The world forests are grouped into 3:

• Tropical hardwood forest
• Temperate hard wood forest
• Coniferous forest (softwood)

1. Tropical hardwood forest (tropical rain forest)

1. Africa

Areas where tropical rainforest is found in Africa:

• West of Cameroon
• Congo basin
• Coastal plains of tropical east Africa
• Gulf of guinea

2. Latin America

Areas were tropical rainforest is found In Latin America:

• Pacific coast of Colombia
• Central America from panama to Mexico

3. South east Asia

Areas were tropical rainforest is found in south east Asia

• Malaysia
• Indonesia
• Thailand
• Papua new guinea
• Burina

4. Australia

• Northern Australia

Characteristics of tropical rainforest

• Wide variety of species over a small area
• Common species of wood include: Iroko, Sapelle, Ironwood etc.
• The forest and trees are in layers

2. The temperate hardwood forest

Location:

• Northern china and japan
• West, south and centre Europe

Characteristics of the temperate hard wood forest

• They are mostly broad leaves
• They shade their leaves in autumn
• Species are scattered irregularly in the forest
• Commercial species include: elm, beech, oats, chestnut, maple
• Species are durable and strong but they are very difficult to tract their soft wood

3. Coniferous forest