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