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RAINFOREST
FACTS
- The oldest, msot complex ecosystems on Earth exist in the
Tropical Rainforests
- Tropical Rainforests do many things for the environment including:
supplying the world with oxygen, retaining carbon, and affecting
climate
patterns
- Rainforests occupy about 5.3% of the earth today
- Rainforests are being destroyed for the following purposes:
logging - cattle ranching - mining - oiil extraction - hydroelectric
dams
susbsistence farming
- Rainforests supply us with many products such as:
glee gum - coffee - nuts - wood - chocolate - vanilla
sugars - medications - latex rubber
- Rich in plant and animal diversity, the tropical rainforests
house half of the plant and animal species found on the planet
- The Amazon Rainforest is home to about 1/5 of the world's plants
and animals alone
- Tropical rainforests often ahve from 160 - 400 inches of rain
a year
- There are currently 2.6 million square miles left of the rainforests.
- At Cal Poly Pomona there is a facility called BioTrek, that
is dedicated to the educational experience of creating a tropical
rainforest environment
in which students can learn about the rainforest hands-on!
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