The Rainforests of the Atsinanana comprise six national parks distributed along the eastern part of the island. These relict forests are critically important for maintaining ongoing ecological ...

Tropical rainforests are hot and wet. They have high temperatures and heavy rainfall throughout the year. Tropical rainforests lie along the equator, mainly between the Tropics of Cancer and ...

Ecuador needs to exploit the Amazon's resources to develop. Leaving it untouched is not an option. This program looks at the challenges of achieving sustainable management in the Amazon. ABC iview ...

Coral reefs are very much the rainforests of the oceans. Not only are they diverse communities, but the coral skeletons - like trees - contain potentially long term records of climate. Aa Aa Aa ...

Previously, the earliest known evidence of humans living in rainforests dated to roughly 70,000 years ago in southeast Asia.