According to WWF, the Amazon
rainforest has long been recognised as a repository of ecological services not only for local tribes and communities, but also for the rest of the world.
Whatever your idea of a
rainforest, it probably doesn't encompass a sodden moss-covered habitat on Scotland's West Coast, being grazed upon by deer and devastated by invasive flowers.
"Our
rainforest relies on mild, wet and clean air coming in off the Atlantic, and is garlanded with a spectacular array of lichens, fungi, mosses, liverworts and ferns.
* Can we save Australia's
rainforests? Can we save the world's
rainforests?
VANILLA--Vanilla comes from an orchid flower that first grew in the
rainforests of Southern Mexico and Central America.
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Rainforests store around twice as much carbon as other forests.
We were looking for a place to donate some household stuff when we discovered Kids Saving the
Rainforest. KSTR president Jennifer promptly invited us on a tour of the sanctuary.
Review the definitions of temperate and tropical
rainforests in the article.
This jungly habitat originally covered most of the Atlantic fringe of Europe from northern Scotland to Portugal, and is part of the Celtic
Rainforest of Western Britain and Ireland.
Caption: Teeth excavated from this rock-shelter (right) in Sri Lanka provide evidence of long-term human
rainforest occupation as early as 20,000 years ago.
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Rainforests are being chopped down to produce commodities like palm oil, paper, timber and meat.
Dubai is set to be home to yet another first for the Middle East - a man-made
rainforest.