Mark Plotkin speaks about the importance of all earth rainforests

 
Mark Plotkin explains the importance of Rain Forest and tribes in the Amazon and hence the importance of plants and animals in any rainforest. Mark Plotkin's team has lead the mythical White City Expedition with the help of the British Special Forces, the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History, the Honduran Military and the University of Colorado. They carried the research with the help of a 1 million dollar laser mapping machine called LiDAR "The scientific team was co-led by Christopher Fisher of Colorado State University and Oscar Neil Cruz of the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History. A Honduran engineer named J.C. Fernandez, with the University of Houston, managed the lidar."



Source: http://blog.ted.com/mark-plotkin-shares-tales-of-the-lost-city-he-and-his-team-just-rediscovered/