![]() ![]() Trees play an important part in the water cycle, grounding the water in their roots and releasing it into the atmosphere. The rainforest helps to regulate the worlds water cycle. Over a quarter of the medicines we use today have their origins in the rainforests - and that’s after only about 1% of rainforest plants have been examined for their medicinal properties! Imagine what else could be there? It’s not crazy to think that our best chance of curing the diseases, such as Malaria and HIV, that plague our world, could lie within the rainforest.Ĥ. There are potentially millions of animal and plant species that are yet to even be discovered! If deforestation continues at the current rate, not even a quarter of these will be discovered before they are killed off! 137 rainforest species are exterminated completely every single day.ģ. Did you know that 70% of Earth's land animals and plants live in rainforests? If rainforests disappear what would happen to them? Imagine if we just got rid of that wet stuff that covers 70% of the earth's surface - where would all the dolphins live?Ģ. It is home to literally MILLIONS of different species. Here are 7 reasons why we should be protecting our rainforests:ġ. This is a tragedy for many reasons and something as Global Citizens we should take a stand against! An estimated 18 million acres (7.3 million hectares) of forest - roughly the size of Panama - are lost each year, according to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization. ![]()
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