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Asia:
An Introduction

The Asian rainforests are one of the best places to be, if not for the massive deforestation and destruction going on in them.

The rainforests in Asia are no stranger to trouble. Civil unrests, wars and forest fires occur one after another, never seem to stop. A good example would be the Indonesain rainforest. Just a few decades ago, the casual vistor to the Sumatran rainforest would be able to spot without difficulty, orang utans swinging from branch to branch, busy preparing their nocturnal sleeping platform of branches. But today, due to the raging forest fires in Indonesia and the civil unrest that has plagued the region, Orang utans are now a very very rare sight.

It is very hard to estmate how many more animals like the Orang utan have died and how many more have become endangered in the Indonesain turmoil still going on today. But it is sure that if nothing is done to conserve the animals and their habitat, everyone of them would be extinct even before we realise it.

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Rainforest Introduction Structure of the Rainforest Uses of the Rainforests Abuses of the Rainforest People of the Rainforest Species Introduction Endangered Animals In The Rainforest (Species) Asia Americas Individual Organisations The Team Acknowledgements Structure of the rainforest Uses of the rainforest Abuses of the rainforest people of the rainforest Future of the rainforest Introduction to species Endangered species Species in the rainforest Endangered animals in Asia Endangered Animals in Africa Endangered animals in North and South America Sumatran Rhinoceros Javan Rhinoceros Rafflesia The Asian Elephant The Sumatran Tiger The Orang Utan