As we are trying to save individual animals like sun bears, tigers, elephants and other endangered species from poachers, wildlife traders, wild meat consumers, and exotic pet keepers, there is a bigger threat for all of these wildlife species behind all of these killing that act like a big tsunami that are much more destructive: will the habitat (tropical rainforest) of all of these endangered species survive? We all should know the answer, or at least aware of the issue so that we know how to act and what to do to help these species in peril and eventually our own kind will be badly affected.On last Monday, Jan 12, world experts on tropical rainforest gathered at the Baird Auditorium of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History discussed their papers on the following themes as a critical review of threats to tropical biodiversity.
“Will the Rainforests Survive? New Threats and Realities in the Tropical Extinction Crisis”
Will the rampant destruction of tropical forests and climate change kill off much of Earth’s biological diversity? In recent decades some biologists have claimed that up to half of all species on earth might disappear during our lifetimes. But other scientists are now disputing this view, arguing that many species can persist in logged or altered lands and that rainforest destruction is slowing. Who is right?
The stakes are high. The battle lines have been drawn. Some of the world’s top scientists lined up to debate the tropical extinction crisis.Learn more about the fate of tropical species.
See presentations from this symposium.
See background for additional information.
You can view entire symposium online at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqeQui3d_3I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAkreq7Juos&feature=channel
Below is a report made by Jeremy Hance from Mongabay.com on the symposium:
Posted on http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0116-hance_symposium.html
Symposium tackles big question: how many species will survive our generation
Jeremy Hance 
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