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About Rainforests

 

The world's rainforests represent 3.4 million square miles of tropical forest that encircle the equator.

Land half the size of San Francisco contains 545 kinds of birds, 100 species of dragon flies, and 729 types of butterflies.

 

Two hundred and five kinds of mammals, 845 types of birds, and 10,000 different varieties of plants inhabit the Costa Rican rainforests.

 

In one hectare of mountain habitat, over 100 different species of trees may exist.

The Amazon Basin stores two-thirds of all the earth's fresh water.

 

The rainforest contains such a plethora of life that humans have been unable to classify and name all of it. Many species are becoming extinct without their existence ever being recorded.

 

Tropical rainforests provide between 25% and 40% of all pharmaceutical products.

 

Three thousand plants have anticancer properties; of these, 70% inhabit the rainforests.

About The Rainforest Site (the real one, that is. Visit it!) :

 

The Rainforest Site (www.therainforestsite.com) was founded May 1, 2000 to help protect our environment. Visitors to The Rainforest Site can save a free area of rainforest with the "click of a button." These donations, distributed by The Nature Conservancy, are paid for by The Rainforest Site's sponsors. The Rainforest Site was founded by GreaterGood.com, which also operates The Hunger Site.

 

Sign The Rainforest Site Petition, which will be delivered to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development this Fall 2000. The petition urges the UN to enforce the international community's political and legal commitments to protect the rainforests. All you have to do is click on the link below to sign up - and don't forget to pass this e-mail along to all of your friends:

 

http://www.therainforestsite.com/rbt/TRSPetition/r06132