The green lung

House in the forest

House in the forest

Hunter

Hunter

Fruit of guarana

Fruit of guarana

Unripe cocoa

Unripe cocoa

Tropical flower

Tropical flower

Lush forest

Lush forest

Butterfly wings of glass

Butterfly wings of glass

Tangle of rivers

Tangle of rivers

For over one hundred million years, the tropical forest has played a crucial role: it serves an extraordinary and relentless biological and geopedological function which is absolutely necessary for men and animals to survive. The trees take carbon dioxide, one of the gases responsible for the greenhouse effect, from the air. Through the photosynthesis of the chlorophyll, the plants, by using energy from sunlight, fix carbon dioxide and release oxygen.