Article: Hainan's Tropical Forests Attracting Tourists

Transcript: TROPICAL FORESTS:ROB PORTMAN
Congressional Testimony;  March 4, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... legislation is to preserve and protect tropical forests worldwide on a sustained basis. This ... Problem As this Committee knows, tropical forests provide a wide range of benefits ... that the world has lost half of its tropical forests. The most comprehensive survey of ...

Article: Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests
Copeia;  September 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests. William F. Laurance, and ... the myriad emerging threats to tropical forests around the globe. But such ... explores emerging threats to tropical forests within the context of a diverse ...

Article: Report: 95 percent of world's tropical forests ...
AP Worldstream;  May 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... All but a fraction of the world's tropical forests remain unprotected, despite a significant ... two-thirds of the world's tropical forests _ in 33 countries. All of these tropical forests studied have been designated by the ...

Article: Almost All Tropical Forests Unprotected
AP Online;  May 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... 2006 photo. Almost all the world's tropical forests remain unprotected even though two ... Penner) Almost all the world's tropical forests remain effectively unprotected even ... acres _ two-thirds of the world's tropical forests _ in 33 countries. All of those forests ...

Article: BIOFUELS AND TROPICAL FORESTS
Journal of Tropical Forest Science;  July 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... residing in a temperate countr y, tropical forests can be reduced to microscopic images ... this journal. My direct knowledge of tropical forests is limited to ecotouristic enjoyment ... about endangered and rapidly vanishing tropical forests, I do so as a citizen of the global ...

Article: Report: Tropical Forests Left Unprotected
AP Online;  May 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Ninety-five percent of the world's tropical forests remain unprotected, despite a significant ... Gilbert) Almost all the world's tropical forests remain effectively unprotected even ... acres _ two-thirds of the world's tropical forests _ in 33 countries. All of those forests ...

Article: Big Mac and the tropical forests. (natural ...
Monthly Review;  December 1, 1985 ;     700+ words ...BIG MAC AND THE TROPICAL FORESTS Hello, fast-food chains. Goodbye, tropical forests. Sound like an odd connection? The "free ... devastating. These are the harsh facts: the tropical forests are being leveled for commercial purposes ...