Rainforests

1. to use or take advantage of the land, either for survival or for the purpose of making money
3. an interconnected community of plants and animals in a particular environment
6. these trees form a barrier between the sunlight and the underlying layers
8. The bottom layer, typically dominated by a thick carpet of leaves, fallen trees and huge buttress roots.
9. a river or stream that flows into a larger river or body of water like the amazon
11. forestry practice in which only selected trees are cut down
12. living or working in a manner that causes minimal environmental damage therefore maintaining it for future generations to use
13. natural environment of an animal or plant
14. taller trees ranging in height from 30-50 meters that emerge out of the forest canopy
16. the traditional medical healers of native tribes such the Matis people

2. large farm on which trees or crops are planted
4. An alliance formed between conservationists and the Ribeirinhos.
5. the process of plants using carbon dioxide to grow and giving off oxygen that we can use
7. the process of clearing forest, usually to make way for housing or agricultural development.
10. A layer of smaller trees and ferns that receive only about 5% of the suns energy
15. found at your local pharmacy, more than 7000 of these are made from rainforest plants