Beautiful Rainforests

Why are Rainforests getting smaller ?

Tropical rain forests grow in warm parts of the world, near the equator. The largest rainforests are in Indonesia, Africa and South America. But rain forests are getting smaller.
Rain forests are becoming smaller as people cut them down. Every year, more than five million hectares of rainforest are cut down or burnt. Enough rain forest to cover two football fields is lost every second.
Rain forests are cut down for timber, they are also cleared to make cattle ranches and farms. People dig them up to mine gold or extract oil from the ground. People bury rain forests under huge dams.
The tropical rain forests are far away, but we can still help to repair the damage caused by: recycling paper, buying things with no cardboard or paper packaging, making less garbage, planting more trees and telling people about rainforests.Tropical rainforests grow in warm parts of the world, near the equator. The largest rainforests are in Indonesia, Africa and South America. But rain forests are getting smaller.
Rain forests are becoming smaller as people cut them down. Every year, more than five million hectares of rainforest are cut down or burnt. Enough rain forest to cover two football fields is lost every second.
Rain forests are cut down for timber, they are also cleared to make cattle ranches and farms. People dig them up to mine gold or extract oil from the ground. People bury rain forests under huge dams.
The tropical rain forests are far away, but we can still help to repair the damage caused by: recycling paper, buying things with no cardboard or paper packaging, making less garbage, planting more trees and telling people about rain forests.