1. We are all connected in the web of life, a. but people who live far away from the Amazon don't need to worry about it and people around the world depend on healthy rain forests b. 2. The professor uses the example of the bees and Brazil nut trees to show that a. big things can depend on small things b. rain forest plants depend on pollination 3. There are many causes of rain forest destruction, a. and humans are responsible for many of them b. but the rain forest is not in danger