A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the ...
Learn about what threatens the wet, layered forest and what you can do to help. 2 min read More than half of Earth’s rain forests have already been lost due to the human demand for wood and ...
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What Is Deforestation?
In 2008, to call attention to the issue of deforestation, Harrison Ford, star of the "Indiana Jones" movies, had his chest ...
It's so absurd that Hollywood fat cats would probably shoot it down for being "too on the nose," but as the saying kind of ...
Rain forest restoration holds much promise in ... forest have been cleared during the last 20 years and extensive deforestation continues in some regions, there has been an increase in tropical ...
Rainforests have four main layers: the emergent, the canopy, the under canopy and the forest floor. There are many causes of rainforest deforestation, which leads to loss of habitats, soil erosion ...
Deforestation in the Amazon causes more rain in the wet season and less rain in the dry season, according to new research ...
Rainforests make excellent habitats for several reasons: They get a lot of rain (hence the name RAINforests ... The biggest animals live on the forest floor. Most rainforest animals have ...