RAINFORESTS LOST FOREVER

1.    LESS THAN 2% OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE IS COVERED BY

     TROPICAL RAINFORESTS.

2.    …WHICH ARE  …..THE MOST COMPLEX ECOSYSTEMS ON EARTH.

3.    30% OF THE EARTH IS COVERED BY FOREST.

4.    2.4 ACRES OF RAINFOREST ARE DESTROYED EVERY SECOND:  OR

·        AN AREA LARGER THAN NEW YORK CITY EVERY DAY.

·        OR, AN AREA LARGER THAN POLAND EVERY YEAR.

·        WHICH IS 78 MILLION ACRES.

5.    137 SPECIES OF LIFE FORMS BECOME EXTINCT EACH DAY.

6.    OR, 50,000 EACH YEAR

·        A RAIN FOREST THAT IS SUTAINABLY HARVESTED IS WORTH $7,000 PER YEAR:   (FROM FRUITS, TIMBER, LATEX).

·        CLEARCUT AS FARMLAND, IT IS WORTH  ONLY $148 PER ACRE.

·        SCIENTISTS ESTIMATE THAT BY 2030 ALL TROPICAL RAINFORESTS WILL BE GONE.

·        LOSS OF FORESTS IS THE MAJOR CAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE:  (GLOBAL WARMING).

·        WASHAKIE COUNTY,  WYOMING IS 2,242 SQUARE MILES, 

      OR…….1,400,000 ACRES

AT 2.4 ACRES LOST EACH SECOND,  IT WOULD TAKE  ONLY 7 DAYS FOR AN AREA OF RAINFOREST AS LARGE AS WASHAKIE COUNTY TO BE DESTROYED.

·        A GOOD THING…… 5% OF WORLD’S FORESTS ARE PLANTATIONS----HARVESTED WOOD THAT IS REPLANTED AND SUSTAINED.

WHERE DOES YOUR WOOD COME FROM???

·        MORE LAND EACH YEAR IS UNDER MANAGEMENT AND IS PROTECTED…….

HOW DO WE HELP?   BE GOOD CONSUMERS!!!!!!!!!!!!