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unusual facts about tropical rainforest



Hugo Jabini

He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2009, jointly with Wanze Eduards, for their efforts of protecting their traditional land and tropical rainforests against industrial logging, supported by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court.

Rupununi

The region consists of a tropical rainforest and a savannah and is known for its great diversity of fresh water fish and intact ecosystems that harbor many species extirpated from other areas of South America.

Sanghir squirrel

This tropical tree squirrel is the most abundant mammal on heavily-cultivated Sangir, where it is found throughout the various ecosystems of the island (including towns and farms), but is especially concentrated in the dwindling old-growth lowland tropical rainforest.

Sarayaku

Sarayaku is situated in tropical rainforest; approximately 25 minutes by plane or one day by canoe in the southeast direction from the nearest city, Puyo.

Sungai Kial Forest Reserve

The Sungai Kial Forest Reserve is a protected area of tropical rainforest habitat in Peninsular Malaysia near the town of Tanah Rata in the state of Pahang.

Zanthoxylum psammophilum

The type specimen for the plant was collected in the ecotone between the lowland Eastern Guinean forests (tropical rainforest) and the inland Guinean forest-savanna mosaic in the Lagunes region.


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Diospyros mabacea

Found at only thirteen sites in sub tropical rainforest near Murwillumbah and Mullumbimby (28° S), growing at low altutide.

Durham University Botanic Garden

Within the glasshouses tropical rainforest flora, desert plants and species from the Mediterranean are on show as well as tropical insects such as stick insects, scorpiones, butterflies and tarantulas.

Esk–Hampton Road

Prior to European settlement the rich volcanic soil on the ridge supported a sub-tropical rainforest, which contained timbers that were in high demand, including red cedar, tallowwood and hoop pine.

Gerald Muench

He is also looking to discover and identify novel Anti-inflammatory and Neuroprotective compounds from marine macroorganisms and tropical rainforest plants, a project started through James Cook University's "Enhancing life in the tropics".

Headspace technology

One of the early pioneers of this technology includes Roman Kaiser who used it to measure and characterize the scents of tropical rainforest.