Stormflow generation in to small rain-forest catchment in the Experimental Luquillo Forest, Puerto Rico.
It is hard now to believe that in 1902 a tiger was shot under the billiard table (that the big cat emerged from a circus rather than virgin rain-forest, and was shot by a school headmaster, makes the story no less exotic).
And on top of it was the more graspable everyday bewilderment of a sick child: the humiliation of being suddenly removed from class, the disappointment of missing a trip to the IMAX theater or to the rain-forest exhibit at Moody Gardens, the growing awareness of a defining and isolating vulnerability.
Explore: The Wild Pacific Trail skirts rocky cliffs and meanders through dense old-growth rain forest to reveal dramatic vistas of the moody, tossing surf.
With one tree able to produce as much as 400 pounds of food a year, using the Maya nut prevents rain forest clear-cutting to harvest other foods and increases populations' food supplies.
The problem is that while clear-cutting sections of rain forest and burning out all the underbrush makes great soil for pastureland, it only does so for about three years.
The cobblestones were silvery with rain, and Li donned a forest-green felt outback hat and pointed us ahead as he started at a brisk walk.
Predictions for 2050 suggest a 40% loss of forest, meaning significantly less rain and 35-40 less electric power.
BBC: Rainforest plays critical role in hydropower generation
Over the past decade, Brazil has cracked down on clear-cutting, especially in the biodiverse Amazon rain forest, reducing the rate of deforestation by 80%.
The luxurious new Black Rock Oceanfront Resort is a curving sweep of glass, steel, and wood beside the rain forest and above a surge channel that boasts the best storm-watching in the West.
Picinguaba is every Brazilian-beach fantasy come to life: laid-back, sultry, simple, with seemingly endless empty beaches and dense rain forest both close by.
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Selective logging and conversion of rain forest habitat to agricultural land are the greatest threats to the survival of the white-collared lemur, together with hunting, according to the IUCN website.
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