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	Sulu Archipelago rain forests - Encyclopedia of Earth
		The precursors of the Sulu Islands were an arc of submarine volcanoes that have existed for at least 25 million years.
		During the Pleistocene, the majority of the present Sulu Archipelago was one island, separated from Basilan-Mindanao to the north and greater Sibutu (and Borneo) to the south by deepwater channels of 205 m and 290 m depths, respectively.
		A small patch of this forest type may be found on Simunul, but this is generally an endangered habitat because of coastal development (human habitation and cultivation, coconut plantations).
	www.eoearth.org /article/Sulu_Archipelago_rain_forests (1473 words)

	Sulu Archipelago - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Sulu Archipelago, group of volcanic and coral islands in the southwestern Philippines, between the Sulu and Celebes seas.
		Sulu Archipelago is an island chain in the southwest Philippines.
		Sulu is an island province of the Philippines located in the...
	encarta.msn.com /Sulu_Archipelago.html (213 words)

	Malay Archipelago - LoveToKnow 1911
		To the naturalist the Malay Archipelago is a region of the highest interest; and from an early period it has attracted the attention of explorers of the first rank.
		Chinese have been established in the archipelago from a very early date: the first Dutch invaders found them settled at Jacatra; and many of them, as, for instance, the colony of Ternate, have taken so kindly to their new home that they have acquired Malay to the disuse of their native tongue.
		Australian and Japanese trade in the archipelago was stimulated by the establishment of the Australian Commonwealth (1901) and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Malay_Archipelago (6720 words)

	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The biome includes several types of forests, including lowland tropical rain forests, which receive high rainfall year-round; moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests, with high overall rainfall marked by strong seasonal variations; montane rain forests found in cooler-climate mountainous areas; and freshwater swamp forests and peat swamp forests.
		Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests are common in several terrestrial ecozones, including parts of the Afrotropic (equatorial Africa), Indomalaya (parts of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia), the Neotropic (northern South America and Central America), Australasia (eastern Indonesia, New Guinea, northern and eastern Australia), and Oceania (the tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean).
		Tropical rain forests are called the "jewel of the earth", and the "world's largest pharmacy" because of the large amount of natural medicines discovered there.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tropical_rain_forest (1994 words)

	Saving Asia's Threatened Birds: Country Summaries
		The tropical rain forests of the Sundaland (or Sundaic) region are being lost at an alarming rate, particularly in the lowlands, and many of the birds which rely on this habitat are threatened.
		The extensive undisturbed moist forests in the Cardamom mountains in the south-west are the global stronghold of Chestnut-headed Partridge.
		Pakistan is an arid country, and its forests are mainly confined to the mountains in the north.
	www.birdlife.org /action/science/species/asia_strategy/countries.html (2780 words)

	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests Summary
		The layered communities of a tropical rain forest are directly related to the gradual lessening of light, from the brightness of the canopy to the dense shade of the forest floor.
		The constant rain of detritus and litter that falls to the ground is quickly decomposed by populations of fungi and bacteria that flourish in the warm, moist environment.
		Tropical rain forests are called the "jewel of the earth", the "Earth's lungs", and the "world's largest pharmacy" because of the large amount of natural medicines discovered there.
	www.bookrags.com /Tropical_and_subtropical_moist_broadleaf_forests (2326 words)

	Philippine's Vanishing Rainforest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		A few hundred years ago, at least 95 percent of the Philippines was covered by rain forest; only a few patches of open woodland and seasonal forest, mostly on Luzon, broke the expanse of moist, verdant land.
		Some forest had been cleared in the interior as well—particularly the terraced rice lands of the Central Cordillera of northern Luzon—but most coastal areas and the richest of the lowlands remained completely forested, broken only by the occasional cultivated clearings.
		Mindoro's rain forest was protected by an especially virulent strain of malaria, Palawan's by its isolation, and Mindanao's was largely left untouched because of the aggressive independence of the Moro people.
	www.manageware1.com /norcalsa/rptreasures.htm (1109 words)

	Informat.io on Tropical And Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, also known as tropical rain forests or tropical wet forests, are a tropical and subtropical biome.
		Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests are common in several terrestrial ecozones, including parts of the Afrotropic (equatorial Africa), Indomalaya (parts of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia), the Neotropic (northern South America and Central America), Australasia (eastern Indonesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia), and Oceania (the tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean).
		Tropical rain forests are called the "jewel of the earth", the "Earth's lungs", and the "world's largest pharmacy" because of the large amount of natural medicines discovered there.
	www.quaest.io /?title=tropical-and-subtropical-moist-broadleaf-forests (1362 words)

	Tropical Rainforests info here at en.88of100d.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Tropical und subtropical moist broadleaf forests, well-balanced with admitted as tropical wet forests, are a tropical und subtropical forest biome.
		Tropical und subtropical primeval wards with subordinate rainfall are hospital to Tropical und subtropical dry broadleaf forests und Tropical und subtropical coniferous forests.
		Tropical rain forests are callinged the "jewel of the earth", the "Earth's lungs", und the "world's largest pharmacy" peeking of the great mucho of universal medicines ascertained there.
	en.88of100d.info /Tropical_rainforests (1619 words)

	Geography
		The Philippines is bounded on the east by the Philippine Sea, on the south by the Sulu and Celebes seas, on the west by the South China Sea, and on the north by Luzon Strait.
		The islands of Palawan, the Sulu Archipelago, and Mindanao (from west to east) form the base of the triangle.
		Forests in the Philippines include the banyan, many varieties of palm, trees yielding rubber, and many indigenous trees with extremely hard wood such as apitong, yacal, lauan, camagón, ipil, white and red narra, and mayapis.
	www.philippineembassy-usa.org /about/geography.htm (1831 words)

	Borneo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Borneo is the third largest island in the world, surrounded by the South China Sea to the north and northwest, the Sulu Sea to the northeast, the Celebes Sea and the Makassar Strait to the east, and the Java Sea and Karimata Strait to the south.
		The Borneo montane rain forests lie in the central highlands of the island, above the 1000 meter elevation.
		The rainforest was also greatly destroyed due to the forest fires in 1997 to 1998 which were started by people and coincided with an exceptional drought season of El Niño.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Borneo (1211 words)

	Tropical Rainforest info here at en.90of100b.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Tropical subtropical moist broadleaf forests, else avowed as tropical wet forests tropical rainforests, are a tropical subtropical forest biome.
		The biome diverse types of forests, with lowland steamy rain forests, which acquire eminent rainfall year-round; moist deciduous semi-evergreen forests, with eminent all-embracing rainfall marked by potent seasonal variations; montane rain forests fix in cooler-climate mountainous areas; freshwater swamp forests peat swamp forests.
		Tropical rain forests are commanded the "jewel of the earth", the "world's largest pharmacy" of the colossal gob of prevailing medicines devised there.
	en.90of100b.info /Tropical_rainforest (1943 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Sulu Archipelago rain forests (IM0156)
		During the Pleistocene, the majority of the present Sulu Archipelago was one island, separated from Basilan-Mindanao to the north and greater Sibutu (and Borneo) to the south by deepwater channels of 205 m and 290 m depths, respectively.
		Formerly the most prevalent forest type on the islands (as with the rest of the Philippines), lowland rain forest, or dipterocarp forest, is now mostly cleared.
		The islands of the Sulu Archipelago were delineated as a separate ecoregion, the Sulu Archipelago Rain Forests [IM0156].
	worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0156_full.html (1408 words)

	Tropical And Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests info here at en.23of100e.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Tropical & subtropical moist broadleaf forests, as beefy notorious as tropical wet forests & tropical rainforests, are a tropical & subtropical forest biome.
		Temperate rain forests as beefy occur in undoubtful humid temperate coastal regions.
		Tropical rain forests are commanded the "jewel of the earth", & the "world's largest pharmacy" whereas of the voluminous wad of connatural medicines noticed there.
	en.23of100e.info /Tropical_and_subtropical_moist_broadleaf_forests (2196 words)

	Tropical And Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests info here at en.29of100c.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Tropical 'n subtropical moist broadleaf forests, moreover down pat as tropical wet forests 'n tropical rainforests, are a tropical 'n subtropical forest biome.
		The biome diverse types of forests, counting lowland equatorial rain forests, which be granted eminent rainfall year-round; moist deciduous 'n semi-evergreen forests, with eminent global rainfall marked by potent seasonal variations; montane rain forests initiate in cooler-climate mountainous areas; 'n freshwater swamp forests 'n peat swamp forests.
		Tropical 'n subtropical moist broadleaf forests are initiate in a belt neighboring the equator 'n in the humid subtropics, 'n are characterized by warm, humid climates with eminent year-round rainfall.
	en.29of100c.info /Tropical_and_subtropical_moist_broadleaf_forests (2275 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Sulu Archipelago rain forests (IM0156) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Connecting the two is a string of smaller islands, the Sulu Archipelago, that stretches like stepping stones between the larger ones.
		The lowland rain forests and scrub forests have been mostly cleared for agriculture.
		Mangroves are still found throughout the coasts of the archipelago and are especially extensive on the island of Tawitawi.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0156.html (378 words)

	Canada encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Canada politics and officials, Canadian History. Travel to Canada
		Borneo is the third largest island in the world, surrounded by the South China Sea to the north and northwest, the Sulu Sea to the northeast, the Celebes Sea and the Makassar Strait to the east, and the Java Sea and Karimata Strait to the south.
		The Borneo lowland rain forests cover most of the island, with an area of 427,500 km².
		The Borneo montane rain forests lie in the central highlands of the island, above the 1000 meter elevation.
	www.canadaiworld.com /wiki-Borneo (1293 words)

	More Info on tropical rain forest - - tropical rainforest - - tropical rain forrest
		Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, also known as tropical rain forests, are a tropical and subtropical biome.
		Huon Peninsula montane rain forests (Papua New Guinea)
		Trinidad and Tobago moist forests (Trinidad and Tobago)
	www.usgovernetics.com /Tra-to-Uni/tropical_rain_forest.php (1233 words)

	Tropical forest resources assessment project - Forest resources of Tropical Asia
		In its primeval state the truly lowland wet evergreen forests of this subregion exhibits four storeys: the emergent trees (60 m), the dominant and codominant trees in the second storey (45 m), an intermediate layer of trees with canopies between 23 m and to 30 m and the suppressed vegetation.
		In these forests the number of species is usually less than in lowland rain forests, the canopy is less dense, plank buttresses are scarce, lianas are fewer and smaller.
		Tropical moist deciduous forests occur mainly in India, Nepal and Bangladesh in zones where the mean temperatures of the year vary from 20 to 30°C and rainfall between 1 300 and 2 000 mm, and with a dry season of 4–5 months.
	www.fao.org /docrep/007/ad908e/AD908E01.htm (15370 words)

	Grade IV Blog » Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands with a total land area of 300,000 km².
		The archipelago is around 800 km from the Asian mainland and is located between Taiwan and Borneo.
		Sulu Islands is located at the South Eastern part of the Philippine boundaries its neighboring Tawi-Tawi Islands is the remotest province of the Philippines Achipelago.
	jmnles.edublogs.org /2006/07/18/philippines (1614 words)

	ECOMILES \| Beneficiary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The tropical rain forests of the Sundaland (or Sundaic) region are being lost at an alarming rate, particularly in the lowlands, and many of the birds which rely on this habitat are threatened.
		The extensive undisturbed moist forests in the Cardamom mountains in the south-west are the global stronghold of Chestnut-headed Partridge.
		The montane forests of Nepal support important populations of several threatened birds, but are being cleared and degraded in some areas as a result of conversion for agriculture, livestock grazing and cutting for timber and fuel.
	www.ecomiles.com /beneficiary/beneficiary_project_default.aspx?ProjectID=125 (4344 words)

	Palawan - Encyclopedia.com
		The population includes many Moros, mostly in the south, and the Batah and the Palawan, mostly in the rain forests.
		Ravage in the rain forests; loss of 100 acres a minute threatens earth's climate.
		Up in smoke: the world's rain forests are burning.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Palawan.html (485 words)

	It Bulaga-Filipino Heritage
		On most islands of the Philippines, the rain season occurs during the summer monsoon, from May to November, when the wind blows from the southwest; the dry season occurs during the winter monsoon, from December to April, when the wind blows from the northeast.
		Pearl oysters are abundant around the Sulu Archipelago in the extreme southwest and Sulu pearls are famous for their deep luster.
		The Moros live mainly in the southern poriton of the archipelago -- particularly in western Mindanao, the Sulu Archipelago, and southern Palawan island.
	www.webdrx.com /bulaga/heritage/filheritage.asp (1402 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Sulu Archipelago rain forests (IM0156)
		Unlike that of Palawan, which is located between Borneo and the Philippines, the Sulu Archipelago's fauna is not Sundaic (Allen 1998) and, though rather small, is poorly known biologically (L. Heaney, pers.
		The Sulus (Sangasanga, Bongao, Simunul, Tawitawi) also support a population of slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), a Sundaic primate that is not found in the remainder of the Philippines (Heaney 1986).
		The islands of the Sulu Archipelago were delineated as a separate ecoregion, the Sulu Archipelago Rain Forests [IM0156].
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0156_full.html (1408 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Sulu Archipelago rain forests (IM0156) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Connecting the two is a string of smaller islands, the Sulu Archipelago, that stretches like stepping stones between the larger ones.
		The lowland rain forests and scrub forests have been mostly cleared for agriculture.
		Mangroves are still found throughout the coasts of the archipelago and are especially extensive on the island of Tawitawi.
	www.ngeo.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0156.html (378 words)

	Chapter 5.6- Action Plan
		The inclusion of pigs from Jolo in the Sulu Archipelago with
		comm.) and the surviving forests on Palawan are being rapidly depleted by uncontrolled logging and agricultural encroachment (Quinnell and Balmford, 1988).
		The forests of western Panay are not only the sole surviving area of forest on this island, they are the single largest tract anywhere in the West Visayas and, hence, one of the most important tracts anywhere in the country.
	www.iucn.org /themes/ssc/sgs/pphsg/APchap5-6.htm (4891 words)

	Ecoregions in the Philippines at AllExperts
		The Philippine archipelago is one of the world's great reservoirs of biodiversity and endemism.
		The Philippines were never connected to mainland Asia via land bridges, so the flora and fauna of the islands had to cross ocean straits to reach the Philippines.
		The lack of a land bridge to the Asian continent prevented most of the Asian megafauna, including elephants, rhinoceros, tapirs, tigers, leopards, and gibbons, from reaching the Philippines, although they do inhabit the adjacent Indonesian islands of Sundaland, which were formerly linked to the Asian continent by lowered sea levels.
	en.allexperts.com /e/e/ec/ecoregions_in_the_philippines.htm (506 words)

	Borneo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Borneo is surrounded by the South China Sea to the north and northwest, the Sulu Sea to the northeast, the Celebes Sea and the Makassar Strait to the east, and the Java Sea and Karimata Strait to the south.
		The Borneo lowland rain forests cover most of the island, with an area of 427,500 km².
		The Borneo montane rain forests lie in the central highlands of the island, above the 1000 meter elevation.
	www.daveproxy.co.uk /cgi-bin/nph-proxy.cgi/010110A/687474703a2f2f656e2e77696b6970656469612e6f72672f77696b692f426f726e656f (1456 words)

	Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, also known as tropical rain forests, are a
		Guinean montane forests (Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone)
		Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Tropical_and_subtropical_moist_broadleaf_forests.html (308 words)

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