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A major threat to the rainforest is the logging companies that come in and clear land to harvest big trees. There are only about two upper canopy trees (higher trees) per acre, and cutting down these trees almost destroys the upper canopy w...
http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/projects/fourth/...
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Rainforests are being destroyed because the value of rainforest land is perceived as only the value of its timber by short-sighted governments, ... Nearly half of the world's species of plants, animals and microorganisms will be destroyed or severely threatened over the next quarter century due to rainforest deforestation.
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www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm
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The struggle to save the world's rainforests continues, and there is a growing worldwide concern about the issue. In order to save rainforests, we need to know why they are being destroyed. ... In Cape Tribulation, Australia, for example, the rainforest is being threatened by excessive tourism. Clearing for roads and...
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www.rainforestinfo.org.au/background/causes.htm
www.rainforestinfo.org.au/background/causes.htm
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On a broader scale, FAO data shows that primary forests are being replaced by less biodiverse plantations and secondary forests. Due to a ... The move comes after pressure from the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) on the fashion industry to stop sourcing paper from threatened rainforests for their shopping bags.
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rainforests.mongabay.com/0801.htm
rainforests.mongabay.com/0801.htm
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The images showcase the best of his fully-funded trip to three of the world’s major rainforests, with photos from the Amazon, Democratic Republic of ... An Enawene Nawe man. The tribe's traditional fishing method of building barrages is being threatened by a project of 86 dams to be constructed on the Juruena river basin...
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www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/6240368...
www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/6240368/Daniel-Beltras-photographs-of-rainforests-in-the-Amazon-Indonesia-and-Congo.html
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Caught in gill nets, loss of food due to dams and rainforest desforestation ... Threatened Rainforest Wildlife ... Cloud rainforests of Monteverde, Costa Rica...
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tcn.cse.fau.edu/homepage/esp01/src/rhos/endangered.html
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Humans also have a huge impact on coral reefs being destroyed. In a number of ways, ... They are home to more kinds of life than any other ocean environment and rival the tropical rainforests on land. ... However, most coral reefs are now threatened with extinction due to a combination of impacts that are particular to each reef,
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answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081206040535AAcj...
answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081206040535AAcjP7n
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Indigenous peoples are being threatened by pending forest concessions ... Mache-Chindul rainforests and mangroves, located in the Province of Esmeraldas in the Ecuadorian Pacific region hold high levels of biodiversity.
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www.wrm.org.uy/alerts/december99.html
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This site has lots of information about the way rainforests are being threatened. There are links to other rainforest and environment Pages. The Action Alert section regularly highlights an area of the world in which rainforests and the people living in them are in danger.
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www.scotch.vic.edu.au/Adminjs/curric/Links/linfiles/rai...
www.scotch.vic.edu.au/Adminjs/curric/Links/linfiles/rainfore.htm
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