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The Fate of the Forest: Developers, Destroyers and Defenders of the Amazon by Susanna Hecht, Alexander Cockburn, 1990-09
Green Phoenix: Restoring the Tropical Forests of Guanacaste, Costa Rica by William Allen, 2003-01-09
Creating a Forest Garden: Working with Nature to Grow Edible Crops by Martin Crawford, 2010-07-01
Modern Forests: Statemaking and Environmental Change in Colonial Eastern India by K. Sivaramakrishnan, 1999-12-03
The Final Forest: Big Trees, Forks, and the Pacific Northwest by William Dietrich, 2010-10-01
The Global Forest by Diana Beresford-Kroeger, 2010-05-13
Conserving Forest Biodiversity: A Comprehensive Multiscaled Approach by David Lindenmayer, Jerry F. Franklin, 2002-07-01
The Rainforest Encyclopedia Coloring Book (Naturencyclopedia Series) by Julia Pinkham, 1998-06
The U.S. Forest Service: A History by Harold K. Steen, 2004-03
Ecology of Woodlands and Forests: Description, Dynamics and Diversity by Peter Thomas, John Packham, 2007-08-06
The Enchanted Amazon Rain Forest: Stories from a Vanishing World by NIGEL J.H. SMITH, 1996-02-10
Technical Guide to Forest Wildlife Habitat Management in New England by Richard DeGraaf, Mariko Yamasaki, et all 2007-01-31
Forests for People: Community Rights and Forest Tenure Reform (The Earthscan ForestLibrary)
Portraits of the Rainforest by Adrian Forsyth, 1995-03-01

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Allestra - Forests & Rainforests
Search through websites about forests Rainforests on Allestra or if you havea web site about forests Rainforests, submit it and have it live within 24
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Forests & Rainforests
My Global Village is intended to serve as a portal or conduit for sharing,discussing, and transmitting a variety of timely information that impact our
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Rainforest Animals: Zoom Rainforests
Rainforests are very dense, warm, wet forests. They are havens for millions ofplants and animals. Rainforests are extremely important in the ecology of the
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Extractions: A Sampling of Tropical Rainforest Animals Rainforests are very dense, warm, wet forests. They are havens for millions of plants and animals. Rainforests are extremely important in the ecology of the Earth. 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. Where are Rainforests? Tropical rainforests are located in a band around the equator Go to a rainforest map printout to color
Where Are The Rainforests?
Cloud Rainforest in Africa, Africa contains areas of high cloud forest, mangroveswamps and flooded forests. The island of Madagascar is home to many unique
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Extractions: WHERE ARE THE RAINFORESTS The map below shows the location of the world's tropical rainforests. Rainforests cover only a small part of the earth's surface - about 6%, yet they are home to over half the species of plants and animals in the world. Click on the dark green areas to read about the its unique rainforests. CENTRAL AMERICA This region was once entirely covered with rainforest, but large areas have been cleared for cattle ranching and for sugar cane plantations. Like other major rainforests, the jungles and mangrove swamps of Central America contain many plants and animals found nowhere else. Central America is famous for its large number of tropical birds, including many kinds of parrots. GO TO TOP THE AMAZON The Amazon jungle is the world's largest tropical rainforest. The forest covers the basin of the Amazon, the world's second longest river.
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Nature > Trees & Forests > Rainforests
The rain forests of tropical America, Africa, Asia, and Australia are rapidly With a focus on ecology, this book discusses rain forests as complex
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Extractions: The rain forests of tropical America, Africa, Asia, and Australia are rapidly vanishing. With a focus on ecology, this book discusses rain forests as complex natural systems that are continually changing in response to climate and soil conditions, as well as to shifting cultivation, logging,... ( Continua
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Rainforests businesses that offer Trees forests related products and services.
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Don't Buy Old Growth - Rainforest Action Network
We ve already lost 80% of oldgrowth forests worldwide and less than 5% from the world s most endangered forests, including the tropical rainforests of
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Extractions: News Take Action Weyerhaeuser Alternatives ... Leveraging our latest victory with Boise Cascade Rainforest Action Network and a global movement of grassroots activists and allies are targeting Weyerhaeuser It is no longer acceptable to destroy our environment, and we can not sit back and watch one of the world's largest corporations destroy our last original forests. These forests are the lungs of our planet and home to some of the most beautiful and oldest living ecosystems. Many of these living systems have existed for over seventy million years. Yet, every day from British Columbia to the Amazon, thousands of acres of these natural cathedrals are logged and turned into toilet paper, 2x4s, grocery bags, plywood and legion of other products for human consumption and disposal. RAN's Old Growth Campaign committed to targeting Weyerhaeuser until the company agrees to stop logging the world's endangered forests, and we need you to join us. RAN is part of a growing movement of activists who are applying successful market campaigning strategies against the world's largest corporations, targeting their profit line and disrupting their environmentally destructive business practices until they agree to stop destroying the world's forests. In order to achieve its goal, RAN works with activists, organizations and caring individuals like you, utilizing non-violent direct action, training, education and outreach in order to bring about reform in the boardrooms of the world's largest corporations.
Giant Eductional Colour In Posters - Maruia Shop
Four posters to choose from New Zealand Sealife, New Zealand Native forests,Amazon Rainforests and Endangered Species. All plants and wildlife are
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Extractions: Children will enjoy learning to identify species from New Zealand and around the world. Four Giant size posters to choose from: New Zealand Sealife, New Zealand Native Forests as well as Amazon Rainforests and Endangered Species. These make great group projects for rainy days. It's all there for them to see and learn.
Tropical Rainforest
Tropical Broadleaf Evergreen Forest The Rainforest Where forests have longbeen cleared and laterites have developed to cause season waterlogging of
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Extractions: Introduction. The tropical rainforest is earth's most complex biome in terms of both structure and species diversity. It occurs under optimal growing conditions: abundant precipitation and year round warmth. There is no annual rhythm to the forest; rather each species has evolved its own flowering and fruiting seasons. Sunlight is a major limiting factor. A variety of strategies have been successful in the struggle to reach light or to adapt to the low intensity of light beneath the canopy. Climate: Vegetation: A vertical stratification of three layer of trees is apparent.. These layers have been identified as A, B, and C layers: A layer: the emergents. Widely spaced trees 100 to 120 feet tall and with umbrella-shaped canopies extend above the general canopy of the forest. Since they must contend with drying winds, they tend to have small leaves and some species are deci duous during the brief dry season. B layer: a closed canopy of 80 foot trees. Light is readily available at the top of this layer, but greatly reduced below it. C layer: a closed canopy of 60 foot trees. There is little air movement in this zone and consequently humidity is constantly high.
JustGive Guide - Browsing Charities By Category Save Our Forests
Save our forests (Rainforests, Redwoods?) We build a conservation economyalong North America s rainforest coast from San Francisco, CA, to Anchorage,
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Rainforest - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Rain forests are home to twothirds of all the living animal and plant species Tropical rain forests are called the jewel of the earth , the Earth s
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Extractions: Rainforest on Fatu-Hiva, Marquesas Islands A rainforest is a forested biome with high annual rainfall due to the Intertropical convergence zone . Some cite a minimum normal annual rainfall of 2000 mm (about 100 inches or 200 centimetres), with normal rainfall at least 60 mm during each of the twelve months of the year. Others set the minimum annual rainfall barrier as low as 1700 mm (about 67 inches). The soil can be poor because high rainfall tends to leach out soluble nutrients . This type of biome is found in both temperate and tropical climates . As well as prodigious rainfall, many rainforests are characterised by a high number of resident species and tremendous biodiversity Rain forests are home to two-thirds of all the living animal and plant species on the planet. It has been estimated that many hundreds of millions of new species of plants, insects, and microorganisms are still undiscovered and have no names yet. Tropical rain forests are called the "jewel of the earth", the "Earth's lungs", and the "world's largest pharmacy" because of the large amount of natural medicines discovered there. Despite the growth of flora in a rainforest, the actual quality of the soil is quite poor.
Tropical And Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclope
Temperate rain forests also occur in certain humid temperate coastal regions . Rain forests now cover less than 6% of Earth s land surface.
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Extractions: (Redirected from Tropical rainforest Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests , also known as tropical rain forests , are a tropical and subtropical biome Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests are found in a belt around the equator and in the humid subtropics, and are characterized by warm, humid climates with high year-round rainfall. Tropical and subtropical regions with lower rainfall or distinct wet and dry seasons are home to Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests and Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests Temperate rain forests also occur in certain humid temperate coastal regions. Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests are common in several terrestrial ecozones , including parts of the Afrotropic (equatorial Africa Indomalaya (parts of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia ), the Neotropic (northern South America and Central America Australasia (eastern Indonesia New Guinea , and northern Australia ), and
The Infography About Tropical Rainforests
An Introduction to Tropical Rain forests. Clarendon Press. · Whitmore, TC 1984.Tropical Rain forests of the Far East. 2nd Edition. Clarendon Press.
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Extractions: Search The Infography: Richards, P. W. 1996. The Tropical Rain Forest. 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press. This is the classic source, updated for the second edition. Janzen, D. H. (editor). 1983. Costa Rican Natural History. University of Chicago Press. Rich with life history accounts of individual species of plants and animals. Leigh, E. G., A. S. Rand, and D. M. Windsor (editors). 1982. The Ecology of a Tropical Forest: Seasonal rhythms and long-term changes. Smithsonian Institution Press. A remarkably well-integrated account of the Smithsonian's research station on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Nadkarni, N. M. and N. T. Wheelwright (editors). 2000. Monteverde: Ecology and conservation of a tropical cloud forest. Oxford University Press. A broad set of views of a well-known montane site. Kricher, J. C. 1989. A Neotropical Companion: An introduction to the animals, plants, and ecosystems of the New World tropics. Princeton University Press. An entertaining overview written for the interested lay reader. Gradwohl, J. and R. Greenberg. 1988. Saving the Tropical Forests. Island Press. A very readable look at the remarkable variety of conservation approaches in the tropics.
Types Of Rainforests
Are all Tropical forests, Rainforests? Only a small percentage of the tropicalforests are rainforests. To be a tropical rainforest, forested areas must
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Extractions: Types of Rainforests T here are two types of rainforests tropical and temperate . Tropical and temperate rainforests share certain characteristics. For example, most trees flare at the base. Vegetation is dense, tall and very green . Both types of rainforests are rich in plant and animal species, although the diversity is greater in the tropical rainforest. Montane forests are found in mountainous areas and may contain plants such as oaks, rhododendrons, and pines, which are characteristic of temperate deciduous forests. At higher altitudes, temperatures are cooler. Even close to the equator, frost and snow can occur. Precipitation and Climate Both tropical and temperate rainforests are very lush and wet. The tropical rainforest has downpours at the rate of two inches an hour adding up to some 400 inches of rain per year. It rains a lot in the temperate rainforest, too about 100 inches per year. And even more moisture comes from the coastal fog that hovers among the trees. Tropical rainforests are warm and moist; while temperate rainforests are cool.
Zoom Rainforest - Enchanted Learning Software
Zoom rainforests is all about the animals, plants, and ecology of the tropicaland temperate rainforests. Learn about the animals and plants of the
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Extractions: Zoom Rainforests is a comprehensive on-line hypertext book about Rainforests. It is designed for students of all ages and levels of comprehension. It has an easy-to-use structure that allows readers to start at a basic level on each topic, and then to progress to much more advanced information as desired, simply by clicking on links.
Saving The Rainforest
Further, as the largescale harvesting of lumber from the rain forests We need the rain forests to produce oxygen and clean the atmosphere to help us
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Extractions: PRESERVING THE RAINFORESTS The world's rainforests are currently disappearing at a rate of 6000 acres every hour (this is about 4000 football fields per hour). When these forests are cut down, the plants and animals that live in the forests are destroyed, and some species are at risk of being made extinct. Further, as the large-scale harvesting of lumber from the rain forests continues, the balance of the earth's eco-system is disrupted. We need the rain forests to produce oxygen and clean the atmosphere to help us breathe. We also know that the earth's climate can be affected, as well as the water cycle. Rainforests also provide us with many valuable medicinal plants, and may be a source of a cure from some deadly diseases. logging trucks carry away trees that have been cut down. Forests can be managed effectively without endangering rare species of plants and animals and without risking global environmental damage. Companies that harvest timber should not be allowed to "clear cut" large areas of forest and should be required to plant new trees after they cut old trees down. Governments should create large parks and reserves where hunting and logging are not allowed. As a world community, we must be careful not to destroy the resources that people will need in the future.
Eco-Portal: Land/Forests/Types/RainLand/Forests/Temperate Rainforests
Forest Action Network campaigns to save the Great Bear Rainforest, the largestremaining expanse of coastal temperate rainforest left in the world (Added
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Extractions: Links: Gondwana - campaign to create an international, intercontinental sanctuary for the world's southernmost forests - those with evolutionary roots on the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana (Added: Wed Jan 19 2005 Hits: 153 Rating: 0.00 Votes: ) Rate It Forest Action Network - campaigns to save the Great Bear Rainforest, the largest remaining expanse of coastal temperate rainforest left in the world (Added: Tue Jan 16 2001 Hits: 735 Rating: 8.50 Votes: 4 ) Rate It McGunns Lawsuit - Tasmanian timber giant sues critics of its practice of pulping old-growth forests in Southern Australia (Added: Fri Dec 17 2004 Hits: 59 Rating: 0.00 Votes: ) Rate It Sierra Club of British Columbia - committed to protecting British Columbia, Canada's wild lands and wild life (Added: Sun Feb 11 2001 Hits: 303 Rating: 5.50 Votes: 2 ) Rate It Tarkine National Coalition - works to establish a Tarkine Wilderness World Heritage Area in northwest Tasmania, Australia; home to Australia's largest temperate rainforest and Tasmania's largest remaining unprotected wilderness
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Marklynas.org: Forest Based Sequestration Is Not An Effective Strategy For Rain
So, there is no sequestration benefit in logging rain forests. In addition, thefinetuned ecosystem of the rain forests are in a tight delicate balance and
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Extractions: marklynas.org biog articles books ... contact Warming globe above courtesy of Climateprediction.net Welcome to marklynas.org. I'd like this site to develop into something of a debating hall about climate change and other related issues, and for that reason it's designed to be fully interactive. You can post comments underneath every article, or if you want private correspondence, feel free to contact me directly. High Tide out now: Also out in German site by spanner a reply from Dan to Colin, I read your rant on 3rd April, 2005. . See below for an overview of the conversation. Dear Norbert, Colin was referring specifically to rain forests and rain forests typically cannot be included in this category of forest based sequestration which you described in your post because the environmental impact from logging is much higher than any benefits from logging. What you said about sequestering carbon is only true for forests which are capable of being reforested. A more detailed analysis on forest based sequestration strategies is best explained by the PEW link below. This report was prepared by Robert N. Stavins of Harvard University and Kenneth R. Richards of Indiana University and provides both insightful technical information plus a great economic analysis on the effectiveness of forest based sequestration.

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