Sustainable Forest Management
The earth is 70% water and 30% land. Tropical rainforest covers 7% of the world’s landmass, representing 1.7% of the earth’s surface. The tropical rainforest contains more than half the flora and fauna in the world and is an important factor in the conversion of carbon dioxide to oxygen. But tropical rainforest is not alone in assuring the globe’s environmental balance: boreal and temperate forests are no less inportant and so are the world’s oceans. While the tropical rainforest can be found in 85 countries around the world (FAO), 90%
April 29, 2011
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