rainforest

According to a report released earlier this year, there has probably never been a more exciting time to be a tropical forest ecologist.

When Lt. Col. Fawcett disappeared into the Amazon rainforest he might have chuckled to know that 85 years later people would be writing books and making a film about his adventures.

The Túngara Frog, found in Central and South America, has been the inspiration behind an award winning foam which will be used in the fight against climate change.

Massive and majestic, the world's largest high-altitude lake, Lake Titicaca, is approaching crisis point as its water levels are now only 15cm (6 inches) away from triggering emergency management in the two countries that share its perimeter - Bolivia and Peru.

The Ecuadorian Government plans to promote an environmental project in the Yasuni National Park which had previously been designated for oil exploitation.