A bird's eye view of illegal logging and its consequences in the Peruvian Amazon

When I first arrived in Peru's Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve in 2005, a local youth surprised me with an offer to sell me a live owl, despite the fact that we were in a protected area where commercial hunting was prohibited. We set the owl free together, but this turned out to be an early lesson about the vulnerability of tropical protected areas to ex

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  1. Amazon: Earth's Largest Tropical Rainforest: The Amazon Rainforest spans approximately 5.5 to 6 million square kilometers (2.1 to 2.3 million square miles), covering over half of all remaining rainforests on Earth.
  2. Congo Basin: Second Largest Rainforest: The Congo Rainforest in Central Africa is the world's second-largest rainforest, covering approximately 780,000 square miles and supporting diverse wildlife.
  3. Other Major Global Rainforests: Beyond the Amazon and Congo, other significant tropical rainforest blocks include Australiasia, Sundaland, and Indo-Burma, which are vital for global biodiversity.

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