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Rainforests Why are They Important?

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Rainforests

Useful Websites

Rainforests are forests which grow in areas of high rainfall.  Tropical rainforests are found between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and receive between 175-200 cm of rainfall a year.

  • Introduction
  • Why are Rainforests Important?
  • What are the Threats to the Rainforests?
  • The Future
  • Ideas for Projects
  • Useful Websites
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Useful Websites

Rainforest Action Network
ARC - African Rainforest Conservancy
Survival International - the movement for tribal peoples
Greenpeace
Friends of the Earth
Rainforest Alliance
The Rainforest Information Centre
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
World Resources Institute
Rain Forest facts from Rain Tree 

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