What do we already know about the rainforets?

Amazon Rainforest

• The Amazon Rainforest is consider to be the world’s largest rainforest.
• The Amazon Rainforest is located at South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Venezuela, etc)
• 10% of the world’s known species live in the Amazon rainforest.
• 20% of the world’s bird species live in the Amazon rainforest.
• 40,000 plant species, 3,000 freshwater fish species and more than 370 reptile species exist in the Amazon.
• More than 30 million people from 350 indigenous and ethnic groups live in the Amazon and depend on nature for agriculture, clothing and traditional medicines.
• At current deforestation rates, 55% of the Amazon's rainforests could be gone by 2030.

 http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/wherewework/amazon/index.html
 http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/amazonrainforest.html