1. By Amelia

2. Tropical rainforests are forests with tall trees, warm weather and lots of rain. In some rainforests it rains more than one inch nearly every day of the year! Rainforests are found in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Central and South America. The largest rainforest in the world is the Amazon rainforest in South America. Rainforest

3. Tropical rainforests are home to tribal people Today not many forest people live in the traditional way, most have had to give up how they live. The Amazon has the largest number of forest people. Around ten million people were living in the Amazonian Rainforest five centuries ago. Today there are less than 200,000. People

4. Are classified as endangered species The arm span of a male orangutan measures around 2 meters They eat 317 types of food including shoots, insects, leaves, bark, bird eggs, and honey. orangutan's

5.  Tropical rainforests have lots of birds, including parrots, hornbills, toucans, eagles, hawks, and vultures  The endangered lory is found in the lowland rainforests and swamp forests Birds Black Capped Lory

6.  Jaguars are very dangerous and fierce  The jaguar’s scientific name is Panthera onca  They can live to be 12 to 15 years old in the wild. Jaguars

7. Every year some of the rainforest is cut down and destroyed. One and one-half acres of rainforest are lost every second – that’s one and a half football pitches!!! The plants and animals that used to live in these forests die or have to find a new forest to live We are losing around 137 plant, animal and insect species every single day Humans are the main cause of rainforest destruction. We are cutting down rainforests for many reasons, including:  wood for both timber and making fires;  agriculture for both small and large farms;  land for poor farmers who don’t have anywhere else to live;  grazing land for cattle;  pulp for making paper;  road construction; and  extraction of minerals and energy Destroyed!!!

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