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Borg Svemann,
Woodworker
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Forests Tropical rain forests, as well as tropical and temperate dry forests, are being destroyed rapidly.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Tropical rain forests extend from the eastern Andean foothills to Peru's borders with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, and Bolivia.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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The plateau is studded with thick tropical rain forests, interspersed with slowly fuming volcanoes that form the backbone of the land.
Tropical rain forests tend to look like the "typical jungle" with a profusion of vines and climbing plants such as the strangler figs.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Tropical rain forests are forests of tall, dense trees in regions of warmth and plentiful rainfall.
Indonesia is a tropical country covers with range of mountains' peaks and rain forests with their unique species of floras and faunas spread all over the islands.
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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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With tropical rain forests, beautiful sand beaches, and the friendliest people you will ever find, more and more travelers and investors are turning to this tropical destination.
Jackfruit is a tropical fruit originating in India and the rain forests and mountains of Malaysia.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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There are more species of plants and animals in the tropical rain forests than all of the world's other ecosystems combined.
Tropical reefs are the marine equivalent of rain forests for species diversity.
Tropical rain forests that are home to about half of Earth's biodiversity are being destroyed every day.
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