Tropical Rainforest Indonesia Facts. The tropical rainforest heritage of sumatra site was inscribed as a unesco world heritage site in 2004. In 2008, it was estimated that tropical rainforests in indonesia would be logged out in a decade.
2011 update in may 2011, sassan saatchi of caltech's jet propulsion lab and colleagues published a paper in pnas with new carbon stock estimates for global tropical forests. The site comprises three indonesian national parks on the island of sumatra. The rhinoceros hornbill bird from southeast asian rainforests has a hornlike structure on its head that looks like an extra beak!
They are found all over the world but the majority of the tropical rainforest lies in south america in brazil.
The site comprises three indonesian national parks on the island of sumatra. Tropical rainforests grow mainly in three regions: The hot, humid climate of the world’s tropical regions provide ideal conditions for plant life. The top layer or canopy contains giant trees that grow to heights of 75 m (about 250 ft) or more.
