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  • The Amazon rain forest is the largest tropical forest in the world. Each year a portion of the forest equal in size to Rhode Island is lost to logging, fires and agricultural conversion. Large-scale deforestation adversely impacts regional climate patterns and land productivity and reduces biodiversity. This photograph depicts a family settling in a newly cleared area of rain forest in a remote region of Ecuador. By photographer Steven Holt
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  • Rainforests actually produce their own rain through a process called evapotranspiration: moisture from the forest evaporates and then rains down on the forest, starting the cycle again. Tropical rainforests are one of the most biologically diverse and ecologically interlinked habitats on earth, but fhey are also one of the most endangered. Each year a portion of the forest equal in size to Rhode Island is lost to logging, fires and agricultural conversion. Because of the large amounts of oxygen produced by the rainforest, extensive development can impact regional climate patterns and land productivity. Cleared forest land is quickly depleted of its nutrients and rarely produces more than a few years of agricultural crops. By photographer Steven Holt
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  • The Amazon rain forest is the largest tropical forest in the world. Each year a portion of the forest equal in size to Rhode Island is lost to logging, fires and agricultural conversion. By photographer Steven Holt
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  • Parrot Snake in Threat Display -- Parrot snakes are arboreal tree climbers found throughout much of Central and South America. By photographer Steven Holt
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  • (010802-SAH04.jpg) nr TANDAYAPA ECUADOR Undated File Photo -- Ecuador's Controversial Pipeline Route Given Green Light -- A cow peers from a cloud forest on the controversial route of Ecuador's new petroleum pipeline. Although the $1.1 billion pipeline will double Ecudor's ability to transport crude oil, the pipeline will cut through the Nono-Tandayapa-Mindo cloud forest, including the heart of the Mindo-Nambillo ecological reserve - home to 450 species of birds. Indians, environmentalists and tourism groups filed an appeal of the route in June, but the Constitutional Tribunal has decided to allow OCP Ecuador SA to continue with its original construction plan. Members of the multinational consortium include the Alberta Energy Co. Ltd., Kerr-McGee Corp., and Occidental Petroleum Corp. Westdeutsche Landesbank is the project's largest lender. Locals living in communities affected by the 300-mile pipeline worry that tourism and cattle ranching will be adversely affected by the construction and operation of the line.. © STEVEN HOLT/PICTUREDESK 2000 (Stockpix # 9819.01) ONE TIME USE ONLY. NO ELECTRONIC ARCHIVING. NO THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTION. By photographer Steven Holt
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  • (no.jpg) 20 ROAD KM NNW ALTO TAMBO, 0 5 ESMERALDAS 13Jul90 -- Moss encrusted leaf -- The Choco rainforest is so wet that leaves grow moss. Tropical rainforests are one of the most biologically diverse and ecologically interlinked habitats on earth but are under serious pressure from expanding populations and incompatible land uses. By photographer Steven Holt
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  • (020203-SAH01.jpg) ESMERALDAS ECUADOR 15Jul90 -- Glass Frogs - Examples of Rain Forest Biodiversity -- Named for their transparent skin, over sixty species of glass frogs have been discovered in the rain forests of Central and South America. © STEVEN HOLT/STOCKPIX.COM (Stockpix # 309.01) By photographer Steven Holt
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  • Tropical tree frog perching on branch. By photographer Steven Holt
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  • Although these katydids are only 2.5 to 3 inches in length, scientists have observed these small insects successfully fending off monkeys and birds by batting at them with their spiny front legs. By photographer Steven Holt
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