Tropical Rainforests

The “green lungs” of the planet, they absorb 20% of the world's carbon emissions. Tropical forests cover 2% of the earth's surface but are home to more than half of all species. Deforestation is responsible for 20% of all global warming emissions. Six-million square miles of tropical rainforest once existed worldwide. Less than half remains. At current rates of tropical forest destruction, every year an area nearly the size of the United Kingdom is lost.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

• Buying sustainably harvested or reclaimed wood  and recycled or FSC certified paper products can help prevent deforestation.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

• Visit The Nature Conservancy and Rainforest Action Network.