1. Rainforest - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia This article is about rainforests. For more specific information, see Inland rainforest, Temperate rain forest or Tropical rain forest. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainforest

Rainforest From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search For the novel, see Rainforest (novel) The Daintree Rainforest in Queensland Australia General distribution of tropical rainforest General distribution of temperate rainforest. The Daintree Rainforest near Cairns, in Queensland Australia Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall , with definitions setting minimum normal annual rainfall between 1750-2000 mm (68-78 inches). Rainforests are home to two-thirds of all the living animal and plant species on Earth . It has been estimated that many hundreds of millions of species of plants, insects and microorganisms are still undiscovered. Tropical rainforests have been called the "jewels of the Earth," and the "world's largest pharmacy ," because of the large number of natural medicines discovered there. The undergrowth in a rainforest is restricted in many areas by the lack of sunlight at ground level. This makes it possible to walk through the forest. If the leaf canopy is destroyed or thinned, the ground beneath is soon colonized by a dense, tangled growth of vines shrubs and small trees called a jungle . The two types of rainforest are: Tropical rainforests are rainforests in the tropics , found near the Equator (between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn ) and present in southeast Asia Myanmar to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea , northern and eastern Australia sub-Saharan Africa from Cameroon to the Congo Congo Rainforest South America (the Amazon Rainforest Central America Bosaw¡s , southern

2. Zoom Rainforest - Enchanted Learning Software Zoom rainforests is all about the animals, plants, and ecology of the tropical and temperate rainforests. Learn about the animals and plants of the http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/

Zoom Rainforests 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. Subjects LITTLE EXPLORERS ENCHANTED LEARNING SOFTWARE BUSY LITTLE BRAINS CD-ROM for children ... Send us E-mail

3. 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%, http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/where.html

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. The Amazon is home to the greatest variety of plants and animals on Earth. A of all the world's plants and birds and about of all mammal species are found there.

4. Rainforests Mongabay.com seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wildlands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging local and global trends in http://rainforests.mongabay.com/

RAINFOREST INFORMATION Preface World Rainforests Rainforest Structure ... Forest carbon credits could guide development in Congo (5/28/2008) An initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by offering carbon credits to countries that reduce deforestation may be one of the best mechanisms for promoting sustainable development in Central Africa says a remote sensing expert from the Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC). Dr. Nadine Laporte, an associate scientist with WHRC who uses remote sensing to analyze land use change in Africa, says that REDD could protect forests, safeguard biodiversity, and improve rural livelihoods in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other Central African nations. Biofuels expansion in Africa may impact rainforests, wetlands (5/28/2008) Biofuel feedstock expansion in Africa will likely come at the expense of ecologically-sensitive lands, reports a new analysis presented by Wetlands International at the Convention of Biological Diversity in Bonn. From "kampung boy" to conservation force in the rainforest of Borneo (5/27/2008) Waidi Sinun oversees three extraordinarily diverse conservation areas in the Malaysian rainforest, a career shaped by a love for the environment stemming from childhood memories, as well as the foundation that fostered his education. Next gen biofuels could decimate rainforests (5/27/2008) Next generation biofuels could decimate tropical forests says a leading ecologist from the University of Minnesota.

5. Rainforest Action Network: Home Works to protect the Earth s rainforests and support the rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing, and nonviolent direct http://ran.org/

@import "sys/css/ran/src/home.css"; @import "sys/css/ran/src/tabs.css"; Rainforest Action Network About RAN Campaigns Issues ... Bunge CEO Makes No Offer of Date or Flyover (Not Yet) Rainforest Action Network Transforming the global marketplace through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action. This week at RAN ANZ denies funding to Gunn's Tasmanian pulp mill Thanks for standing up to clear-cutting virgin forests, scorching land with napalm-like firebombs, and killing wildlife with poison-laced carrots! Mother Earth Protectors On May 26, Indigenous communities will gather at Queen’s Park in Toronto to protect the land and to say no to economic exploitation and environmental destruction. Crashing the party RAN asked some hard questions about mowing down rainforest to plant soy at Bunge's Shareholder Meeting. Progress, but no resolution, in Grassy Narrows Ontario takes important steps toward the community-led protection of forests... but meanwhile destructive logging continues. Supermarket Sleuths Is there rainforest destruction—in the form of palm oil—hiding in your supermarket? Discover the problem with palm oil.

6. Rainforests - Explore The Rainforests Of The World You can Adopt an Acre of rainforest and help to protect Costa Rica s breathtaking Osa Peninsula now and for future generations. http://www.nature.org/rainforests/

Rainforests Rainforests Rainforest facts Threats to rainforests Rainforest pictures ... Adopt an acre of rainforest! You can Adopt an Acre of rainforest and help to protect Costa Rica's breathtaking Osa Peninsula now and for future generations. You can Adopt an Acre of rainforest and help to protect Costa Rica's breathtaking Osa Peninsula now and for future generations. Rainforests of the World Wild and wondrous, rainforests extend from as far as Alaska and Canada to Latin America, Asia and Africa. They nurture thousands of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth and provide life's essentials such as our medicines, food and water. The Nature Conservancy is working around the world in places like Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula to protect rainforests, engaging local and indigenous communities in creative solutions that balance the needs of people with nature. The places and projects featured on this site reflect examples of The Nature Conservancy's current work in rainforest protection. And every year, through our Adopt an Acre® program , we choose an imperiled rainforest site that is in critical need of protection Why Should You Care About the Rainforest?

7. EO Experiments: Rainforest Biome Tropical rainforests are found closer to the equator and temperate rainforests are found farther north near coastal areas. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/Biome/biorainforest.html

Temperature: Precipitation: 2,000 to 10,000 millimeters of rain per year Vegetation: Vines, palm trees, orchids, ferns Location: Between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn Other: There are two types of rainforests, tropical and temperate. Tropical rainforests are found closer to the equator and temperate rainforests are found farther north near coastal areas. The majority of common houseplants come from the rainforest. Example: Campa Pita, Belize Temperature graph: Click to enlarge Precipitation graph: Click to enlarge Location map: Click to enlarge Description: There are two types of rainforests, tropical and temperate. Tropical rainforests are found closer to the equator where it is warm. Temperate rainforests are found near the cooler coastal areas further north or south of the equator. Links: Biome: Tropical Rainforest The Rain Forest Rainforests of the World (A new browser window will open for each.) Did you link here from a mission? Return to Mission: Great Graph Match To Plant or Not to Plant?

8. Click To Give @ The Rainforest Site The Rainforest Site is dedicated to the preservation of rainforests around the world. Your daily click funds the purchase of rainforest land by The Nature http://www.therainforestsite.com/

Free Ways to Help Send an E-card Remember to Click Link to Us ... document.write(''); Protecting Habitats How Does This Work? How You're Helping Show Your Support When you click, we display ads from our site sponsors. 100% of the money from these advertisers goes to our charity partners , who fund programs to protect and preserve rainforest habitat. Our store gives a portion of every purchase to our charity partners. Please tell your friends! Want to Help More? At The Rainforest Site store, we strive to bring you products that do the maximum amount of good. That's why part of our proceeds always go to the cause you care about. 100% of site advertising goes to our charitable partners. The Rainforest Site is dedicated to the preservation of rainforests around the world. Your daily click funds the purchase of rainforest land by The Nature Conservancy, The Rainforest Conservation Fund, The World Parks Endowment, and Rainforest2Reef. These organizations work to preserve rainforest land in Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay and other locations worldwide. On average, over 35,500 individuals from around the world visit the site each day to click the green "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button. To date, more than 150 million visitors have preserved more than 40,500 acres of land.

9. Rainforests.net - Rainforests Biodiversity Scale Of Destruction By Mark R. Elsis The Omega Point For Homo Sapiens Will Occur When The 10% Virgin Rainforest Area 50% Rainforest Species Safeguard Threshold Providence Is Broken In 2014. http://www.rainforests.net/

EcoHumane Health People Phenomena ... Dictionary Rainforest Acres Cut This Year Species Extinctions This Year RAINFORESTS BIODIVERSITY SCALE OF DESTRUCTION The Number One Issue Facing Humanity by Mark R. Elsis At Our Current Rate Of Mass Species Extinctions Due To Rainforests Destruction Omega Point For Homo Sapiens Will Occur Between 2012 - 2016 This we know: The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. Chief Seattle Dear Citizen of Earth November 1, 1999

10. Dr. Blythe's RainforestEducation Web Site! A large, colorful, familyfriendly web site with tons of photos of and information about the rainforests of the Americas, including multimedia experiences http://www.rainforesteducation.com/

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11. RainForests.com.au - RainForest Resources Images from the rainforest is an exciting new concept that allows visitors to our site to share their rainforest experiences with each other. http://www.rainforests.com.au/

Your rainforest source. Rainforest Resources Rainforest Peoples Rainforest Plants Rainforest Products Rainforest Resorts ... Other Images from the rainforest Images from the rainforest is an exciting new concept that allows visitors to our site to share their rainforest experiences with each other. Allowing you to upload your own rainforest photos right to our site. Read more or signup... The world's number one antioxidant. 100% organic and 100% pure. The Amazon Acai Artificial Christmas Trees Treetopia provides unique artificial Christmas trees in many colors to spice up your holidays. Sign Up... RainForests.com.au All the Rainforest resources you'll ever need. If you know of any rainforest resources that we should include, please submit it. Submit your resource... The rainforest is full of exciting places to stay... Read more... You can find a number of resorts that sell timeshare in your favorite rainforest destination. This secures explorers week long lodging every year. Savvy travelers can also find great deals on timeshare rentals from reliable online portals. But you have many choices for lodging.

12. Tropical Rainforest Information For Kids My interest in wildlife and tropical rainforests began at an early age when my parents introduced me to nature books and magazines. http://kids.mongabay.com/

NEW! Adventures of Mongy the Frog About rainforests Rainforest animals ... Rainforests : a photo tour of tropical rainforests around the world Amazon : a photo tour of the amazon rainforest Gabon : this Central African country is home to surfing hippos, forest elephants, and gorillas Uganda : located in the center of Africa, Uganda is famous for gorillas and safari animals Adventures of Mongy the Frog Adventures of Mongy the Frog : learning about rainforests, wildlife, and the environment Environmental Hall of Fame : Environmental heros The Mongabay Kids site (kids.mongabay.com) aims to help children learn about rainforests and the environment. This site is still under development and I am working to add kids activities and other content as time permits. If you have comments or are interested in submitting educational content for the site, please feel free to contact me home teacher resources other languages ... contact

13. ScienceDaily: Rainforest News Rain Forest News. Current science articles on rainforest animals, rainforest plants, and ecosystems of oldgrowth forests. http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/rainforests/

Rainforest News Thursday, May 29, 2008 Print Email Bookmark Latest News Earth Science Atmosphere Atmosphere Climate Weather Chemistry ... Oceanography Environmental Issues Acid Rain Air Pollution Air Quality Drought ... Sustainability Environmental Science Biodiversity Coral Reefs Desert Ecology ... Wildfires Natural Disasters Earthquakes Landslides Natural Disasters Near-Earth Object Impacts Severe Weather El Nino and La Nina Floods Hurricanes and Cyclones Severe Weather ... Books RSS Climate Change Already Affecting U.S. Water, Land, And Biodiversity, Report Finds full story Biological Control: Insect Release Proposed To Control Exotic Strawberry Guava full story ... Sniffing Dogs Detect Feces To Help Monitor And Protect Threatened Animals In Brazil Browse News Stories 1 to 10 of 330 stories view headlines only Soil Types Forest Global Warming ... Using Forest Residues Reduces Soil Carbon Stock May 21, 2008 full story Trees Forest Rainforests ... Ponderosa Pine Forests Need Thinning Or Controlled Burns To Keep Old-Growth Characteristics May 16, 2008 full story Trees Forest Botany ... Sustainability May 15, 2008 full story Climate Nature Environmental Issues ... Amazon Under Threat From Cleaner Air May 8, 2008

14. Kids Konnect - Rainforest Animals of the Rainforest 3rd Grade Project Footprint Adventures Borneo Rainforest Explorer What Happens When rainforests are Cut Down? http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/96/27/

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15. Rainforests Surfing the Net with Kids syndicated columnist Barbara J. Feldman reviews the best rainforest websites for kids, teachers and families, including those http://www.surfnetkids.com/rainforest.htm

GA_googleAddSlot("ca-pub-5706659305748000", "Surfnetkids-Leaderboard-ATF"); ...Click for Menu... ~~ Home ~~ Light a Fire Quotations How to Add Games Email Book Clubs Book Store Calendar Blog Free Kids Coloring Free Kids Trivia Free Web Content Games Kids Jokes Newsletters Parents Postcards Printables Screensavers Suggest a Site Tell a Friend Top Ten Pages Topic Directory ~~ Search this Site Arts, Crafts, Music Computers, Internet Hobbies, Sports Geography Holidays, History Language Arts Math Parents, Teachers Pre-K and K Science, Animals Link to Us My Bio Ad Rates Write Me Visit My Office Audiobooks Calendar Coloring Contests ... Naruto Girls Dress Up Rainforests Email to a friend with a personal message Rainforests are defined and created by rainfall: more than eighty inches per year. Tropical rainforests are located near the equator, a majority of them in Latin America. Temperate rainforests are found in coastal areas, such as the 1,200 miles of temperate rainforest that stretches along the Pacific coast from Oregon to Alaska. Because they are so ecologically rich, many are concerned with their current rate of destruction. Are rainforests worth saving? Learn more, and decide for yourself. Live from the Rainforest "Rainforests are living emeralds which adorn our world with rare beauty and natural wonders. They are a product of planetary processes and are, in turn, contributors to the water and carbon cycles on which all life depends." You'll find an introduction to rainforests under GeoSystems, a guide to animal and plant life under EcoSystems, and games to play listed under Interact. My favorite game is "Who am I? Where do I live?" Can you guess the rainforest animal, based on the clues?

16. Rain Forest Learn about the rainforest and the Quichua people who call it home. Students will also be able to participate in a plan to save the rainforests. http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/rforest.html

Rain Forest Research/Informational Sites Amazon Interactive Animals of the Rain Forest - You don't want to miss this site. Includes information on all classifications of animals. Bagherra: In the Wild SPOTLIGHT Biological Diversity in the Rain Forest Black and Green Poison-Arrow Frog Effects of Altitude on Climate and Vegetation - Click on the right-pointing arrow to get additional information. Elements of the Rain Forest - Information on the layers. Explore the Rain Forest Exploring the Tropical Rain Forest - Click on the right-pointing arrows to read additional information. Green Iguana Journey into Amazonia - From PBS. Jungle Photos Kratt's Creatures Leaf-Cutting Ants Learning About Rain Forests - What, Where, Plants, Animals, People, Preserving...it's all here! Click the links in the top navigational menu. Life in the Strata - (Strata means "layer") Lion Tamarin Margay Movies of the Rain Forest - Download these movies. Native Peoples of the Rain Forest FAQs Orangutan Rain Forest Alliance - Information and facts about rain forests and up-to-date news on steps that are being taken to save this precious commodity. Rain Forest Biome - This is a really great site!!!

17. Howstuffworks "How Rainforests Work" A Today, tropical rainforests cover only 6 percent of the Earth s ground surface, but they re home to over half of the planet s plant and animal species. http://science.howstuffworks.com/rainforest.htm

HowStuffWorks.com RSS Make HowStuffWorks your homepage Get Newsletter Search HowStuffWorks and the web: Science Life Science Conservation Related Categories: REFERENCE LINKS Print Email Cite Please copy/paste the following text to properly cite this How Stuff Works article: How Rainforests Work by Tom Harris Inside This Article Introduction to How Rainforests Work What is a Rainforest? The Forest for the Trees Stranglers and Buttresses All Creatures, Great and Small ... articles Q: How much of the Earth is covered by rainforests? A : Today, tropical rainforests cover only 6 percent of the Earth's ground surface, but they're home to over half of the planet's plant and animal species. ­ Tropic­al rainforests are the most diverse ecosystem on Earth, and also the oldest. Today, tropical rainforests cover only 6 percent of the Earth's ground surface, but they are home to over half of the planet's plant and animal species. In this completely unique world, there are thousands of species we have yet to discover. ­In this article, we'll travel into the tropical rainforest to see what makes it such a bountiful environment for plants and animals. We'll also see why the rainforests are in danger and look at some of the ways this affects us. ­­

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

Rainforests Diversity and Destruction By Dave Kristula [ 9 January 1997 - 9th Grade Bio Paper] [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.

19. What Are Rainforests In ecological terms, rainforests have been defined as multistoried closed, broad leaved forest vegetation with a continuous tree canopy of variable height 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.

20. EE Activities - Rainforests The Rainforest Alliance Learning Site is filled with free lesson plans, stories, presentations, posters and species profiles for K6th grade. http://eelink.net/pages/EE Activities - Rainforests

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