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Borg Svemann,
Woodworker
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This is a tropical transition forest between the dry lowland forests of the north and the wet rain forests of the south and is therefore rich in biodiversity, both plants and animals.
Rain Forests Tortuguero National Park in Costa Rica - A rich lowland rain forest on the north Caribbean coast, Tortuguero is home to an amazing diversity of animals and plants.
Do logs from tropical rain forests contain more plant nutrients than logs from temperate forests: a literature review.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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All sculptures are hand-carved and hand-decorated with natural dyes from plants also gathered in the rain forests.
The various plants are harvested in the jungle, using ancient methods to preserve the rain forest, rather than destroy it.
This introduction to the rain forest follows biologist Meg Lowman to the canopy of the rain forest to look at plants and animals.
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Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
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Deserts are second only to tropical rain forests in the variety of plants and animals that live there.
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Astrid Schuhmann,
Backpacker
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The Bako National Park is mainly a tropical rain forest rich in tropical plants and vegetation especially the various types of flora and fauna.
The forests are full of butterflies, birds and rare plants; walks up the dry riverbeds are challenging and exciting - after the rains, the lugga flows and the waterfalls and pools make for great wallowing!
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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When the abundance of species of plants and animals that God created are becoming extinct in tropical rain forests and other threatened habitats, before we are even been able to catalog them?
Because rain forest plants are complex chemical storehouses that contain many undiscovered biodynamic compounds with unrealized potential for use in modern medicine.
Some researchers believe that we have not fully understood the mysteries of plants and the rain forests and even suggest that there are emotional, spiritual and physical relations between plants and humans.
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