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When governments declare rainforest areas as national parks or reserves, they often force people living in them to leave. This makes the forest people homeless. They have no access to their forests for food, shelter and medicines.

National parks and reserves can be designed to protect the rainforests from destruction. As traditional rainforest communities are experts at looking after the rainforest, they are the best guardians of the forests.

Read more different threats to the rainforest by clicking on the links to the right, or
click here to find out about Saving the Rainforest.

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