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Tropical Rainforests

Tropical rainforests are found near the equator and experience year-round high temperatures and rainfall, making them dense and lush. They contain a high level of biodiversity but are severely threatened, with much of their original extent depleted. Subtropical forests are located outside the equatorial region but within or bordering the tropics, experiencing more seasonal changes in temperature and rainfall. Montane forests, also known as cloud forests, receive most of their precipitation from mist or fog and are found in high-elevation tropical, subtropical, and temperate zones, with trees adapted to withstanding cold, wet conditions. Plantation forests account for around 7% of global forest cover and produce around 40% of industrial wood.

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Tropical Rainforests

Tropical rainforests are found near the equator and experience year-round high temperatures and rainfall, making them dense and lush. They contain a high level of biodiversity but are severely threatened, with much of their original extent depleted. Subtropical forests are located outside the equatorial region but within or bordering the tropics, experiencing more seasonal changes in temperature and rainfall. Montane forests, also known as cloud forests, receive most of their precipitation from mist or fog and are found in high-elevation tropical, subtropical, and temperate zones, with trees adapted to withstanding cold, wet conditions. Plantation forests account for around 7% of global forest cover and produce around 40% of industrial wood.

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Tropical rainforests

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Year-round high temperatures and abundant rainfall makes this a dense, lush forest.
Tropical rainforests are found near the equator. They are vital storehouses of biodiversity on
the planet, and yet face severe threat today, with much of their original extent depleted.
Sub-tropical forests
These are found to the sound and north of the tropical forests. The trees here are adapted
to resist the summer drought.

Sub- tropical-Subtropical forests are in areas outside of the strict equatorial region but either
within or bordering the tropical zone and have more noticeable seasonal changes. Although
temperatures may vary only slightly over a year, rainfall may be distributed unevenly so that wet
and dry seasons occur. However, the annual rainfall is still high. The types of Fauna are Spider
Monkey, Toucan, Poison-Arrow Frog, Macaw and Sloth. The types of flora are Bromeliads,
Buttress root, Carnivorous plants, Epiphytes, Lianas, Orchids, Saprophytes, Stilt/prop roots and
Strangler fig.

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These forests are found to the south of the temperate regions around the coasts of the
Mediterranean, California, Chile and Western Australia. The growing season is short and
almost all trees are evergreen, but mixed hardwood and softwood.
Temperate forests
Found in such places as eastern North America, northeastern Asia, and western and
eastern Europe, temperate forests are a mix of deciduous and coniferous evergreen trees.
Usually, the broad-leaved hardwood trees shed leaves annually. There are well-defined
seasons with a distinct winter and sufficient rainfall.
Coniferous forests
Coniferous forests inhabit the cold, windy regions around the poles. There are both
hardwoods and conifers found in this region. The conifers are evergreen and structurally
adapted to withstand the long drought-like conditions of the long winters, whereas the
hardwoods are deciduous.
Montane forests

These are also known as cloud forests because they receive most of their precipitation from
the mist or fog that comes up from the lowlands. Some of these montane woodlands and
grasslands are found in high-elevation tropical, subtropical and temperate zones.

Plants and animals in these forests are adapted to withstanding the cold, wet conditions and
intense sunlight. Trees are mainly conifers.

Plantation forests
There are around 140 million hectares of “plantation forests” in the world, accounting for
around 7% of global forest cover. The productivity of planted forests, in terms of supplying a
sustainable volume of timber and fibre, is usually greater than natural forests. Plantations
produce around 40% of industrial wood.
Both the plantation area and contribution to world wood production are projected to continue

to increase in the foreseeable future.

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