegetation Location Climate Precipitation Wildlife Deforestation Life in Rainforest OVERALL OBJECTIVES Students will understand that: a) Knowledge Objectives (MU = Main understanding) Climate has a dramatic effect on people's lives. Tropical rainforests are biologically diverse. Economic progress may lead to environmental destruction. Vegetation is affected by location. Deforestation impacts globally. Wildlife is diverse in the rainforest from different regions of the world. Changes in one part of the environment results in changes in another part of the environment. Deforestation has parallels in our local environment. b) Skills Objectives (S = skill) The importance of cooperative group work. c) Values Objectives (V = values) To what extent should we exploit our natural resources? Which is the best approach in co-operating with people on a global scale? What is the best way to manage wildlife in the rainforest? Objectives Procedures Introduction Write the word 'rainforest' on the board. Ask students what they know about rainforests?

68. HeiDok - Werner, Wolfgang: Toasted Forests - Evergreen Rain Forests Of Tropical New research is also revealing that rain forests under drought stress consumemore oxygen than they produce. The “green lung” and carbon sink are thus out http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/5499

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69. Tropical Forests Rainforest trees are quite different from trees of the temperate forests. Tropical rainforests have more kinds of trees than any other forests in the http://www.panda.org/news_facts/education/middle_school/habitats/tropical_forest

About WWF How You Can Help FAQ Search breadCrumbs("www.panda.org",">","index.cfm","None","None","None","0"); Navigation hidden Newsroom Search News Publications Search Publications Education Middle school Homework Help Helpful Links Web Field Trips Project Ideas Factsheets Species Carnivores Herbivores Omnivores Habitats Conservation Issues Photogallery High school University Fun and Games Ask the Boss Multimedia WWF-Canon Photo Gallery Video Clips Audio Clips Middle School Back to the main page Magical Rainforests Wild Places Polar Regions Coniferous Forests Temperate Forests Grasslands ... Mountains Tropical Forests Oceanic Islands Freshwater Wetlands Oceans Wildlife in Tropical Forests Animal Life in Tropical Forests Chimpanzee Elephant Kangaroo ... Tiger For biologists, tropical rainforests are some of the richest, most exciting areas on earth! They are home to gigantic trees, colourful birds, millions of brightly hued insects, and a variety of fascinating mammals. There are three main regions of tropical rainforest: in Central and South America, in West and Central Africa, and in Southeast Asia. The Amazon Basin forest is the largest, covering six million sq.km. Although rainforests are such important centres of biodiversity, they cover only about 6% of the earth's land surface, less than half the area they covered not so very long ago.

70. The Rainforests: Diversity And Destruction rainforests Important Information about them and their destruction.. and how toprevent it from disappearing http://www.davesite.com/rainforests/

Rainforests Diversity and Destruction By Dave Kristula [ 9 January 1997] [A section of Dave's Site Apply here for a Discover® Platinum Wildlife Card and get 0% Intro APR* We adopted acres of rainforest, thanks to you! Learn how we did it! Please fill out our survey. Abstract Introduction ... References Want to Adopt an Acre? I recommend The Adopt an Acre Program at The Nature Conservancy Need more Rainforest Resources? Visit my links page View more sites at davesite.com Abstract The purpose of this paper is introduce the reader to the truths about the rainforests and its destruction. The rainforests are disappearing acres per minute, a number that grows so quickly it would be impossible to cite here because it would grow outdated within a week. The rainforests are home to over half of the entire species of the world, which are being destroyed with the rainforests. Unlike the rainforest itself which may appear to grow back, it will never be the rainforest it once was, and all of those species that were killed will never return again. Many of those species that have not yet been discovered may very likely cure cancer, AIDS, and many of the other diseases and viruses of today. If the rainforests disappear, so will most of the population of the world. This report will help the reader to learn more about the causes of the horrifying destruction, and ways that the reader can help stop it! Back to the Index Introduction This report is about many aspects of the rainforest: what rainforests are, a brief summary of the importances of the rainforests, a description of the destruction of the rainforest, and an informative section about how an average person can help to save the rainforest.

71. Linksgiving.com - Science & Technology :: Environment :: Forests & Rainforests forests Rainforests http//www.pro-regenwald.de; The Rainforest Site - Save a piece of rainforest for http://www.linksgiving.com/links/ada.htm

www.linksgiving.com Links Links Environment Pro REGENWALD - Pro REGENWALD hat sich das Ziel gesetzt, Wälder insbesondere in den Tropen - aber auch in anderen Regionen - in ihrer natürlichen Vielfalt zu schützen und zu bewahren. In Kooperation mit dort lebenden Völkern und anderen Anwohnern versucht Pro REGENWALD zu einer angepaßten Entwicklung beizutragen. In diesem Sinne unterstützt und vernetzt Pro REGENWALD Projekte und Menschen, die für diese Ziele arbeiten. Der Verein recherchiert und informiert über die Zusammenhänge und Ursachen der Waldzerstörung und arbeitet dafür, die Ursachen der weltweiten Waldvernichtung abzubauen. - GERMAN http://www.pro-regenwald.de The Rainforest Site - Save a piece of rainforest for free. - ENGLISH http://www.therainforestsite.com Links Environment Back Forward ... Site Search Engine © 2001-2005, Linksgiving.com

72. Tropical Rainforest Coalition Tropical Rainforest Coalition is working to protect and preserve the world stropical rainforests. http://www.rainforest.org/

About TRC Why care? How can I help? Projects ... FAQ NEW: Big Balam Na project update: More A puma wanders through Balam Na. This is one of the latest "camera trap" photos to help with tracking the movements of large jungle cats. See more TRC is offering T-shirts for sale to rainforest supporters. This is another way to help conserve rainforests and wear it proudly. Proceeds from sales go to conservation. You may order the first design, which features front pocket and back artwork, online at our Trading Post . We plan to release more products in the near future. Schools making a difference! A Huge Thank You to Independence Elementary for their Giant Summer Donation! The Cock-of-the-Rock Proving yet again that he is the "Indy Jones" of bird photography, board member John Delevoryas recounts a challenging adventure to capture photos of the elusive Cock-of-the-Rock in Ecuador. Read our President's New Year Message Money Matters: Keeping Our Overhead Low We often receive inquiries regarding how much TRC spends on administrative and other expenses not directly related to our projects in the neotropics. Although the fraction of our donations varies from year to year, our typical range of overhead varies between 3% and 7%.

73. Collaborative Thematic Unit Theme Rain Forests And Planet Ecology Have an understanding of the geographic location of rain forests. Learn whyrain forests are necessary for planet ecology and ways that people can help http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Rainfor.htm

Collaborative Thematic Unit Theme: Rain Forests and Planet Ecology by Susan Cochran and Ann Schwarting Focus: Through the use of literature and related activities, students will expand their knowledge of rain forests and planet ecology. Grade Level: Primary (3rd - 5th grades) Objectives: On completion of this thematic unit, students will: 1. Know at least ten animals of the rain forests. 2. Have an understanding of the geographic location of rain forests. 3. be able to identify the various climates and people of the rain forests. 4. understand why rain forests are endangered. 5. Learn why rain forests are necessary for planet ecology and ways that people can help preserve the environment. Materials and Resources: A. Printed Resources Save the Earth , Banners: Theme Digest. A magazine for children providing information about the rain forests, activities, and ways to help save the earth. Sticky Fingers Rain Forest , by Ting and Neil Morns. Franklin Watts, 1994. Activity book for children which provides both literature and related activities. Tropical Rain Forests , by Wendy Weir. Carson-Dellosa publishing, 1993. Contains patterns and activities for exploring the ecosystems of the rain forests around the world.

74. Net's Best For Research: Rain Forests x, Rain forests. Rainforest Heroes Here you ll find information about therainforest, its people, and its animals. To find out what can you do to help save http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/netsbest/rainforest.html

Rain Forests Rainforest Action Network Here you'll find information about the rainforest, its people, and its animals. To find out what can you do to help save the rainforest, click on What You Can Do. http://www.ran.org/info_center/ Journey Into Amazonia Explore life on land, the river, or the canapy of the Amazon rain forest. http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/ Rainforest Alliance Click on Take a Walk in the Rainforest for a self-guided tour of some of the various plants and animals you would see in the rainforest. http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/Index.html Amazon Interactive Explore the geography of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Learn about the rainforest and the Quichua people who call it home. Discover the ways in which the Quichua live off the land. Then try your hand at running a community-based ecotourism project along the Rio Napo. http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html Kids' Place Kids' Place Houghton Mifflin English Net's Best for Research Education Place ... Privacy Statement

75. Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Borneo Lowland Rain Forests (IM0102) Borneo lowland rain forests Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia Photograph by ©WWFCanon/Siegfried WOLDHEK. Where Southeastern Asia Indonesia and Malaysia http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0102.html

Indo-Malay Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests Borneo lowland rain forests (IM0102) Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia Photograph by © WWF-Canon/Siegfried WOLDHEK Southeastern Asia: Indonesia and Malaysia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests 165,100 square miles (427,500 square kilometers) about the size of California and Vermont combined Vulnerable Large and Small Special Features Did You Know? Wild Side ... More Photos Large and Small Step into the lowland forests of Borneo and you'll soon realize that you're in one of the richest rain forests in the world. Here you'll find some amazing contrasts: the world's smallest squirrelthe chipmunk-sized pygmy squirreland Asia's largest land mammal, the Asian elephant. You may see endangered orangutans swinging through the trees and Sumatran rhinos wallowing in mud holes. And if you notice a strong odor that smells like rotten meat, you’ve probably come across the flower of a plant called Rafflesia arnoldii. At more than 3 feet (~1 m) in diameter, this is the world's largest flower. Special Features All of Borneo, Java, Sumatra, and mainland Malaysia and Indochina were part of the same landmass during the Pleistocene glacial period. Land bridges between these islands allowed plants and animals (including humans) to migrate from one region to the next. Today, Borneo is separated from the other islands, but it continues to share similar plant and animal diversity. This ecoregion has a stable climate, with monthly rainfall exceeding 8 inches (200 cm) year-round and temperatures that rarely fluctuate more than 18

76. Rainforest Action Network - RAN.org Rainforest Action Network campaigns for the forests, their inhabitants and thenatural systems that sustain life by transforming the global marketplace http://www.ran.org/

About Mission Contact Us Jobs ... More Ways to Give Who We Are Rainforest Action Network campaigns for the forests, their inhabitants and the natural systems that sustain life by transforming the global marketplace through education, grassroots organizing and non-violent direct action. Search our Site Links Buy Good Wood Don't Buy SFI Dirty Money Jumpstart Ford ... Western Canada Wilderness Committee Action Center Rainforest Pen Pals Kids in Ohio and Peru get to know one another. Read along at Rainforest Heroes and even ask your own questions. Books Not Bars! Please join Circle of Life, Julia Butterfly Hill, and the Books Not Bars network for this historic event! Say “No More Lost Lives” on Sep. 5 in Stockton, California. Reclaim the Future The Ella Baker Center's visionary new project keeps the streets clean, in more ways than one. Impeach the Precedent This compilation of socially-conscious (and good!) hip-hop is donating its proceeds to RAN. "Give it up for the Earth!" Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism RAN recommended reading. Features Jennifer Krill, Director of RAN's Zero Emissions Campaign.

77. Decoding The Silent Lyrics Of Rain Forests The Tree of Life shows that animals and plants have a common primordial ancestor.A Nigerian scientist, Philip Emeagwali, argues that the rain forests are http://www.emeagwali.com/essays/technology/rain-forests/decoding-the-silent-lyri

Decoding the Silent Lyrics of Rain Forests WARNING! Radical opinions ahead. Read at own risk. Keep Mind Open! T he destruction of the rain forests will threaten the survival of the human race. The rain forests is an amazing living botanical computer that has survived for 500 million years. Our goal is to understand how it grows, moves, repairs and reproduces itself and then apply lessons learned from it to designing computers and the Internet. Aristotle wrote that plants have soul and his belief was shared by scholars of the Middle Ages. Some researchers believe that we have not fully understood the mysteries of plants and the rain forests and even suggest that there are emotional, spiritual and physical relations between plants and humans. None other than Alfred Lord Tennyson penned the glorious lines: Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower - but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.

78. Gander Academy's Hurricane Resources On The World Wide Web Third graders used the internet to research rain forests. Here they share someof the pages they found and tell what each one is about. http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/rforest.htm

Featured in October 2000 Gander Academy's Tropical Rainforest Theme Research Topics on Tropical Rainforests What is a Tropical Rainforest Tropical Rainforest Factsheet Where are Tropical Rainforests? Layers of the Tropical Rainforest ... Teacher Resources contact Jim Cornish, Grade Five Teacher, Gander Academy, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. This page was last updated October, 2000. You have made the visit to our theme pages!

79. One World Projects - Rainforest Preservation Products The Solutions to preserve our planet s diminishing rain forests, and the world senvironment in general, are as multifaceted as the forces that are http://www.oneworldprojects.com/

One World Projects, Inc. is committed to help preserve the world's environment and people by developing markets for sustainably harvested, renewable, natural resources. Carved Zoo Animal Gourds are on Sale From Peru come a variety of animals, each individually carved onto gourds. Shop now for Christmas! Designs include Chimpanzees, Elephants, Gorillas, Hippos, Leopards, Lions, Mandrills, Pandas, Rhinos, Tigers, Turtles, Walrus and Zebras. You'll save $2.50 on each one for a limited time. Burmese Refugee Weaving This Burmese refugee girl is smiling because she has a doll that was given to her through the generosity of folks like you. One World Projects is partnering with WEAVE (Womens' Education for Advancement and Empowerment), a non-profit organization working within Thailand, to help Burmese women and children in Thailand's refugee camps. For each doll you purchase, another doll is donated to children in the Burmese refugee camps. This helps brighten the lives of children, *plus* it provides work to the women in the camps who sew the dolls. If you'd like to help but don't have a need for a doll, you can also purchase a doll to be sewn and donated to the children. You'll receive a certificate attesting to your generosity. Also see finely woven scarves, pillow covers, and wallets.

80. Endangered Forests - Inland Rainforests “The oldest oldgrowth rain forests of inland British Columbia are at risk,”André Arsenault, a plant ecologist with the Ministry bluntly warned in 1999. http://www.endangeredforests.com/Chapters/4inland.htm

Introduction Chapters About this Report News Room ... Action PART TWO Rarest of the Rare: Endangered Inland Rainforests Only two areas in the province are home to this global ecological treasure. The largest runs in a broad band from central BC southeast to central Idaho. The second occupies lower and middle elevations in the Nass River valley and portions of the Skeena, Iskut, and Stikine River basins. The latter is considered by some to be simply an extension of the globally rare coastal temperate rainforest. But the former, which we will refer to as the Inland Rainforest, is hundreds of kilometers inland, with features that seem utterly out of place for their geographical location. Cutting Down the Rarest of the Rare Confronting the Myth of Protection see PDF version go to next chapter...

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