World Rainforest Day

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World Rainforest Day

Written by Conor Gearin

This is BirdNote. 

    [Rainforest ambiance]

Tropical rainforests are stunning places. They support half of the world’s biodiversity. They’re found in just a few regions, such as the Amazon, the Congo River Basin in Africa, and Indonesia. The variety of lifeforms stands out visually — from the rainbow feathers of the Scarlet Macaw to the fantastic iridescence of the birds of paradise.

    [Goldie’s Bird-of-paradise courtship displays]

And there’s diversity in sound, too, from the wide-ranging whistles of the Screaming Piha ….

    [Screaming Piha song] 

… to the otherworldly melodies of the Musician Wren.

    [Musician Wren song]

The relationship between people and rainforests runs deep. Indigenous communities continue to steward large areas of rainforests. And these ecosystems store roughly 40 percent of the world’s carbon, keeping it out of the atmosphere where it would contribute to climate change. So keeping rainforests healthy means keeping people safe, too.

    [Rainforest ambiance]
Today is World Rainforest Day, which recognizes the importance of safeguarding rainforests for future generations. Many of our actions can affect rainforests around the globe. Learn more about your connections with rainforests on our website, BirdNote dot org. I’m Ariana Remmel.

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Senior Producer: John Kessler
Producer: Mark Bramhill
Managing Editor: Jazzi Johnson
Managing Producer: Conor Gearin
Content Director: Jonese Franklin
Bird sounds provided by The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Goldie’s Bird-of-paradise ML163682 recorded by Edwin Scholes, Screaming Piha ML222309 recorded by Curtis Marantz, and Musician Wren ML406658561 recorded by Arthur Gomes.
BirdNote’s theme was composed and played by Nancy Rumbel and John Kessler.
© 2023 BirdNote June 2023
Narrator: Ariana Remmel

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Reference:
https://www.worldrainforestday.org/