 Introduction
What are rainforests? What defines them?
Destruction
Why are rainforests being destroyed? At what rate are they being destroyed?
Conservation
What efforts are being made to preserve rainforests?
Facts & Figures
Statistics on rainforests.
Maps
Where are most rainforests located?
How Can I Help?
Actions you can take to help save our rainforests.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2001
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Heading the State Department was the highlight of Vance's career, but his duties on behalf of presidents, the Congress and the United Nations spanned more than three decades. He used his peacemaking skills to ease conflicts in foreign lands, racially torn American cities and even corporate boardrooms.
Quiet and self-effacing, Vance was a study in contrasts with Henry Kissinger, his flamboyant predecessor at the State Department. Vance's politics were far more liberal than Kissinger's, and his political leanings often put him at odds with Carter's national security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski.
Vance enjoyed several successes during his early period as secretary of state but suffered setbacks later on. He played a key role in normalizing relations with China, winning approval for new Panama Canal treaties and helping negotiate a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.
But Vance's tenure also saw an expansion of Soviet influence in a number of areas as well as the collapse of the pro-American monarchy in Iran and the seizure of American hostages in Tehran.
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Plants & Animals
Important plants and animals that live in the rainforest.
Health & Medicines
Beneficial medicines and products that come from the rainforest.
Biodiversity
The diverse ecosystems that rainforests support.
Natives
Indigenous peoples that live in the rainforest.
Other uses
What we gain from rainforests.
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