Equatorial forests provide homes to an incredible diversity of organisms.
The forests, in turn, are dependent on insects, birds, and mammals. Many are vital to the continuance of this complex plant community. Mobility allows animals to sustain the forest by pollinating flowers and dispersing seeds as they travel throughout. Just as forest plants and animals are interdependent on one another, humans are also dependent on these prolific forests. Numerous food plants, domestic animals, and medicines originated in these luxuriant wonderlands, and many local people still call them home.