- Rainforests are being destroyed just for wood
- Rainforests only cover just over 6 percent of earth's surface area
- An area the size of a football field in rainforests are destroyed every second.
- 1 in 4 ingredients for medicine are only found in rainforests
- Rainforests house 1/2 of the whole world's plants and animal species
- There are two types of rainforests; tropical and temperate
- Rainforests have 4 layers; Forest floor, Under story layer, Canopy Layer, and Emergent Layer
- Scientists say we lose about 130 plant, animal and insect species due to deforestation.