13 million hectares of forest have been converted for other uses or destroyed by natural causes. While I’m writing this, almost 3 hectares have been cleared.
Up to 28,000 species can go extinct in the next quarter century due to deforestation.
By the year 2030, we might only have 10% of Rainforests left and it can all disappear in a hundred years.
10% of the world’s forests are now protected areas. This is roughly the size of India.
Tropical Rainforests store more than 210 gigatons of carbon and deforestation is the cause of 15% of carbon emissions.
Cures for diseases have been found in plants and the raw materials come from our tropical rainforests.