RAINFORESTS : HOW LONG BEFORE THEY’RE GONE ?

RAINFORESTS What are Rainforests? Where are they found? What animal life is found there ? Why are they important to us?

RAINFORESTS : WHAT ARE THEY ?  They are forests that make up about half of the Earth's total forested area.

RAINFORESTS: How they look Three layers : * The upper canopy level * Middle layer, * The forest floor

RAINFORESTS : WHERE ARE THEY FOUND?  Amazon( Brazil )  Central America,  Central Africa  South East Asia  Western coast ( India)  Queensland ( Australia)

RAINFORESTS : ANIMAL LIFE *Birds and reptiles occur in each of the forest layers. *Bats, flying foxes, tree frogs, sun bears, orang-utans, tigers, jaguars, tapirs, pigs, and many species of rodent.

RAINFORESTS : Why are they important to us?  More plant and animal species than any region.  Most productive ecosystems in the world.  Sixty % of plants on Earth, 90 % primates, 40 % bird species, and 80 % insects.

RAINFORESTS: PROBLEM ?  Logging  Agriculture  Plantation Agriculture  Hydroelectric Power(Dams)  Mining

RAINFORESTS: SLOWLY DYING ?  one fifth of tropical forest lost  , 38 million acres lost.  ,34 million acres lost

RAINFORESTS: What can we do?  Stop cutting trees  Plant trees that are endemic (native)  Control pollution  Don’t over-harvest (take too much )  Protect remaining ecosystems

RAINFORESTS: CONCLUSION  Rainforests are disappearing faster than we think  Humans are responsible for forest loss  We will lose all our rainforests if we do not do something