Tasmanian Wilderness

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Related links

• Rainforests.net

  Conservation issues facing rainforests and rainforest species and the latest rainforest news. This site also has links to other conservation sites and resources.

• Rainforest Portal

  Latest news and information about rainforests and rainforest conservation, including suggestions for how to make a difference and do your part to protect the worlds rainforests.

• Rainforest Facts

  Did you know that less than one percent of rainforest plants have been tested for their medicinal worth, but that over 25 percent of western drugs use ingredients derived from a rainforest plant? Or that if the Amazon Rainforest were a country it would be the worlds ninth largest? If you didn't and you'd like to learn even more, this site features well organised rainforest facts from a conservation perspective.

• Where are the Rainforests?

  Map highlighting the worlds various rainforest regions.

• Rainforest Biomes

  Easy to understand discussion about when a forest is classified as a rain-forest, with descriptions of the rainforest environment and the kinds of plants and animals a rainforest can support.

• World Rainforest Information Portal

  Portal to a forest of rainforest information including facts, detailed maps of forest locations, conservation and preservation news and information on the tribes and animal life that survive in the world's rainforests.

• Cool Earth

  Rainforests are made of living carbon - more than 260 tonnes are locked away in each acre. Destroying them releases more climate warming CO2 each year than the entire USA.

  Coolearth is a charity that protects endangered rainforest. This combats global warming, protects ecosystems and provides sustainable jobs for local people.