Includes bibliographical references (p. 30) and index.
Contents:
Rain forests -- Forests at risk -- In a forest -- Vanishing forests -- Washed away -- The climate -- Forest wildlife -- Using forests -- New finds -- Forest care -- Saving forests -- What can we do? -- Fact file.
Summary:
Discusses the destruction of rain forests, the reasons for their destruction, the effect that this destruction has on the world, and ways to preserve these areas.
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