"Uncontrolled nature tourism can best be called eco-destruction."
Biologist-turned-entrepreneur Donald Perry has made it possible for tourists, students and scientists alike to explore the wonderland that flourishes on the equivalent of the "15th floor" of the tropical rain forest. By designing and developing various research vehicles over the years, Perry has overcome the problem of studying the flora and fauna of these complex canopy communities and opened one of the earth’s last unknown regions to observation.
100
tourists 16 gondolas can carry through the canopy
40%
percentage of species living in the tropical forest canopy
50
height, in metres, of the forest canopy
75%
percentage of rain forest trees with limbs too weak to climb
