IntroductionImagine a rainforest with misty, lush canopies creating a vibrant green carpet above the sloping valleys; sunlight dances along the leaves, branches, and trunks until it is nothing more than a rare glow in the dense, dimly lit undergrowth. The forest is alive with the heat and humidity, with the cacophony of birds, the chatter of primates and monkeys, and the buzzing of insects feeding on the greenery. It is an idealistic rainforest, still untouched by human industry, where the desire for conquest and domination is still kept at bay while living things grow and die in a perpetual cycle of survival. However, these fanciful notions hide the ravages of man; There are no great stories about how land is emptying after deforestation or how many species are going extinct due to habitat destruction and fragmentation. People take rainforests for granted, grabbing anything of value without worrying about the consequences. These forests, which grow on continents like Asia, Africa and South America, have much to offer if only humans could remember that they share the planet – they do not own the Earth. Yet despite being biodiversity hotspots and recent awareness, tropical forests around the world still suffer from human mistreatment and deserve more attention in conservation efforts and restoration of their many services ecological. Impacts of Tropical Forests on Global Climate Change Recently, global climate change has been one of the most controversial and problematic issues, from the disruption of human activities to the threat to the existence of various species. However, tropical rainforests offer a solution to increasing greenhouse gases by acting as carbon sinks and sequesters, cycling and storing carbon dioxide in vegetation and soil. Peo...... middle of paper ......ion with biodiversity conservation. Biology of Global Change, 20: 183-191. 2014. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12353Malhi, Yadvinder. The carbon footprint of tropical forest regions, 1990-2005. Current Opinion on Environmental Sustainability, 2, 237-244. 2010.Morris, Rebecca J. Anthropogenic impacts on tropical forest biodiversity: a network structure and ecosystem functioning perspective. Phil Trans R Soc B 2010 365: 3709-3718.Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf et al. Trade-offs between income, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning during tropical rainforest conversion and agroforestry intensification. PNAS 2007 104 (12) 4973-4978; published before printing. 2007. doi:10.1073/pnas.0608409104Streck, Charlotte and Sebastian M. Scholz, The Role of Forests in Global Climate Change: Where We Come From and Where We Are Going. International Affairs, 82: 861-879. 2006. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2006.00575.x