In the tropical forests the American Indians became hunters of birds and small game.
A laborious study of the girth of 70, 000 trees across Africa has shown that tropical forests are soaking up more carbon dioxide pollution that anybody realised.
The ITTO process identifies 7 criteria and 66 indicators applicable both at the national and forest management unit levels in humid tropical forests of member tropical countries.
The environment around Yushan ranges from sub-tropical forests at its base to alpine conditions at its peak.
But at the rate things are going, by the end of this century, we may well have wiped out half of them, especially in tropical forests and coral reefs.
Santa Marta also benefits from the bounty of virgin tropical forests just miles from the city center.
The beaches are exceptional but the island is also home to over 12,000 hectares of tropical forest which rise steeply from the shoreline.
Rapid expansion of soybean plantations in South America could displace 22 million hectares (54 million acres) of tropical forest and savanna in the next 20 years.
Butterflies that flit through tropical forests often have brightly colored wings that irridesce in the sun.
Safou is an evergreen tree found in the humid tropical forests of Africa, as far south as Angola, and as far north as Nigeria.
True chameleons are found only in the tropical forests and jungles of the Old World, and nearly half of its species live on the African island of Madagascar.
