121. Ecoplants USA Inc. Wholesale Flowers, Tropical Flowers And Plants A wholesaler of tropical plants, foliage and flowers direct from the rainforests. Special pricing on full and half cases of flowers. http://www.ecoplants-usa.com

Welcome to Tropical Flowers FOR WHOLESALERS NATIONWIDE Toll Free 1-866-597-9777 Home Company Profile Company Policy Bouquets ... Contact Us

122. Rainforest Preservation Partnership An organization promoting rainforest conservation by placing tropical rainforest into private ownership. Information about rainforests an membership. http://www.rainforest-conservation.com

123. Rainforest Facts The Disappearing rainforests. We are losing Earth s greatest biological of natural resources. rainforests, Pharmacy to the World. It is estimated http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm

Español Português Deutsch Italiano ... Norsk The Disappearing Rainforests We are losing Earth's greatest biological treasures just as we are beginning to appreciate their true value. Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth's land surface; now they cover a mere 6% and experts estimate that the last remaining rainforests could be consumed in less than 40 years One and one-half acres of rainforest are lost every second with tragic consequences for both developing and industrial countries. Rainforests are being destroyed because the value of rainforest land is percieved as only the value of its timber by short-sighted governments, multi-national logging companies, and land owners. Nearly half of the world's species of plants, animals and microoganisms will be destroyed or severely threatened over the next quarter century due to Rainforest deforestation. Experts estimates that we are losing 137 plant, animal and insect species every single day due to rainforest deforestation. That equates to 50,000 species a year. As the rainforest species dissapear, so do many possible cures for life-threatening diseases. Currently, 121 prescription drugs sold worldwide come from plant-derived sources. While 25% of Western pharmaceuticals are derived from rainforest ingredients, less that 1% of these tropical trees and plants have been tested by scientists. Most rainforests are cleared by chainsaws, bulldozers and fires for its timber value and then are followed by farming and ranching operations, even by world giants like Mitsubishi Corporation, Gerogia Pacific, Texaco and Unocal.

124. VirtualRainForest-an Online Tour Learn about rainforests by taking a virtual tour or watching an online slide show. http://www.msu.edu/~urquhar5/tour/

Welcome to the V i r t u a l R a i n F o r e s t You can choose between two online tours of the rainforest, filled with beautiful pictures and interesting facts. The Virtual Rainforest was designed for all ages, but with particular emphasis on teaching children about tropical rainforests. Designed by Dr. Gerald Urquhart, a tropical ecologist, the site is scientifically accurate and explores a wide variety of rainforest topics. Click below to start: The second option is a directed toura slide showleading you through the rainforest step by step. It runs a little faster than the VirtualRainforest and has some different information. Consumer Guide to Purchasing Tropical Wood Products Information for Teachers - Coming Soon! Feel free to use this site in any way you wish in your classroom. Please inform Dr. Gerald Urquhart of your school, location, grade, and intended use for our database. We are very interested in knowing which and how many schools are using this resource for their classroom activities.

125. Rainforest: About ABOUT rainforests Is the Amazon a jungle or a rainforest? Where are the rainforests of the world? Where are the rainforests in South Central America? http://www.ladatco.com/rf-abt.htm

LADATCO TOURS HOME South America Central America Falkland Islands ... e-mail ABOUT RAINFORESTS Rainforest Basics Rainforest Experiences What is a Rainforest? Is there a difference between a rainforest and a jungle? ... Amazon Quick Facts WHAT IS A RAINFOREST? From "The Neotropical Companion" by John Kricher: A rainforest is essentially a non-seasonal forest, where rainfall is both abundant and constant. IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A JUNGLE AND A RAINFOREST? From "The Neotropical Companion" by John Kricher: When a rainforest is disturbed, such as by hurricane, lightning strikes or human activity, the disturbed area is opened, permitting the penetration of large amounts of light. Fast growing plan species intolerant of shade are temporarily favored and a tangle of thin-boled trees, shrubs and vines result. Like a huge, dense pile carpet, a mass of greenery, or "jungle", soon covers the gap created by the disturbance. Another explanation: A tropical rainforest has more kinds of trees and other plant life than any other area of the world. Most trees in the tropical rainforest are broad leaf trees that grow closely together. The tallest trees may grow as tall as 200 feet. The tops, called crowns, form a covering of leaves about 100-150 feet above the ground. This cover is called the upper canopy. The crowns of the smaller trees form one or two lower canopies. These canopies share the forest floor so that it receives less than one percent as much sunlight as does the upper canopy. As a result, only ferns and other plants requiring little sunlight grown on the forest floor. This makes it possible for a person to easily walk through most parts of a tropical rainforest.

126. News rainforests of the sea ravaged overfishing and pollution kill 80% of coral on Caribbean reefs. By Michael McCarthy Environment Editor. 18 July 2003. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/environment/story.jsp?story=425342

127. Zamia%20skinneri Is primarily found in rainforests from northern to central Atlantic Panama at elevations from 50 to 750 meters and contains a massive trunk, leaves, and strobili. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Zamia skinneri

128. News is sinking. Entire rainforests set to disappear in next decade. By Marie Woolf, Chief Political Correspondent. 05 July 2003. More than http://news.independent.co.uk/world/environment/story.jsp?story=421842

129. Cycas%20macrocarpa Lives mainly in rainforests, which puts it at risk for extinction by habitat reduction. Illustrations, etymology, structural details, and extensive historical notes. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.gov.au/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?name=Cycas macrocarpa

130. Rainforests - EPA/QPWS rainforests. As Australia drifted towards the tropics and conditions became drier, the Gondwanan rainforests almost disappeared. http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conservation/habitats/rainforests/

Access keys Skip to primary navigation Skip to secondary navigation Skip to content ... Library services Habitats Mangroves and wetlands Bowling Green Bay Coastal Wetlands of South East Queensland Currawinya lakes ... Rainforests See also: Wildlife Biodiversity Plants Nature refuges ... Habitats Rainforests From the mist-shrouded forests of the border ranges to the stunted scrubs of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland has the most diverse rainforests in the world. Rainforest is dense, moisture-dependent vegetation where a variety of shade-tolerant plants grow beneath an almost closed canopy. If this vital ecosystem is to survive, remaining areas of rainforest must be protected. Rainforest history As Australia drifted towards the tropics and conditions became drier, the Gondwanan rainforests almost disappeared. Grasslands and woodlands took over from rainforests. But scattered rainforest pockets remained in refuges on mountain tops and in protected valleys. In the two centuries since Europeans came to Australia, half the rainforest has been cleared for farms, mines, plantation forests, towns and resorts. Rainforest types Queensland is the only place in the world with all types. Rainforests in Queensland range from evergreen (leaves always present) to semi-deciduous (trees lose leaves during the dry season).

131. Possum - Spotted Cuscus Spotted Cuscus is a member along with its more common brother the Grey Cuscus of the phalanger, a possum type, family found in Northern Australian rainforests. With links to other species. http://home.mira.net/~areadman/cuscus.htm

You will be redirected automatically in 5 sec to the new address of this site. If nothing happened, you can click the line below The new address is http://australian-animals.net/cuscus.htm

132. Rainforest Field Trip rainforests have been around for millions of years, and yet in the very brief span of half a century, mankind has destoyed a huge portion of the world s http://www.field-trips.org/sci/rainforest/

Rainforest Field Trip Trailhead Teacher's Resources Start Field Trip Rainforests have been around for millions of years, and yet in the very brief span of half a century, mankind has destoyed a huge portion of the world's rainforests. On a daily basis, acres and acres more disappear. This field trip takes a look at what a rainforest is and why it is an important ecosystem, the animals and peoples of the rainforest, what types of rainforests there are, and provides some ideas that students can do to actively participate in protecting the remaining rainforests. Objectives Students will learn about what defines a rainforest. Students will learn about the environmental impact of eliminating rainforests. Students will learn about what animals live in the rainforest. Students will learn about the Inidigenous people of the rainforest. Concepts What makes a rainforest a rainforest?

133. Family Scarabaeidae - Introduction Photos and information on various kinds of scarab beetles, especially those from tropical rainforests. http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/9191/Scarabaeidae.htm

Welcome to Family SCARABAEIDAE - one moment while I redirect you to my site's new location....... http://www.naturalworlds.org/scarabaeidae/index.htm Click on the link above or just wait a few seconds.... Most browsers will take you there shortly...

134. New Scientist The World s No.1 Science Technology News Service. Destruction of Amazon rainforests accelerating. 1701 27 June 03. NewScientist.com news service. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993883

135. Bryomonitor Information about, and software for, a computer program for biomonitoring disturbance and regeneration of neotropical rainforests using bryophytes as indicators. http://home.t-online.de/home/drehwald/bryomon1.htm

Versión en español Home Introduction The indicator species Application of the biomonitoring system The computer program ... Contact A Biomonitoring Program for Neotropical Rainforests All rights reserved BRYOMONITOR is a computer program for biomonitoring disturbance and regeneration of neotropical rainforests using bryophytes as indicators. It has been developed using field data from Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina and is designed for use in neotropical rainforests at altitudes of up to 2000 m. The objective was to develope a biomonitoring system that can be applied relatively easily and at a low cost in different parts of the Neotropics and allows the comparison of very different forest types. The program may be used and distributed free of any cost as long as it remains absolutely unchanged (see license agreement). All rights of the program are reserved by the author. The program was developed in the course of the project „ Zonas de amortiguamiento como instrumento para manejar la biodiversidad en los bosques tropicales “ (Buffer zones as an instrument for sustainable use of rainforest biodiversity in three countries on the eastern slope of the Andes) financed by the European Community under the INCO-DC program (Contract number IC18CT980259).

136. New Scientist Pristine Amazonian rainforests are changing. Changes to apparently pristine parts of the Amazonian rainforests have been revealed by a survey of trees. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994766

137. Domain Of Arbeitsgemeinschaft Regenwald Und Artenschutz (ARA) E.V./ Germany Consultant in tropical ecology, with applications to development projects. Offers knowledge in agroforestry and ecophysiology of rainforests, pressures on ecosystems, indigenous people and forests. Based in Hamburg, Germany. http://hometown.aol.com/araoffice

Main My First Home Page htmlAdWH('7002588', '234', '60'); This is the domain of the Working Community On Rainforests And Species Conservation (ARA) in Bielefeld/Germany. The homepage address of ARA is: www.araonline.de Dies ist die Domain der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Regenwald und Artenschutz (ARA) e.V. in Bielefeld. Die Internet-Adresse von ARA lautet: www.araonline.de The site of ecologist Christian Offer has moved to/die Adresse des Ökologen Christian Offer hat sich geändert: http://hometown.aol.com/kreischioffer Kooperationen und Kontakt/ Cooperations and contact -Nichtregierungsorganisationen im Entwicklungs- und Umweltbereich/ NGOs of development and environment -Entwicklungsprojekte weltweit/ international development projects page created with Easy Designer

138. SciCentral: Selected Rainforests Resources K12 Science Main Page . rainforests. Rainforest Action Network; Rainforest Alliance; RainForestWeb; The Rain Forest; All About rainforests; http://www.sciquest.com/k12/K-rainfo.html

K-12 Science Main Page Rainforests Rainforest Action Network Rainforest Alliance RainForestWeb The Rain Forest ... Bronx Zoo Congo Gorilla Forest

139. Cape Tribulation Research Station In Queensland, Australia, this is the only research facility in the coastal lowland seasonallywet tropical rainforests of Australia. The dominant forest type is complex mesophyll vine forest. Opportunities exist for research, volunteers and study. http://www.austrop.org.au

GUESTBOOK Chairman's Report 2002 NOW AVAILABLE Click to see where we are NEWS !!!! October 2002 We are in the process of updating this website. We've been so busy building a new lab and accommodation building as well as doing research projects that we haven't had time to work on it. The new baby batty born on 10th of August 2002 New lab (left) joined to old lab with breeze-way Nico and Marsha do electro-physiology in the new lab Hugh and Sunshine inspect the radar dish for the orchard protection system The Cape Tribulation Tropical Research Station is an independent research facility operated by the Australian Tropical Research Foundation (AUSTROP) based in Far North Queensland, Australia. We offer use of the facilities to researchers and students and accept volunteers and interns to work at the Station and on its ongoing projects. We use a flexible and progressive approach to a wide variety of scientific research projects and conservation activities. The station's unique location, within the Daintree World Heritage lowland rainforest and less than a kilometer from the coast and the Great Barrier Reef, offers vast potential for research on biological, biodiversity and biogeographical issues. We also run an environmental information and interpretation facility

140. Research Starters: Rainforests spruces. Wildlife includes hawks, owls, wolves, and martens. Here are some topics to explore that relate to rainforests. Looking http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/rainforests/

Scholastic Home About Us Site Map Search ... Customer Service adaptation A feature that makes a species of organisms better suited to live and reproduce in its environment. canopy The uppermost layer of a forest; most of the forest's photosynthesis occurs there, since it receives the greatest amount of sunlight. conifer Cone-bearing trees and shrubs with small evergreen leaves usually in the shape of narrow needles or flat scales. ecosystem A community of organisms and the physical environment in which they live. emergent tree A tree that sticks up above the canopy of a forest. evergreen A woody plant that retains leaves throughout the year. food chain A feeding pattern in an ecological community, in which energy passes from one organism to another. rain forest An ecosystem characterized by a dense growth of trees in a very wet climate.

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