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Rainforests
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Picture a world without oxygen, water or medicine
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Picture a world without animals or plants
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The rainforest continuously recycles carbon dioxide and produces 20% of the worlds oxygen
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⅕ of the world's fresh water is in the amazon basin
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Tropical rainforests only cover a small portion of the globe but yet are home to two-thirds of all living species in the world
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The plants of the rainforest are the source of half the medical compounds we use everyday
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Despite all these things we still cut it down for grazing land,
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Timber
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Or profit
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Why?
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The rainforest could be a source of fresh water, food and other natural resources
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It is estimated that 10,000 square km of rain forest disappears each year.
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The rainforest is more valuable alive than dead
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Save the rainforest and protect our world
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Think about it
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Can you live without the rainforest?
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