| If we are to save what is left of the rainforests on | | | | The rainforests are also home to millions of species |
| earth, we need to understand and make people | | | | of animals, each contributing to its ecosystem. For |
| understand the part these forests play in our life, and | | | | every drawer or kitchen cabinet built out of |
| in our existence. For most people, the rainforests are | | | | rainforest wood, we lose a few thousand of species, |
| exotic worlds to be seen in Discovery Channel and to | | | | not even aware what role they played in our |
| be forgotten. After all, how does a dense forest full | | | | bio-diversity. |
| of unknown plants and animals matter to us? | | | | The rainforests are also called the world's biggest |
| Well, first of all the rainforests are the most | | | | pharmacy, with thousands of medicinal plants yet to |
| untouched and pristine ecosystems remaining on | | | | be discovered in its depths. Scientists believe that |
| earth and contribute to the climatic balance of our | | | | some of these plants can be the only answer to the |
| earth. The collective photosynthesis by the | | | | emerging new disease plaguing the human world. |
| rainforest's trees let off a little bit off oxygen in the | | | | Along with the rainforests, our only cure for cancer |
| atmosphere every day. By absorbing the high rainfall | | | | may also be vanishing. |
| in also balances out the climate and vegetation in the | | | | Let's not forget the hundreds of tribes of native |
| surrounding areas. | | | | people who live in the depths of these forests, in |
| Example is how deforestation in Brazil has led to | | | | complete harmony with that ecosystem. Many have |
| massive landslides and mudslides that have killed | | | | no contact with the outside world and are not aware |
| thousands of people. Some areas are also beginning | | | | of anything beyond the boundaries of their world. |
| to experience drought as the rainforests dwindle in | | | | They provide a unique glimpse into our history and |
| size. The Rainforests also keep the air cleaner and | | | | evolution, an example of how our ancestors might |
| healthier and as rainforests are cut down, diseases | | | | have lived in quiet harmony with nature. |
| and respiratory illnesses are seen to rise in | | | | What the world needs to know is that the |
| surrounding areas. | | | | Rainforests are not exotic slide shows but the |
| The rainforests are also the biggest natural | | | | perfect examples of how we should maintain our |
| greenhouses on earth and are capable of sustaining | | | | ecosystem. These forests may be the only things |
| life within it by producing its own food. As fears for | | | | keeping our climate in balance despite global warming. |
| food crisis grows in our world, scientists are looking | | | | But the area of forests rapidly dwindling, the balance |
| into the resilient world of rainforests to find crops | | | | may tilt in the favor of global warming and then |
| and plants that can fight the growing climatic shifts. | | | | there won't be any rainforests left or the exotic |
| So, the rainforests can be the only thing standing | | | | animals and plants the hold. |
| between humanity and starvation. | | | | |