Jan 082021
- Rainforests are a powerful natural climate solution.
- Tropical forests have become a net carbon emitters.
- Tropical Rainforests cover less than 3% of Earth’s area, yet they are home to more than half our planet’s terrestrial animal species.
- There are several different types of Rainforests.
- Rainforests cover less than 3 percent of the planet.
- The world’s largest Rainforest is the Amazon Rainforest.
- Rainforests house more species of plants and animals than any other terrestrial
- ecosystem.
- Much of the life in the rainforest is found in the trees.
- Rainforests are often called the lungs of the planet for their role in absorbing carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and increasing local humidity. Rainforests also stabilize climate, house incredible amounts of plants and wildlife, and produce nourishing rainfall all around the planet.