FACTS about the Rainforest

*28% of the world's oxygen comes from the rainforest

*At the rate we are going, the world's rainforests will be gone in 100 years

*After the trees are cut down, the area is burned

*Indigenous people lose their freedom and their lives trying to stop rainforest destruction

*Many species go extinct each year

For more facts, check out the Nature Conservatory webpage at: http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/urgentissues/rainforests/rainforests-facts.xml