One such initiative is the REDD framework (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), an effort to create financial value for the carbon stored in rainforests.

Many species of Heliconia are found in rainforests or tropical wet forests of these regions.

Its cloud forests and lowland rainforests are particularly rich.

Willie Smits restores a rainforest

Paper, for example, typically comes from sustainable forests, not rainforests.

The effects of drought are even felt in the rainforests.

Most primate species live in tropical rain forests.

A REDD agency will be charged with treating rain forests as a natural resource that is to be preserved and restored rather than exploited and destroyed.

This shows the beauty of the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra.

Much of the island is covered with rainforest, but is subject to commercial logging.

Now, if we have evidence, which we now have, that wetlands, forests, unclear monsoon system, the rainforests, behave in this nonlinear way.

It will also reduce deforestation.

Dealing with deforestation and forest degradation cannot wait until 2020.

Among plants of Venezuela, over 25,000 species of orchids are found in the country's cloud forest and lowland rainforest ecosystems.

Countering deforestation is not without its challenges.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Ranching induced deforestation is one of the main causes of loss of some unique plant and animal species in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America as well as carbon release in the atmosphere.

Initially, most of the island was covered by rainforest, but as a result of human activity its area gradually declined and by the end of the 20th century was not more than 10 of the island.

Each hectare of rainforest, for example, stores 500 tons of CO2.

Funds are needed to invest in new low carbon energy sources, reforestation and protection of rain forests, land use changes, and adaptation and mitigation.

(g) Perverse subsidies and their impact on deforestation and forest degradation

An estimated 10 15 of the original rainforest remains on this island.

The challenges of building a civilization in a desert are very different than the problems of building a civilization in a rainforest.

Most of the terrain is covered with tropical rainforest and several large rivers are fed by the high rainfall.

While countries can be compensated for planting forests, they cannot be compensated for avoiding deforestation.

However, the alarming rate of deforestation continues to warrant international attention and there is a need to renew the pledge to combat deforestation and restore forest functions (such as production, protection and conservation) at the landscape level, by rehabilitating degraded lands with, inter alia, forest plantations, and to improve the livelihoods of poor people living in and around forests worldwide as a priority.

But Indonesia is number three, owing to its rapid deforestation.

A second species, the white lipped peccary ( Tayassu pecari ), is found in the rainforests of Central and South America.

The Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra was chosen because, first, it represents significant area of forests on the island of Sumatra, because of the biodiversity, of lowland and mountain forest.

We urge that early action be taken, as it is much cheaper to preserve rainforests than to rehabilitate them.

Brazil has significantly reduced the rate of deforestation in the Amazon.

Also, there is evidence that combating deforestation stems the spread of harmful pathogens.

Moreover, its current contribution is also negligible, practically all of it coming from deforestation and degradation of forests and farmland.

Cambodia's primary forest cover fell from over 70 in 1969 to just 3.1 in 2007.

Non human primates live in a diverse number of forested habitats in the tropical latitudes of Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and South America, including rainforests, mangrove forests, and montane forests.

Compared to neighboring countries, rates of deforestation in Colombia are still relatively low.

The Andean region has less than 1 of the world s land area, but more than 15 of its plant life.

Women have led the way to protest corporate encroachment on the rain forest and its life sustaining, planet sustaining environment.

When we eat our meals, we are unaware of the deforestation that has resulted from unsustainable farming.

Deforestation, often the result of illegal logging, is an acute problem in the Philippines.

The REDD partnership (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), an effort to create financial value for the carbon stored in forests, is the prime example here.

Deforestation Deforestation is a major concern for Ethiopia as studies suggest loss of forest contributes to soil erosion, loss of nutrients in the soil, loss of animal habitats and reduction in biodiversity.

On the other hand, inappropriate allocation of roles and responsibilities in forest management can result in negative impacts on people's livelihoods and contribute to deforestation and forest degradation.

Slow lorises range across tropical and subtropical regions and are found in primary and secondary rainforests, as well as bamboo groves and mangrove forests.

In this context, I should like to highlight the initiative led by Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea of creating a Rainforest Coalition to protect all forests and ensure payment for the environmental services that they provide us.

Forest clearing in Ghana is also a result of urban sprawl, export of timber, and use of wood for domestic fuel.