- An
area of a rainforest the size of a football field is being destroyed
each second.
- The forests of
Central Africa are home to more than 8,000 different species of plants.
- More than 5,000
things are made from trees such as houses, furniture, pencils, utensils,
fences, books, newspaper, movie tickets, even clothing and toothpaste.
- The single oldest
living thing on earth is a tree, its is 4,700 years old and is located
in the US. It was growing when the Egyptians built the pyramids.
- Most rainforests
are cleared for their timber value and then are followed by farming
and ranching operations, by companies such as Mitsubishi Corporation,
Texaco and Unocal.
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