Some of the threatened mammals of the rainforest include the monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides), an arboreal marsupial, and the southern pudú (Pudu pudu) the world’s smallest deer, and the kodkod (Leopardus guigna), South America’s smallest cat.
It includes stands of huge trees, especially Nothofagus and Fitzroya, which can live to a great age. Named after the Chilean city of Valdivia, the Valdivian template rainforest lies on the west coast of southern South America, in Chile, and extends into Argentina. Unfortunately, they are shrinking much faster than any other rainforest in the world – they will be completely destroyed in around ten years. They are also thought to be the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth: their biological richness and diversity are unequaled by that of the Amazon or African rainforests. The third-largest rainforests on Earth, the Southeast Asian rainforests are the oldest, consistent rainforests on Earth, dating back to the Pleistocene Epoch 70 million years ago.
Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Congo Basin: State of the Forest () The Congo Basin forests are a lifeline for more than 60 million people - providing food and income for many remote communities, storing huge amounts of carbon, supporting unique ecosystems, and regulating the flow of the major rivers across Central Africa.
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