Future of Rainforests
Title: Future of Rainforests
Category: /Society & Culture/Environment
Details: Words: 370 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Future of Rainforests
Category: /Society & Culture/Environment
Details: Words: 370 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
The future of the world's rainforests looks bad. Half of the world's rainforests have been lost and much of what remains could be lost in the future unless some kind of action is taken to prevent anymore destruction. Today rainforests are in a lot of danger of becoming extinct. According to the National Academy of Science, at least 50 million acres a year are lost, an area the size of England, Wales and Scotland combined. (http://
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that the rainforests of South East Asia have existed for around 70 to 100 million years. Most primary rainforests are located around the equator and between the tropic of Capricorn and Cancer. They support more species of plants and animals than all the world's ecosystems combined. These species number at least 5 million and contain:
80% of all earth's plants
90% of all non-human primates
40% of all birds of prey
80% of all insects
(http://www.zoorainforest.co.nz/rainforestinfo.html)