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Save the Rainforest now!!!
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Did you know that as the rainforest are destroyed; animals and plants are in danger of being extinct (dying out). For example mountain gorillas in central Africa are threatened by the destruction of rainforests. Also, although their habitats are now being protected as nature reserves, there are only about 5,000 tigers left in the world. As humans build roads and mine through their homes many animals become trapped as though they were on an island, they become cut off from their food, shelter and mates.
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It is shocking that the rainforests of the world are being destroyed at the astonishing rate of 100 acres every minute, which is the same size as 60 football pitches. About half of the rainforests that existed at the beginning of the twentieth century were destroyed by the year 1999. |
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The rainforests of the world are a tremendous resource for many of the world’s people. Many of the things we buy like fruits, vegetables, medicines, sugar, cinnamon, cocoa and even kola nuts (which are used to flavour cola drinks). There were an estimated ten million Indians living in the Amazonian Rainforest five hundred years ago. Today there are less than 200,000. Rainforest covers 7% of the Earth’s land surface. Although they cover only a small portion of the Earth, tropical rain forests are home to over 50% of the world’s plants and animals. Fifty species of rainforest animals, of which most are insects and spiders, become extinct every day.
How many tigers are left in the world? How many acres of land is destroyed every minute? How many people live in the rainforests?
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