How is the Amazon Rain forest getting on ?
I’m going to give you some very raw statistics on our world’s rain forests. Tropical and temperate rain forests have been subjected to heavy logging and agricultural clearance throughout the 20th century and the area covered by rain forests around the world is shrinking. Biologists have estimated that large numbers of species are being driven to extinction (possibly more than 50,000 a year; at that rate, says E. O. Wilson of Harvard University, a quarter or more of all species on Earth could be exterminated within 50 years) due to the removal of habitat with destruction of the rain forests. Another factor causing the loss of rain forest is expanding urban areas. Littoral rain forest growing along coastal areas of eastern Australia is now rare due to ribbon development to accommodate the demand for sea change lifestyles. The forests are being destroyed at a rapid pace. Almost 90% of West Africa’s rain forest has been destroyed. Since the arrival of humans 2000 years ago, Madagascar has
