Around eight percent of the earth's forest carbon storage is trapped in the DRC's 86 million hectares of rainforest.

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And lo and behold, he got the attention of a group called New Forest Earth, which aims to fight deforestation in Mexico, Ecuador and other places, and sells crafts made by tribes in those areas.

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DoGoodBuyUs and CharityGiftMarket allow consumers to buy items such as a notebook made by New Forest Earth to prevent deforestation in Mexico and Equador, a rice bowl from Mai Handicrafts to benefit street families in Vietnam or a necklace made by FallingWhistles to promote peace in the Congo.

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Microbiologist Gary Strobel has ventured deep into nearly every big rain forest on earth.

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Stunted by wind, frozen earth and long winters, the forest has grown considerably slower than Astana itself.

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Visitors to the Enchanted Forest spectacle at Faskally Woods will be presented with exhibits related to earth, wind, fire and water.

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Just the same as the Forest Trees that clean the air and make Oxygen we breath and all living on earth need to Live.

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Make your way to Cosmo Velho, where the slightly unnerving cog train to the 710m-high peak known as Corcovado ascends through protected Tijuca National Forest to the Cristo Redentor, one of the most impressive monuments and urban views on earth.

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