Rainforest
noun
A type of forest that has a high amount of rain yearly, usually found near the Equator.
The Amazon is the world's largest rainforest, home to a vast variety of wildlife and plants.
Often appears as...
- tropical rainforest
- amazon rainforest
noun
A type of forest that has a high amount of rain yearly, usually found near the Equator.
The Amazon is the world's largest rainforest, home to a vast variety of wildlife and plants.
Often appears as...
- tropical rainforest
- amazon rainforest
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Pro Tip 1/3Geographic Diversity
Rainforests exist in various parts of the world and can be different from one another.
Besides the Amazon, rainforests in Central Africa and Southeast Asia are also rich in biodiversity.
Pro Tip 2/3Climate Importance
Rainforests play a crucial role in the Earth's climate system and weather patterns.
Rainforests help regulate temperatures and rainfall globally, not just where they're located.
Pro Tip 3/3Ecosystem Richness
Rainforests are known for their incredible variety of animal and plant species.
Rainforests cover only 6% of Earth's surface but contain more than half of its wildlife species.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographic Diversity
Rainforests exist in various parts of the world and can be different from one another.
Besides the Amazon, rainforests in Central Africa and Southeast Asia are also rich in biodiversity.
Pro Tip 2/3Climate Importance
Rainforests play a crucial role in the Earth's climate system and weather patterns.
Rainforests help regulate temperatures and rainfall globally, not just where they're located.
Pro Tip 3/3Ecosystem Richness
Rainforests are known for their incredible variety of animal and plant species.
Rainforests cover only 6% of Earth's surface but contain more than half of its wildlife species.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographic Diversity
Rainforests exist in various parts of the world and can be different from one another.
Besides the Amazon, rainforests in Central Africa and Southeast Asia are also rich in biodiversity.
Pro Tip 2/3Climate Importance
Rainforests play a crucial role in the Earth's climate system and weather patterns.
Rainforests help regulate temperatures and rainfall globally, not just where they're located.
Pro Tip 3/3Ecosystem Richness
Rainforests are known for their incredible variety of animal and plant species.
Rainforests cover only 6% of Earth's surface but contain more than half of its wildlife species.
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Garth Lenz: The true...
twice as much greenhouse gases are sequestered in the boreal per acre than the tropical rainforests. And what we're doing is we're destroying this carbon sink, turning it into a carbon bomb. And we're replacing that with the largest industrial project in the history of the world,
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Why is biodiversity so...
The rainforest is a huge system filled with many smaller systems, like this, each packed with interconnected species. Every link provides stability to the next, strengthening biodiversity's weave. That weave is further reinforced
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Nature's Oddest Looking...
oldest patches of rainforests in the world growing to a height of one and a half meters and equipped with enormous dinosaur like claws cassowaries have been described as the planet's most dangerous birds but these feathered
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Two Baby Tamarin Monkeys...
rainforest they might well and let's hope there's still rain for us for them and that's what we're fighting for like mad and when you take on a difficult species you have to be there to help them every step of the way
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Best Of Attenborough And...
actually re-establish the rainforest in between these fragments by planting trees that we actually raise in this nursery here from the seeds that we collect in the forest and and how's it going how many are you
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When The World Gets 1℃...
as the gardeners of the rainforest we have a number of trees that are nocturnal flowering so you need a nocturnal pollinator to be able to actually do that job so they're a vital importance to the ecosystem
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Rainforests 101 PIPE...
of the Earth's surface area, they are home to over half of the World's plant and animal species. This biodiversity creates benefits that extend far beyond the rainforest boundaries.
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Can you solve the frog...
So you're stranded in a huge rainforest, and you've eaten a poisonous mushroom. To save your life, you need the antidote excreted by a certain species of frog.
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Rediscovering ourselves...
things are not well behind that's them in nearly 50 years since this picture was taken half of the world's wetlands beat beds and tropical rainforests have
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The Unsinkable Lizard PIPE...
into one thriving living system one of the greatest rain factories on earth is the amazon rainforest life here is not without challenges
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Garth Lenz: The true...
twice as much greenhouse gases are sequestered in the boreal per acre than the tropical rainforests. And what we're doing is we're destroying this carbon sink, turning it into a carbon bomb. And we're replacing that with the largest industrial project in the history of the world,
Video examples
Why is biodiversity so...
The rainforest is a huge system filled with many smaller systems, like this, each packed with interconnected species. Every link provides stability to the next, strengthening biodiversity's weave. That weave is further reinforced
Video examples
Nature's Oddest Looking...
oldest patches of rainforests in the world growing to a height of one and a half meters and equipped with enormous dinosaur like claws cassowaries have been described as the planet's most dangerous birds but these feathered
Video examples
Two Baby Tamarin Monkeys...
rainforest they might well and let's hope there's still rain for us for them and that's what we're fighting for like mad and when you take on a difficult species you have to be there to help them every step of the way
Video examples
Best Of Attenborough And...
actually re-establish the rainforest in between these fragments by planting trees that we actually raise in this nursery here from the seeds that we collect in the forest and and how's it going how many are you
Video examples
When The World Gets 1℃...
as the gardeners of the rainforest we have a number of trees that are nocturnal flowering so you need a nocturnal pollinator to be able to actually do that job so they're a vital importance to the ecosystem
Video examples
Rainforests 101 PIPE...
of the Earth's surface area, they are home to over half of the World's plant and animal species. This biodiversity creates benefits that extend far beyond the rainforest boundaries.
Video examples
Can you solve the frog...
So you're stranded in a huge rainforest, and you've eaten a poisonous mushroom. To save your life, you need the antidote excreted by a certain species of frog.
Video examples
Rediscovering ourselves...
things are not well behind that's them in nearly 50 years since this picture was taken half of the world's wetlands beat beds and tropical rainforests have
Video examples
The Unsinkable Lizard PIPE...
into one thriving living system one of the greatest rain factories on earth is the amazon rainforest life here is not without challenges
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Dan Levy
American Comedian
There is a lot men don't know about women. And I'm not just talking about how you manage to leave the bathroom smelling like a tropical rainforest after you shower or how you're able to walk in shoes that rely on nothing more than the support of two five-inch toothpicks.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
Meat production is one of the leading causes of climate change because of the destruction of the rainforest for grazing lands, the massive amounts of methane produced by farm animals and the huge amounts of water, grain and other resources required to feed animals.
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David Attenborough
British Journalist
We really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also really important. You can wreck one rainforest then move, drain one area of resources and move onto another, but climate change is global.
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Chris Kilham
American Businessman
Promoting the use of sustainable and renewable rainforest products can help to stop rainforest devastation. The rainforests are much more valuable alive than cut or burned, providing a steady supply of medicinal plants, fruits, nuts and oils.
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Prince Charles
English Royalty
We can halt the destruction of the world's rainforests - and even restore parts of them - in order to ensure that the forests do what they are so good at - in other words, storing carbon naturally.
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Severn Cullis-Suzuki
Canadian Activist
In my life, I have dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals, jungles and rainforests full of birds and butterflies, but now I wonder if they will even exist for my children to see.
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Lily Cole
English Actress
It's hard to appreciate the importance of the rainforest because it seems so far away, but it's vital to the survival of the planet as we know it.
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Jeff Bridges
American Actor
I'm also working closely with a group called the Amazon Conservation Team, helping with the rainforest in South America.
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Richard Flanagan
Australian Novelist
I come from a tiny mining town in the rainforest in an island at the end of the world. My grandparents were illiterate.
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E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Dan Levy
American Comedian
There is a lot men don't know about women. And I'm not just talking about how you manage to leave the bathroom smelling like a tropical rainforest after you shower or how you're able to walk in shoes that rely on nothing more than the support of two five-inch toothpicks.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell
American Journalist
Meat production is one of the leading causes of climate change because of the destruction of the rainforest for grazing lands, the massive amounts of methane produced by farm animals and the huge amounts of water, grain and other resources required to feed animals.
Quote examples
David Attenborough
British Journalist
We really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also really important. You can wreck one rainforest then move, drain one area of resources and move onto another, but climate change is global.
Quote examples
Chris Kilham
American Businessman
Promoting the use of sustainable and renewable rainforest products can help to stop rainforest devastation. The rainforests are much more valuable alive than cut or burned, providing a steady supply of medicinal plants, fruits, nuts and oils.
Quote examples
Prince Charles
English Royalty
We can halt the destruction of the world's rainforests - and even restore parts of them - in order to ensure that the forests do what they are so good at - in other words, storing carbon naturally.
Quote examples
Severn Cullis-Suzuki
Canadian Activist
In my life, I have dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals, jungles and rainforests full of birds and butterflies, but now I wonder if they will even exist for my children to see.
Quote examples
Lily Cole
English Actress
It's hard to appreciate the importance of the rainforest because it seems so far away, but it's vital to the survival of the planet as we know it.
Quote examples
Jeff Bridges
American Actor
I'm also working closely with a group called the Amazon Conservation Team, helping with the rainforest in South America.
Quote examples
Richard Flanagan
Australian Novelist
I come from a tiny mining town in the rainforest in an island at the end of the world. My grandparents were illiterate.
Quote examples
E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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