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| tropical rainforest | a broadleaf evergreen forest found in wet and hot regions near the equator |
| land use conflict | disagreement over how to use a particular area of land |
| ecosystem | a community of all the living things in an area and the environment in which they live |
| forest floor | the bottom layer or ground of a forest |
| canopy | the thick layer or overlapping tree branches that make up the top layer of a forest |
| lower story | the middle layer of a forest consisting of shrubs and trees |
| biodiversity | the variety of plants and animals living in one area, or on Earth |
| deforestation | removing or clearing away the trees from a forest....often done for farming or ranching |
| sustainable development | using resources in ways that meet needs of people today without hurting the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Finding ways to use resource without using them up. |
| carbon-oxygen cycle | the process by which carbon and oxygen cycle among plants, people and the environment |
| environmentalist | a person who words to protect the natural world |
| ecotourism | a form of tourism that brings people to a unique ecosystem while trying to avoid the danger to these special places |
| reforestation | the replanting of trees in a formerly forested area by people or by nature |
