The Rainforest:

What You Need to Know, and What You Need to Do

What Are Rainforests?• A lush green habitat full of life• Rainforests are homes to over 1 million plants, birds,

animals, trees, and many other life forms• Its one of our main resources for food we eat, things we

need , and medicine we use to cure people• Rainforests act as the world’s thermostat by regulating

temperatures and weather patterns

Who lives there?• Many creatures like Three-toed-sloths, Macaws, Iguanas, Carver Ants, and Jaguars

• The natives who have small towns and villages deep in the jungle, live there and protect what they can of the rainforest

What is happening to it?• The rainforest is slowly but surely disappearing • Every second, a slice of rainforest the size of a football field

is mowed down. That’s 86,400 football fields of rainforest per day, or over 31 million football fields of rainforest each year

• Within 40 years from now the rainforest wont even hardly exist

How can I help?• Go online to rainforest protection websites• Buy recycled items• Recycle, or use recycled items• Plant trees• Websites- http://www.ran.org/ http://www.arborday.org/ http://www,rainforestalliance.org/http://www.mongabay.org/

What will helping do?• Helping the rainforest will keep our earth cleaner, regulate temperature and

help produce more clouds which can in turn reduce the risk of Global Warming. • Not only will it help you and others, it will help the natives and the animals who

need it most

How can I donate?

• Use the Websites two pages before to donate• Go to http://www.arborday.org and donate online• Order a Rainforest Rescue brochure, and use the donation

form • Send a check along with the order form for Protect-An-Acre

Do Your Part!!• Raise money and donate it with the PAA Form• Plant trees, and get others to plant them too• Spread the word to others so they can help • Start a Rainforest Rescue Club• Write letters to stop deforestation• Use my Replacing the Rainforest Blog for more info!