Explores the role of temperate and tropical forests in the Earth's ecosystems, and discusses the threat posed to forest resources by pollution, development, and lack of careful conservation.
Explores the problem of rain forest destruction, discussing the importance of rain forests to Earth, the causes and effects of deforestation, and what people can do to save rain forest biomes.
the tragic disappearance of the rainforests of the sea
Warne, K. P
2011
Argues that mangrove forests in coastal areas throughout the tropics are being lost to hurricanes, shrimp farms, and land developers, at great ecological and economic cost to the native dwellers.
Text and photographs discuss the uses of wood, how wood is processed, how wood trash can be recycled, and what can be done to protect this resource for the future.
Examines the crisis the world faces as a result of rainforest destruction, suggesting worldwide efforts that must be made and some things students can do to halt this disaster.