Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth's land surface;
now they cover 6%.
More than half of the world's estimated 10 million species
of plants, animals and insects live in the tropical
It is estimated that the last remaining rainforests could be
consumed in less than 40 years.
Tigers have stripes to help them hide in the rainforest
Rainforests are being destroyed because the value of
rainforest land is perceived as only the value of its
Half of the world's species of plants and animals will be
destroyed over the next quarter century due to rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest covers over a billion acres,
encompassing areas in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia and the
Eastern Andean region of Ecuador and Peru.
137 plant, animal and insect species are being lost every
single day due to rainforest deforestation.
One hectare of lowland rainforest in South America can
contain as many frog species as in all of North America.
The biggest rainforest in the world is in South America,
along the banks of the Amazon River.
The howler monkey is the loudest animal living in the
rainforests of South America.
One and one-half acres of rainforest are lost every second.