Future of Rainforests

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://…

…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)