http://rainforestwiki.org/ 2010-09-08T22:14:49+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/ http://rainforestwiki.org/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:29+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=abiotic&rev=1227810389 Abiotic: Abiotic are the non living elements in an ecosystem. For example: water, light, rocks, etc. ... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:25+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=amphibians&rev=1227810385 Amphibians Did you know that amphibian means “double life” in Greek? That’s because amphibians develop and spend their lives in two different places, in water and on land. Amphibians can be found all over the world, except on Antarctica, a few islan... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:03+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=animals_of_the_rainforest&rev=1227810363 Animals of the Rainforests An incredible number of animals live in rainforests. Millions of insects, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals call them home. Insects are the most numerous animals in rainforests. Tropical rainforests have a g... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:39+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=arthropods&rev=1227810399 Arthropods Arthropods are characterized by having external skeletons (exoskeletons), and segmented bodies and appendages. There are both terrestrial and aquatic arthropods. The largest aquatic group is crustaceans. The most common terrestrial grou... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:39+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=autotrophs&rev=1227810399 Autotrophs: Autotrophs are the living creatures that have the capacity to produce their own food from simple substances. For example: algae, plants. ... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:27+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=bats&rev=1227810387 Bats What are bats? Bats are mammals and are classified in an Order called Chiroptera. They are the only mammals that can fly. The bones of their arms and hands have been modified: these bones of each limb became longer and are joined by a membrane... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:33+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=biodiversity&rev=1227810393 The Earth is inhabited by a rich and varied array of living organisms, whose species, the genetic diversity of individuals and the ecosystems that they inhabit constitute what is known as biodiversity1. 1.11Watson, R; Heywood, V.;Baste, I; Diaz, B;... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:31+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=biosphere&rev=1227810391 Biosphere: The Sphere of Life: There is a thin layer on planet Earth made up of water, soil, and air: the biosphere. These three elements, and the presence of oxygen, led to the development of living organisms. The biosphere is made up of living, o... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:35+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=biotic&rev=1227810395 Biotic: Biotic are all the elements in an ecosystem that are alive. For example: plants, animals. ... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:09+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=birds&rev=1227810369 Birds Birds are vertebrate animals that have the following characteristics: 1. They are oviparous, which means they lay eggs. 2. They have lungs for breathing. 3. Their bodies are covered with feathers. They have a variety of habitats. They are f... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:30+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=butterflies&rev=1227810390 Butterflies The tiny things that cover some leaves are butterfly eggs. This is the first stage of the butterfly’s life cycle. Each species of butterfly lays its eggs on a specific plant. This plant is called a host plant. The host plant is very im... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:20+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=carbon_credits&rev=1227810380 CARBON CREDITS Over the past century, CO2 levels have risen significantly. There is considerable debate about the reasons -- whether it's a natural cycle or the result of increased CO2 emissions due to human activities-- but there is general... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:13+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=carbon_dioxide&rev=1227810373 Carbon Dioxide: Carbon dioxide is a gas that does not have any color or smell. Its molecule consists in one carbon atom joined to two oxygen atoms, that is why we write it as CO2. We breathe oxygen in and we exhale carbon dioxide. ... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:23+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=carbon_neutrality&rev=1227810383 Carbon Neutrality The essence of carbon neutrality is a net result of zero emissions of carbon dioxide equivalents (CDE), which includes carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and occasionally other greenhouse gases like fluorocarbons and su... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:43+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=carbon_trading&rev=1227810403 Carbon Trading Carbon trading, or more generically emissions trading, is the term applied to the trading of certificates representing various ways in which carbon-related emissions reduction targets might be met. Participants in carbon tradi... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:29+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=chlorophyll&rev=1227810389 Chlorophyll: The green pigment that we find in plants; some are found in algae and in some are found in bacteria. Chlorophyll absorbs sun light so the photosynthesis can be done. ... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:36+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=climate_change&rev=1227810396 Climate Change The term climate change is used to refer to changes in the Earth's climate. In the most general sense, it can be taken to mean changes over all timescales and in all of the components of climate, including precipitation and cl... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:34+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=co2_absorption&rev=1227810394 CO2 ABSORPTION A new study, published today in Science, indicates that the potential for soils to soak up atmospheric carbon dioxide is strongly affected by how long roots live. Large differences in root replacement rates between forest types... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:41+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=comments&rev=1227810401 Comments Let us know how this site works. My comments is that there needs to be more instructions with this site so new contributors can more easily use it. But I so appreciate your attention to this need and I just love the logo you have picked &... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:32+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=deforestation&rev=1227810392 Deforestation Deforestation is the permanent destruction of indigenous forests and woodlands. The term does not include the removal of industrial forests such as plantations of gums or pines. Deforestation has resulted in the reduction of in... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:34+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=ecosystem&rev=1227810394 Ecosystems: Relationships between Organisms An ecosystem is made up of the relationships that exist between living organisms and their environment. Each organism has a distinctive role; according to their roles, we can classify organisms into three ... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:28+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=electronic&rev=1227810388 China is becoming such an exciting place that you can virtually get all the electronic products. As the major materials for manufacturing electronic products, electronic components including all passive and active parts are being traded in China in ... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:37+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=fishes&rev=1227810397 Fish Fish are vertebrates; they have sets of fins (dorsal, caudal, anal, ventral, and pectoral) that enable them to move around their aquatic environment. Not all fish have the same number of fins. The fins are made of boney rays covered with tough... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:17+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=forest&rev=1227810377 Let’s Walk Together Trough the Forest Forests are defined in the dictionary as “a place populated by trees and plants”, however, they are more than that. Forests are complex ecosystems that not only include plants, but also the soil, water, animals... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:30+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=habitat&rev=1227810390 Habitat: Habitat is a place where an organism, specie, community or population lives. ... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:22+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=harnessing_carbon_markets&rev=1227810382 HARNESSING CARBON MARKETS FOR TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION: TOWARDS A MORE REALISTIC ASSESSMENT SUMMARY The proposed Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol paves the way for financial and technological transfers to support fores... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:40+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=helpful_links&rev=1227810400 Please add only links related to Rainforest Preservation issues or travel to rainforest locations (such as Costa Rica). Thank you for your cooperation. Costa Rica Vacation - Free information about Costa Rica national parks, accomodation, volcanoes ... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:23+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=heterotrophs&rev=1227810383 Heterotrophs: The living creatures that do not possess the capacity to produce their own food; they depend on the autotrophs so they can fulfill their nutritive, energeticall, and oxygen requirements ... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:18+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=insects_of_the_rainforest&rev=1227810378 Insects of the rainforest Insects of the rainforest; is a subject yet to be discovered, to date less than 20% of the species have been classified. One man who has done his part is entomologist Richard Whitten who presents his work as “Jewels of th... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:27+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=kyoto_protocol&rev=1227810387 Kyoto Protocol The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change strengthens the international response to climate change. Adopted by consensus at the third session of the Conference of the Parties (COP3) in Dece... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:41+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=ozone_layer&rev=1227810401 Ozone Layer: A layer in the atmosphere made by a gas called ozone; this layer protects the Earth from the dangerous Ultra Violet radiations from the sun. ... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:35+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=people_living_in_tropical_rainforests&rev=1227810395 People Living in Tropical Rainforests There are many indigenous groups of people who have live in the tropical rainforests. Many of these groups, like the Yanomamo tribe of the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and southern Venezuela, have lived i... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:37+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=perpetual_forest&rev=1227810397 Perpetual Forest Perpetual Forest is best described by the project represented on the website www.fincaleola.com which is to reforest an area creating an economic income with which to convert the lands back to nature over time with the smallest am... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:33+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=photosynthesis&rev=1227810393 PHOTOSYNTHESIS Photosynthesis is the process of converting light energy to chemical energy and storing it in the bonds of sugar. This process occurs in plants and some algae (Kingdom Protista). Plants need only light energy, CO2, and H2O to m... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:38+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=plant_index&rev=1227810398 Mikania guaco Humb. & Bonpl . Common Name: Guaco English Name: Guaco, hempvine Scientific Name: Mikania guaco Humb. & Bonpl . Family: Asteraceae Large, hollow vine. Leaves: obovate with acuminate apex, cuneate base at the petioles, peti... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:06+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=quitirrisi_plants&rev=1227810366 The medicinal plants of the Huetar indigenous culture in Quitirrise, Costa Rica Plant index Click here to View the plant index Introduction How many of us have taken time in our life to stop and contemplate a sunset or the simple, astoundin... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:16+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=rainfall&rev=1227810376 Rainfall It is almost always raining in a rainforest. Rainforests get over 80 inches (2 m) of rain each year. This is about 1 1/2 inches (3.8 cm) of rain each week. The rain is more evenly distributed throughout the year in a tropical rainfor... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:15+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=red_eyed_tree_frog&rev=1227810375 Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) Taxinomic Information Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Orden: Anura Family: Hylidae Scientific Name: Agalychnis callidryas Common Name: Red-eyed tree frog Physical Characteristics The most noticeable ch... text/html 2008-11-27T13:25:56+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=reforestation&rev=1227810356 Reforestation Reforestation is, in the simplest terms, causing a forest to occur again. This can be done by letting deforested land go fallow for several years or by replanting native species in open areas or adjacent to remaining forest. ... text/html 2008-11-27T13:25:57+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=reptiles&rev=1227810357 Reptiles The first reptiles appeared about 350 million years ago. There are about 6000 species around the world. Reptiles have scaly, waterproof skin that allows them to keep water stored in their bodies more efficiently. They are exothermic an... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:42+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=soil&rev=1227810402 Soil: Life’s Support This is the upper layer of Earth’s surface, made of organic material. Soil is what supports life on the planet; this is where we plant crops and where most plants grow. We can divide soil into horizontal layers which have diffe... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:20+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=specie&rev=1227810380 Specie: Specie is the living creatures that share common characteristics and that they usually reproduce among themselves. ... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:11+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=sustainable_society&rev=1227810371 THE SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY (opinion) The 21st century holds challenges never before faced by mankind . Our cities are packed with people, shoulder to shoulder, stacked to the sky. We are like flies on a piece of watermelon, so jammed together that on... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:24+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=temperature&rev=1227810384 Temperature The temperature in a rainforest never freezes and never gets very hot. The range of temperature in a tropical rainforest is usually between 75° F and 80° F (24-27° C). Temperate rainforests rarely freeze or get over 80° F (27° C).... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:01+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=the_importance_of_rainforest&rev=1227810361 The Importance of Rainforest Tropical rainforests cover about 7% of the Earth's surface and are VERY important to the Earth's ecosystem. The rainforests recycle and clean water. Tropical rainforest trees and plants also remove carbon dioxide ... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:40+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=trees&rev=1227810400 Trees: The Forest Elders Really, not all of the trees in the forest are old; we call them the elders because they can live longer than other organisms in the forest, that is, if they are not cut by humans. Trees can live to be 500 years old. Trees ... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:28+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=tropic_joes_rangers&rev=1227810388 Tropic Joes Rangers Tropic Joes Rangers are volunteers who work for the Tropical Sierra Foundations cause, these are made up of many groups such as ASVO an associations approved by the government of Costa Rica who work in the parks, fight forest f... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:21+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=tropical_forest&rev=1227810381 Approximately 7% of the Earth’s surface is covered with tropical forests. This has been reduced over the past 100 years from 14% of the Earth’s surface. Tropical forests are located along each side of the Earth’s equator and are very important becau... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:08+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=tropical_sierra&rev=1227810368 Tropical Sierra Tropical Sierra is the mountain ranges of the tropics, this region extends from Mexico all the way down into Argentina and Chili. The biodiversity of this region is the larges single natural sanctuary for the wildest species of pla... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:17+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=uno_mio_de_prueba&rev=1227810377 alsdh<ñalfhñjsdvhasd asdvjasnv asas va skvjas dvk ... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:24+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=view_plant_index&rev=1227810384 Mikania guaco Humb. & Bonpl . Common Name: Guaco English Name: Guaco, hempvine Scientific Name: Mikania guaco Humb. & Bonpl . Family: Asteraceae Large, hollow vine. Leaves: obovate with acuminate apex, cuneate base at the petioles, peti... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:15+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=view_the_plant_index&rev=1227810375 Mikania guaco Humb. & Bonpl . Common Name: Guaco English Name: Guaco, hempvine Scientific Name: Mikania guaco Humb. & Bonpl . Family: Asteraceae Large, hollow vine. Leaves: obovate with acuminate apex, cuneate base at the petioles, peti... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:19+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=water&rev=1227810379 Water: Source of Life Water is a molecule that is formed by two Hydrogen atoms and one Oxygen atom, but more than that, water is one of the most important substances for evolution and the survival of life on Earth. Some of the characteristics of wa... text/html 2008-11-27T13:25:59+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=where_are_rainforests&rev=1227810359 Where are Rainforests? Tropical rainforests are found in a belt around the equator of the Earth. There are tropical rainforests across South America, Central America, Africa, Southeast Asia and Australia (and nearby islands). Click here for m... text/html 2008-11-27T13:26:16+01:00 http://rainforestwiki.org/doku.php?id=wiki&rev=1227810376 RainForest Wiki Welcome to the RainForest Wiki!!!! In this site you can find information set by expert people, just to make you think of the importance that RainForests have in our world today. Main Topics Carbo...