The rainforest needs your help. People are cutting down the rainforests for many reasons.

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The rainforest needs your help. People are cutting down the rainforests for many reasons.

  • People cut down tree for mahogany, teak etc. They cut them down to fast for the rainforest to recover its former strength.
  • People are looking for gold, diamonds, tin & ore. They will sell this for money.
  • Money. An important aspect. Some people are too poor and are trying to find a job.
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Who suffers?

  • Animals suffer. They get scared, they are easy target for poachers and their homes and food & water sources are destroyed.
  • The soil suffers. Rainforest soil is poor. Nutrition is made from rotting leaves. When there are no trees to provide dead leaves the rain comes and washes the nutrition away.
  • Local tribes suffer. They have learnt to live sustainably in the rainforest. Now other men tried to force them to go. When they refused, some tried to kill them.
  • You suffer! Many species are being killed of every year. These include plants that ...

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