2. A tree takes CO2 from air and converts it to plant carbon, but then returns the carbon back to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide or methane (both of which are greenhouse gases). So why is reforestation promoted as practice that will suppress global warming?
3. Rainforests in both Indonesia and Amazonia have evolved diversity through "island effects." Discuss what is meant by "island effects" and how such effects were both similar and different in these two regions.
4. Discuss tropical forest ecosystem fragmentation as it relates to species creation and species destruction. Give examples.
5. Discuss how current deforestation estimates compare to past estimates and possible reasons for the discrepancy.
6. Discuss habitat fragmentation.