Scientists Find Megadiversity at Top of Amazon Forest
![A Carnegie Institution botanist in the Peruvian rainforest begins his 45-meter climb to collect foliage from the tree canopy. (Jake Bryant)](https://gdb.voanews.com/d9e73dfb-852f-4456-b217-a919e14de1bb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Carnegie Institution botanist in the Peruvian rainforest begins his 45-meter climb to collect foliage from the tree canopy. (Jake Bryant)
![Tree climbers in the Amazon use rope ladders, bridges and towers to get to the canopy and move from canopy to canopy once they are up there. (Greg Asner)](https://gdb.voanews.com/57df8bdd-e5f5-47f7-b947-d9c7c129c514_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tree climbers in the Amazon use rope ladders, bridges and towers to get to the canopy and move from canopy to canopy once they are up there. (Greg Asner)
![A Carnegie Institution tree climber high in the canopy. (Greg Asner)](https://gdb.voanews.com/1bc727dd-325d-4b94-9227-a5f894c9a553_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Carnegie Institution tree climber high in the canopy. (Greg Asner)
![The view of the Amazon forest looking down from the tree top. (Greg Asner)](https://gdb.voanews.com/f769ec69-fe25-4593-ae57-27dd744380e4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The view of the Amazon forest looking down from the tree top. (Greg Asner)