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)