The forest floor is usually dark and damp. It contains a layer of rotting leaves and dead animals called litter. Th e high rainfall and year-round high temperatures are ideal conditions for vegetation growth. The wide range of plants encourage a huge variety of insects, birds and animals. They clear the forest by slash and burn .
Vegetation is cut down and then burned.
The ash acts like a fertiliser adder nutrients to the soil. This is called shifting cultivation. It is a sustainable method of farming in the rainforest. It ensures the forest will recover. Logging Commercial logging is the major cause of primary rainforest destruction in South East Asia and Africa.