Rainforests of the word

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Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainforest, but other types have been described.

Estimates vary from 40% to 75% of all biotic species being indigenous to the rainforests.^[1] There may be many millions of species of plants, insects and microorganisms still undiscovered in tropical rainforests. Tropical rainforests have been called the «jewels of the Earth» and the «world’s largest pharmacy», because over one quarter of natural medicines have been discovered there.^[2]

Rainforests as well as endemic rainforest species are rapidly disappearing due to deforestation, the resulting habitat loss and pollution of the atmosphere.^[3]

Definition

Rainforest are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, high humidity, the presence of moisture-dependent vegetation, a moist layer of leaf litter, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. The largest areas of rainforest are tropical or temperate rainforests, but other vegetation associations including subtropical rainforest, littoral rainforest, cloud forest, vine thicket and even dry rainforest have been described.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Tropical rainforest

Tropical rainforests are characterized by a warm and wet climate with no substantial dry season: typically found within 10 degrees north and south of the equator. Mean monthly temperatures exceed 18 °C (64 °F) during all months of the year.^[9] Average annual rainfall is no less than 168 cm (66 in) and can exceed 1,000 cm (390 in) although it typically lies between 175 cm (69 in) and 200 cm (79 in).^[10]

Many of the world’s tropical forests are associated with the location of the monsoon trough, also known as the intertropical convergence zone.^[11] The broader category of tropical moist forests are located in the equatorial zone between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. Tropical rainforests exist in Southeast Asia (from Myanmar (Burma)) to the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka; also in Sub-Saharan Africa from the Cameroon to the Congo (Congo Rainforest), South America (e.g. the Amazon rainforest), Central America (e.g. Bosawás, the southern Yucatán Peninsula-El Peten-Belize-Calakmul), Australia, and on Pacific Islands (such as Hawaiʻi). Tropical forests have been called the «Earth’s lungs», although it is now known that rainforests contribute little net oxygen addition to the atmosphere through photosynthesis.^[12][13]

Temperate rainforest

Tropical forests cover a large part of the globe, but temperate rainforests only occur in few regions around the world.^[14][15] Temperate rainforests are rainforests in temperate regions. They occur in North America (in the Pacific Northwest in Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and California), in Europe (parts of the British Isles such as the coastal areas of Ireland and Scotland, southern Norway, parts of the western Balkans along the Adriatic coast, as well as in Galicia and coastal areas of the eastern Black Sea, including Georgia and coastal Turkey), in East Asia (in southern China, Highlands of Taiwan, much of Japan and Korea, and on Sakhalin Island and the adjacent Russian Far East coast), in South America (southern Chile) and also in Australia and New Zealand.^[16]

Dry rainforest

Dry rainforests have a more open canopy layer than other rainforests,^[17] and are found in areas of lower rainfall (630–1,100 mm (25–43 in)). They generally have two layers of trees.^[18]

Layers

A tropical rainforest typically has a number of layers, each with different plants and animals adapted for life in that particular area. Examples include the emergent, canopy, understory and forest floor layers.^[19][20]

Emergent layer

The emergent layer contains a small number of very large trees called emergents, which grow above the general canopy, reaching heights of 45–55 m, although on occasion a few species will grow to 70–80 m tall.^[21][22] They need to be able to withstand the hot temperatures and strong winds that occur above the canopy in some areas. Eagles, butterflies, bats and certain monkeys inhabit this layer.

Canopy layer

The canopy layer contains the majority of the largest trees, typically 30 metres (98 ft) to 45 metres (148 ft) tall. The densest areas of biodiversity are found in the forest canopy, a more or less continuous cover of foliage formed by adjacent treetops. The canopy, by some estimates, is home to 50 percent of all plant species. Epiphytic plants attach to trunks and branches, and obtain water and minerals from rain and debris that collects on the supporting plants. The fauna is similar to that found in the emergent layer but more diverse. A quarter of all insect species are believed to exist in the rainforest canopy. Scientists have long suspected the richness of the canopy as a habitat, but have only recently developed practical methods of exploring it. As long ago as 1917, naturalist William Beebe declared that «another continent of life remains to be discovered, not upon the Earth, but one to two hundred feet above it, extending over thousands of square miles.» A true exploration of this habitat only began in the 1980s, when scientists developed methods to reach the canopy, such as firing ropes into the trees using crossbows. Exploration of the canopy is still in its infancy, but other methods include the use of balloons and airships to float above the highest branches and the building of cranes and walkways planted on the forest floor. The science of accessing tropical forest canopy using airships or similar aerial platforms is called dendronautics.^[23]

Understory layer

The understory or understorey layer lies between the canopy and the forest floor. It is home to a number of birds, snakes and lizards, as well as predators such as jaguars, boa constrictors and leopards. The leaves are much larger at this level and insect life is abundant. Many seedlings that will grow to the canopy level are present in the understory. Only about 5% of the sunlight shining on the rainforest canopy reaches the understory. This layer can be called a shrub layer, although the shrub layer may also be considered a separate layer.

Forest floor

The forest floor, the bottom-most layer, receives only 2% of the sunlight. Only plants adapted to low light can grow in this region. Away from riverbanks, swamps and clearings, where dense undergrowth is found, the forest floor is relatively clear of vegetation because of the low sunlight penetration. It also contains decaying plant and animal matter, which disappears quickly, because the warm, humid conditions promote rapid decay. Many forms of fungi growing here help decay the animal and plant waste.

Flora and fauna

More than half of the world’s species of plants and animals are found in rainforests.^[24] Rainforests support a very broad array of fauna, including mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and invertebrates. Mammals may include primates, felids and other families. Reptiles include snakes, turtles, chameleons and other families; while birds include such families as vangidae and Cuculidae. Dozens of families of invertebrates are found in rainforests. Fungi are also very common in rainforest areas as they can feed on the decomposing remains of plants and animals.

The great diversity in rainforest species is in large part the result of diverse and numerous physical refuges,^[25] i.e. places in which plants are inaccessible to many herbivores, or in which animals can hide from predators. Having numerous refuges available also results in much higher total biomass than would otherwise be possible.^[26][27]

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  A Macaw in the Amazon rainforest

Some species of fauna show a trend towards declining populations in rainforests, for example, reptiles that feed on amphibians and reptiles. This trend requires close monitoring.^[28] The seasonality of rainforests affects the reproductive patterns of amphibians, and this in turn can directly affect the species of reptiles that feed on these groups,^[29] particularly species with specialized feeding, since these are less likely to use alternative resources.^[30]

Soils

Despite the growth of vegetation in a tropical rainforest, soil quality is often quite poor. Rapid bacterial decay prevents the accumulation of humus. The concentration of iron and aluminium oxides by the laterization process gives the oxisols a bright red colour and sometimes produces mineral deposits such as bauxite. Most trees have roots near the surface because there are insufficient nutrients below the surface; most of the trees’ minerals come from the top layer of decomposing leaves and animals. On younger substrates, especially of volcanic origin, tropical soils may be quite fertile. If rainforest trees are cleared, rain can accumulate on the exposed soil surfaces, creating run-off, and beginning a process of soil erosion. Eventually, streams and rivers form and flooding becomes possible. There are several reasons for the poor soil quality. First is that the soil is highly acidic. The roots of plants rely on an acidity difference between the roots and the soil in order to absorb nutrients. When the soil is acidic, there is little difference, and therefore little absorption of nutrients from the soil. Second, the type of clay particles present in tropical rainforest soil has a poor ability to trap nutrients and stop them from washing away. Even if humans artificially add nutrients to the soil, the nutrients mostly wash away and are not absorbed by the plants. Finally, these soils are poor due to the high volume of rain in tropical rainforests washes nutrients out of the soil more quickly than in other climates.^[31]

Effect on global climate

A natural rainforest emits and absorbs vast quantities of carbon dioxide. On a global scale, long-term fluxes are approximately in balance, so that an undisturbed rainforest would have a small net impact on atmospheric carbon dioxide levels,^[32] though they may have other climatic effects (on cloud formation, for example, by recycling water vapour). No rainforest today can be considered to be undisturbed.^[33] Human-induced deforestation plays a significant role in causing rainforests to release carbon dioxide,^[34][35][36] as do other factors, whether human-induced or natural, which result in tree death, such as burning and drought.^[37] Some climate models operating with interactive vegetation predict a large loss of Amazonian rainforest around 2050 due to drought, forest dieback and the subsequent release of more carbon dioxide.^[38]

Human uses

Tropical rainforests provide timber as well as animal products such as meat and hides. Rainforests also have value as tourism destinations and for the ecosystem services provided. Many foods originally came from tropical forests, and are still mostly grown on plantations in regions that were formerly primary forest.^[39] Also, plant-derived medicines are commonly used for fever, fungal infections, burns, gastrointestinal problems, pain, respiratory problems, and wound treatment.^[40] At the same time, rainforests are usually not used sustainably by non-native peoples but are being exploited or removed for agricultural purposes.

Native people

On January 18, 2007, FUNAI reported also that it had confirmed the presence of 67 different uncontacted tribes in Brazil, up from 40 in 2005. With this addition, Brazil has now overtaken the island of New Guinea as the country having the largest number of uncontacted tribes.^[41] The province of Irian Jaya or West Papua in the island of New Guinea is home to an estimated 44 uncontacted tribal groups.^[42] The tribes are in danger because of the deforestation, especially in Brazil.

Central African rainforest is home of the Mbuti pygmies, one of the hunter-gatherer peoples living in equatorial rainforests characterised by their short height (below one and a half metres, or 59 inches, on average). They were the subject of a study by Colin Turnbull, The Forest People, in 1962.^[43] Pygmies who live in Southeast Asia are, amongst others, referred to as «Negrito».
There are many tribes in the rainforests of the Malaysian state of Sarawak. Sarawak is part of Borneo, the third largest island in the world. Some of the other tribes in Sarawak are: the Kayan, Kenyah, Kejaman, Kelabit, Punan Bah, Tanjong, Sekapan, and the Lahanan. Collectively, they are referred to as Dayaks or Orangulu which means «people of the interior».^[44]

About half of Sarawak’s 1.5 million people are Dayaks. Most Dayaks, it is believed by anthropologists, came originally from the South-East Asian mainland. Their mythologies support this.

Deforestation

Tropical and temperate rainforests have been subjected to heavy legal and illegal logging for their valuable hardwoods and agricultural clearance (slash-and-burn, clearcutting) throughout the 20th century and the area covered by rainforests around the world is shrinking.^[45] Biologists have estimated that large numbers of species are being driven to extinction (possibly more than 50,000 a year; at that rate, says E. O. Wilson of Harvard University, a quarter or more of all species on Earth could be exterminated within 50 years)^[46] due to the removal of habitat with destruction of the rainforests.

Another factor causing the loss of rainforest is expanding urban areas. Littoral rainforest growing along coastal areas of eastern Australia is now rare due to ribbon development to accommodate the demand for seachange lifestyles.^[47]

Forests are being destroyed at a rapid pace.^[48][49][50] Almost 90% of West Africa’s rainforest has been destroyed.^[51] Since the arrival of humans, Madagascar has lost two thirds of its original rainforest.^[52] At present rates, tropical rainforests in Indonesia would be logged out in 10 years and Papua New Guinea in 13 to 16 years.^[53] According to Rainforest Rescue, an important reason for the increasing deforestation rate, especially in Indonesia, is the expansion of oil palm plantations to meet growing demand for cheap vegetable fats and biofuels. In Indonesia, palm oil is already cultivated on nine million hectares and, together with Malaysia, the island nation produces about 85 percent of the world’s palm oil.^{[54][unreliable source?]}

Several countries,^[55] notably Brazil, have declared their deforestation a national emergency.^[56] Amazon deforestation jumped by 69% in 2008 compared to 2007’s twelve
months, according to official government data.^[57]

However, a January 30, 2009 New York Times article stated, «By one estimate, for every acre of rainforest cut down each year, more than 50 acres of new forest are growing in the tropics.» The new forest includes secondary forest on former farmland and so-called degraded forest.^[58]

See also

References

Further reading

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• Butler, R. A. (2005) A Place Out of Time: Tropical Rainforests and the Perils They Face. Published online: Rainforests.mongabay.com
• Richards, P. W. (1996). The tropical rain forest. 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-42194-2
• Whitmore, T. C. (1998) An introduction to tropical rain forests. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850147-1

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Rainforests have been around for millions of years and contain over half of all living things in the world. Located near to the equator, they have remained in place even during the ice ages and have had a prolonged period of time to develop and become incredibly specialised. A common misconception is that the abundant wildlife means the soil must be good but this is often not the case.

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Rainforests help to balance the world. They help in various ways in our life. By reading this, you will know the Top 10 Largest & Popular Rainforests in the World.

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• What is Mean by Largest Rainforests in the World?
• What are the Importances of the Largest Rainforests in the World?
• Top 10 Largest Rainforests in the World
• How to Protect the Largest Rainforests in the World?
• FAQ Session on Largest Rainforests in the World
• Watch Inside the Amazon Rainforest [Video]

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What is Mean by Largest Rainforests in the World?

A rainforest is a region with thick, evergreen trees and high rainfall. Rainforests are high and constant precipitation forests with annual precipitation between 2.5 and 4.5 meters (98 and 177 in) for rainforests, and region-based definitions differ in tempered precipitation forests.

The monsoon trough also called the intertropical convergence zone, plays a major role in establishing the requisite climate conditions for the world’s tropical rainforests: different from the monsoonal areas of the tropical seasonal forests.

Estimates range from 40% to 75% of all biotic species in tropical rainforests. There could still be several million Undiscovered plant species, insects, and microorganisms. Rainforests are responsible for 28 percent of the planet’s turnover, sometimes misnamed oxygen production, [4%] by managing them through carbon dioxide photosynthesis and breathing. Rainforest is the world’s biggest pharmacy since more than one-quarter of natural drugs have now been identified.

Sunlight can be poorly penetrated to the ground in some parts of the rainforest. The soil below is soon colonized by a thick, tangled growth of vines, shrubs, and small trees, known as jungles when the leaf canopy is lost or thinned. In tropical rainforests, the word jungle is also sometimes used.

What are the Importances of the Largest Rainforests in the World?

There are many explanations for the importance of rainforests under the following headings:

1. Survival

The absorption of carbon dioxide and the release of oxygen depends on our survival. Adding this carbon dioxide helps balance the atmosphere of the Planet.

Regenerated forests help to keep the world’s water cycle working through the perspiration process, which generates clouds, adding water to the environment. The waters created in rainforests travel worldwide; scientists believe that humidity in Africa’s forests is dropping in America!

2. Biological diversity

Rainforests have nearly half of the current world species of plants and animals. It comprises one-third and 90 percent of the world’s bird species. There are more animals and plant species in African rainforests than anywhere on the continent. 19 new lemur species were officially reported in Madagascar within just one year in 2006.

3. Medicines

Modern medicines use hundreds of rainforest plants. It is estimated that 25% of all our medicines come from rainforest plants. Vincristine, for example, has allowed certain types of childhood leukemia to recover 80% from a drug taken in the rosy periwinkle of Madagascar.

Curare is a muscle-relaxant poison used by Indians of the Amazon in arrow tips when given in small quantities. Only about 1% of the plant species have been examined, meaning many more diseases could be identified.

3. Canopy

There is a canopy for all rainforests. This is a stratum of branches and leaves on the highest trees. The canopy can be about 100 feet above the ground or above. The canopy is not the soil where most plants and animals live.

And what a live set! Scientists agree that nearly half of the Earth’s plants and animals live in rainforests. Many of them are vulnerable and can survive only in this habitat.

4. Regeneration and rainforests

The plants and their release into the air through leaves, stems, and flowers contribute to the rainfall through transpiration, the mechanism of water movements. As a by-product of photosynthesis, plants release water. Farm water contributes to local moisture or humidity in the air.

Because the forest consists of several trees, volumes of water released through transpiration will lead to rainfall, and wide rainforests like the Amazon can drive big precipitation. It is estimated that the Amazon is responsible for 70% of the rainfall in Southern Brazil.

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Due to the implications of anthropogenic activities of deforestation and destruction, rainforests have faced significant challenges over the last few decades.

The planet still has a lot of incentive to consider and conserve the current rainforests, particularly amid such environmental problems. This article looks at the 10 largest and most common rainforests in the world.

1. Forest of the Amazon (South America) – Largest Rainforests in the World

It is also called the Amazon Jungle or Amazon Rainforest, the largest tropical rainforest in the world.

It occupies much of the South American Amazon Basin, covering Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guiana, Surinam, and French Guiana, with 5,500,000 sq km of surface space. The river Amazon also crosses the forest. In Brazil, there is about 60 percent of the forest.

2. The Republic of Congo (Africa)

Congo’s rainforest is the second largest in the world, occupying 1,780,000 square kilometers. It is located in Central Africa and has one of its longest rivers. The rainforest spreads over a wide region of Northern Congo.

The Congo River is, by the amount of 3,7 million square kilometers, the second largest river in the world, known as the Congo Basin.

3. Australiasia

The Australiasia rainforest contains tropical forests in the island of New Guinea and northeast Australia and dispersed islands linked by a single soil mass as the sea level decreased during the last ice age.

Almost all of the largest tropical rainforest in this region is found on the island of New Guinea, which is roughly divided between Indonesia and Papua N.G.

New Guinea, with around 800 languages, is the world’s most linguistically rich island. In remote parts of New Guinea, there are reportedly some uncontacted communities.

4. Sundaland

Sundaland contains, among others, the islands of Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and the Malaysian Peninsula. Most of the region’s remaining forests are on Borneo Island, which is split politically between Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei.

Between 2002 and 2019, Sundaland lost the largest share of the world’s primary forest cover. Borneo has lost 15% of those forests, and Sumatra has lost 25%.

5. Rainforest in Southeast Asia

These forests were once the most biodiverse areas in the world, extending from India to Malaysia until much land was cleared for logging and farming. Most rainforests in Asia are spread throughout the Indonesian islands. Experts say Malaysia’s rainforests existed 100 million years ago.

6. New Guinea rainforest

New Guinea’s rainforests comprise about 65 percent of the world’s second-largest island. The island is the home of Asia-largest Pacific rainforest and the world’s third-largest rainforest.

The richness of the New Guinea Rainforest is in competition with few areas on Earth. The island is home to some of the world’s most diverse plants and wildlife, from thick tropical rainforests to coastal mangroves. There are more orchid species here than anywhere else on Earth.

7. Valdivian rainforest

The world’s southernmost jungle is known as rainforest at the end of the globe, and it is found on the western side of southern South America, Selva Valdiviana (Valdivian Temperate Forest).

The forest occupies a small continental stretch between the west slopes of the Andes and Pacific Oceans. It is the world’s largest temperate rain forest, with thick collections of ferns, bamboo, and annual angiops dominating the landscape.

8. The Island of Borneo

The Borneo Island rainforest is believed to be about 140 million years old and to be one of the oldest rain forests in the world, and is the third largest island in the world.

It is a mixture of lowland and montane rainforest over 1.000m, known as the last wide Asian rainforest (3,300ft). Especially due to harvesting, hunting and conversion to the commercial land use the Borneo lowland rainforest declined so much that in 2007 WWF launched the Heart of Borneo Initiative to save one of the largest rainforests in the world.

9. Sinharaja rainforest

The Sinharaja is a rain forest of tropical lowlands which was declared a World Biosphere Reserve in 1978 to protect it from deforestation and other harmful activities.

This rainforest is filled with all kinds of endemic animals, including the region’s reptiles, birds, and unique mammals. The Sinharaja is also known for being unbelievably small and just 14 miles’ diameter apart from being a diverse and rich rain forest.

10. The Daintree Rainforest

Although it’s not the world’s biggest rainforest, Daintree is also considered as one of the most beautiful rainforests with its tree line to the ocean’s edge, with hundreds of ancient species, including an old coniferous trees which are dozens of meters.

Most of the Daintree forest was declared a World Heritage Site for wet tropics in 1988 and protected from various artificial problems, such as logging. A significant percentage of Australia’s animal species containing more than 65% of its butter and bat species is found in this forest.

How to Protect the Largest Rainforests in the World?

1. Lower the usage of paper and wood

To manufacture wood and paper items such as office paper, phone books, toilet paper, window trim, lawn furniture, and 2 x 4’s, logging companies are decoupling some of the world’s most endangered forestry. About 78% of the original old-growth forests on Earth have either been logged or degraded.

By taking easier measures to minimize the use of wood and paper you will reduce the burden on the rest of the forests.

2. Clean Air

Natural air filters are rainforests. Excess carbon and other air pollutants are processed and filtered and oxygen is released by photosynthesis. Our world cannot offset excess greenhouse gas emissions without rainforests, destabilizing the Earth’s atmosphere.

3. Eat less meat – or give it up

Cattle ranching accounts for about 80% of deforestation in the Amazon. In Brazil, ranchers and farmers began to clear grassland for their livestock.

It’s a clear case of supply and demand. As people eat more beef, farmers must raise additional cows, thereby making more room for the livestock possible.

4. Support indigenous communities

The purchasing by local citizens of arts and fair trade goods is a unique and productive way to conserve rainforests and livelihoods sustainably.

Know who you want to purchase to ensure that you do not unwittingly help businesses with cultural appropriations.

5. Spare your time

It can make a huge difference to devote your personal energy and time. Will you spend 1-2 hours a week or 5-10 hours? Supporting our mission, the Rainforest Foundation USA accommodates voluntary workers with varied experience and talents.

Your dedication and time will enable us to advance our vision of a future where majestic rainforests of the earth flourish forever, from translations, editing, and video production.

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Conclusion about Largest Rainforests in the World

The Amazon, as the largest rainforest in the world, is vital to our planet’s health. It provides almost 20% of our earth’s oxygen, sends a large amount of water into the air, and takes up over 2.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide annually.

Amazon Rainforest’s survival is vital to our survival, but not just because we should protect it. It’s necessary. More than 300,000 indigenous people in the Amazon have territories that comprise 23% of the Amazon region. The loss of their property constitutes a major violation of fundamental human rights.

The fires in the Brazilian rainforest made headlines last month when the world discovered this issue. Although it can look like something out of your control, our regular acts have more impact than you may realize.

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Rainforest map activities to locate continents, oceans and rainforests of the world.

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Geography KS1: Name and locate the world’s seven continents and five oceans
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