DEFORESTATION+FACTS

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 * Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth"s surface,but now it only covers 6%.
 * 1 1/2 acres of rainforests are lost every second.
 * There was once over a million indians in the rainforest, but now there are less than 200,000.
 * Half the worlds tropical forests have been cleared or degraded. Every hour, at least 4,500 acres of forest fall to chain saws, machetes, flames, or bulldozers. Pollution growth, poverty, and unequal access to land are among the major causes of deforestation.
 * The net loss of the world's forests is estimated at 7.3 million hectares per year.
 * Worldwide, 1.6 billion people rely on forest products for all or part of their livelihoods.
 * Fuelwood in Sub-Saharan Africa is consumed at a rate of 30-200% greater than the average annual growth of trees. This is causing a large deficit in timber resources and habitat for species.
 * Trees provide an important ecosystem function by storing carbon, a cause of climate change, in their biomass. Currently the world's forests store 283 billion tons of carbon in their biomass.
 * Deforestation dates back to pre-historic times, but this problem has been escalating over time. So lets stop deforestation before it's to late!!
 * Statisics show that the rapid rate of deforestation comes mainly from illegal logging operstions. Thats a shame if you think about it! Not only are people breaking the law, they are also causing EXTREME deforestation!!!
 * The biodiversity of the Amazon is greatly affected by deforestation. An example of that is how by 2030 the region will be reduced to a mere 10% of what it is today.
 * Forests still cover 30% of the world's land area, but swaths the size of Panama are lost each and every year.
 * Not all deforestation is intentional. Some is caused by a combination of human and matural factors like wildfires and subsequent overgrazing which may prevent the growth of young trees.
 * The majority of deforestation comes from the actions of our world and our people.
 * Did you know that water pollution not only efects our ocean creaters but also our trees with those bad cemicals distroying our trees
 * Did you know that 65 million years ago, that the rain forest had low latitudes so the forest floor was not very soft.
 * Deforestation occurs for many reasons: trees or derived charcoal are used as, or sold, for fuel or as lumber, while cleared land is used as pasture for livestock.
 * The Amazon is home to 50% of all earth's species.