why we need rainforests

Can improve the air

protecting the
rainforests
Forests act as carbon sinks
Remove pollutants from the atmosphere
Reduce air pollution by recycling carbon dioxide
Give us many different resources
Products - Rubber, oils, gum, waxes, flavorings, dyes
Food - Nuts, Berries, Fruits
Wood - Teak, Rosewood, Sandalwood, Mahogany, Balsa
animal life
Chemicals - Annatto, Curare, Reserpine Okapi
Tapir
Rhinoceros
Gorilla
Jaguar
Poison dart frog
Boa constrictor
Toucan
Spider monkey plants
Sloth Heliconia Flower
(Lobster-Claw)
Giant Water Lilies

threats to rainforests (Victoria amazonica)

Bromeliads
(Bromeliaceae)
Deforestation Monkey Brush Vine
The permanent removal of trees to: (Combretum
Make room for new land or homes rotundifolium)
Clearing the land for agriculture or grazing Coffee Plant (Coffea)
To use the timber for fuel or construction (logging)
Mining
Large areas of land are cleared of nature
Mines are detonated, creating large craters in the earth
how to help
Other toxic compounds are used and generated Reforestation
They leak into the water and poison nature Replanting trees gives animals a new home
Agriculture and Livestock FIghts global warming
Plots of land are cleared to make way for plants and animals Create parks or reserves
Most of the time, this damages the land beyond repair These are protected by law and connot be damaged
You can no longer grow trees there Give an opportunity to see nature in full bloom
Infrastucture Use your voice
Land is cleared for buildings Spread awareness about the problems forests face
Get your goverment to regulate forest mining
Tourism
Campaign to reduce the amount of infrastucture built in forests
Tourists are inconsiderate of the rainforest
Forest friendly products
They litter, scare away the animals Use products that do not deplete the rainforests of resources
Fires Avoid meat to reduce the amount of land cleared for livestock
Burn down a lot of foliage and trees Donation
Donate to forest fire prevention organisations
Provide money to buy trees for reforestation
effect on the rainforests Avoid Palm Oil
Forests are cleared for palm oil plantations
Animal Extinction Yet there are no benefits to palm oil
Animals lose their habitat and food when we It is simply cheap and easy to produce
destroy nature
They have no shelter or starve to death
Whole species are eradicated
Soil Erosion
The roots of trees firmly hold the soil in place the future of the planet concerns all
of us, and all of us should do what
Once the trees are removed, heavy rains can
cause flash floods
Climate Change
Forests turn carbon dioxide into oxygen
Responsible for 1/3 of the world's pollution
we can to protect it...
from fossil fuels
Global warming will get worse and worse
- Wangari Maathai, Climate activist