Rainforest
- General News
The Covid-19 pandemic is threatening vital rainforests
Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil, on August 17. (Photo by Ueslei Marcelino/ Reuters) Source: VoxDate: 23 June 2020 The coronavirus is undermining efforts to control rainforest fires in Indonesia and Brazil. And those fires could worsen the pandemic.…
- Editorials
Why do we need Indonesia’s rainforests?
Picture: US Embassy Indonesia. Source: Canopy Planet. According to National Geographic, a rain forest is simply an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. This dense rain forest is on the island of Borneo, which straddles two oceans (the Indian and the South Pacific) and…
