For those intrigued by the lush diversity of tropical rainforests, Queensland's World Heritage sites are well worth visiting.
Geoff Lomas, from Yorkshire Water, said ancient woodlands were the UK equivalent of the Amazon rainforests.
RAINFORESTS. Inhabitants are frankly sick of all the rain and want the U.S. to help.
Dutch MEP Kartika Liotard, from the far-left GUE group, wanted more focus on energy efficiency and rainforests.
President Jagdeo is now practised at international grandstanding about ceding Guyana's rainforests in a noble global cause.
Some scientists predict all of the planet's natural rainforests could have disappeared by the mid 21st century.
Its rainforests and beaches have doubled as backdrops for Vietnam, Central America and fantasy islands in the Pacific.
Unfortunately for Guyana's beleaguered rainforests, President Jagdeo's act has gone on too long.
Rainforests worldwide are currently being cleared at a rate of 1.5 acres per second, according to the international environmental organisation Greenpeace.
It will not lead to the death of coral reefs, the loss of rainforests, or the extinction of polar bears.
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If that doesn't sound much, then consider this: that's twice as fast as the rate of destruction of tropical rainforests.
Rugged mountains, swamps, mossy dense rainforests, a long coastline, tiny market villages, volcanic fjords, rainforests and reefs, and truly wild parties.
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But I would back it as a better way to produce meat than burning down rainforests and gobbling up useful farmland.
Marshes produce more biomass even than tropical rainforests because flow of the tides allows two different types of bacteria to flourish.
Remote habitats such as rainforests are clearly involved, but the lack of instruments in these places means the details are hazy.
Unless the World Bank helps the DRC to stop the sell off of these rainforests, they'll soon be under the chainsaws.
Home to rich rainforests and a population of just 2 million, it was best known for photographs of stone age tribesmen.
These elephants live in the rainforests of central (and possibly west) Africa.
The relationship between rainforests and climate change is also highly symbiotic.
The reason for this is the paucity of data over the tropics, where many of world's dense (and highly inaccessible) rainforests are situated.
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Charles pointed out that mankind had caused the Arctic sea ice to thin and rainforests to shrink by a third since the 1950s.
The only pristine rainforests are those which are simply inaccessible because of steep topography or the cost of extraction and transport to the coast.
The environmental NGOs who decry the Asian biofuels actually oppose all forms of biofuel because they fear it may lead to a reduction of rainforests.
It has also been linked to the destruction of old-growth rainforests.
She began her trip in Hawaii and island-hopped her way to Fiji then Australia, taking surf lessons, diving the Great Barrier Reef and visiting eucalyptus rainforests along the way.
Sabah at the time had become a playground for young, mostly British adventurers who faced tropical diseases like malaria and the occasional headhunter in the thick rainforests.
The campaign group Global Witness claims 60% of Liberia's rainforests have been sold and Oxfam says nearly a third of Liberia has been swallowed up by land deals.
The cloud cover associated with rainforests makes Sar something of a game-changer in that sense, allowing repeat viewing of an area on a frequent basis whatever the weather.
Others have compared it to the deforestation of tropical rainforests.
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