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This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. A. ... Tropical rainforests of Australia (1 C, 3 P) Tropical rainforests of India (2 C, 5 P) Tropical ...
This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. A. Rainforests of Africa (2 C, 14 P) S. ... Tropical rainforests of India (2 C, 5 P)
Tropical rainforests have been called the "jewels of the Earth" and the "world's largest pharmacy", because over one quarter of natural medicines have been discovered there. [2] Rainforests as well as endemic rainforest species are rapidly disappearing due to deforestation, the resulting habitat loss and pollution of the atmosphere. [3]
Tropical rainforests (5 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Rainforests" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes
Two-thirds of all flowering plants can be found in rainforests. [5] A single hectare of rainforest may contain 42,000 different species of insect, up to 807 trees of 313 species and 1,500 species of higher plants. [5] Tropical rainforests have been called the "world's largest pharmacy", because over one quarter of natural medicines have been ...
Forests of Australia; List of Brazilian National Forests; List of forests in Canada; List of forests in Denmark; List of forests in France; List of forests in Iceland; List of forests in India; List of forests in Ireland; List of forests in Israel; List of Liberian national forests; List of forests in Lithuania; Forests of Mexico; Forests of Poland
This is a list of countries and territories of the world according to the total area covered by forests, based on data published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In 2010, the world had 3.92 billion hectares (ha) of tree cover , extending over 30% of its land area.
Temperate rainforests occur in oceanic moist regions around the world: the Pacific temperate rainforests of North American Pacific Northwest as well as the Appalachian temperate rainforest in the Appalachian region of the United States; the Valdivian temperate rainforests of southwestern South America; the rainforests of New Zealand and ...