10 Interesting Rainforest Facts

On the following post, we are going to discuss 10 interesting facts about rainforest. if you have different opinion, you can use comment to interact with us

1. We realize the true value of rainforest after the rainforest near the doom. Rainforest area used to cover 14% of earth total area and now they only cover 4-6% of dry land on the planet. It is predicted that in the next 4 decades this number will be close to zero

Deep Rainforest

2.Rainforest raid

Because of the economic value, around 1.5 acres of rainforest area became new open areas every hour. Most of logging companies or landowners prefer short economic benefit than long-term sustainable health and profitable business.

3.Richness of Rainforest

Around 50% of living organism, animals and plants will feel the impact of rainforest deforestation badly in the next 25 years. Biologist estimated 137 different plants, insects and other living species extinct every day due to the effect of deforestation. As these un-classified plants and species extinct, we are losing chances to find cures to heal new diseases. Today, 121 drugs composition are coming from plant. About 25% of western drug prescriptions are taken from rainforest. These plants are less than 1% of all tropical plants and tress that scientists have been classified and researched

4.Rainforest in the past and in the present

To get the economic value, most loggers use chainsaws, bulldozers and fires to clear rainforest trees. Once the area cleared and the timber processed, the non-tree area became a new ranching field or farming. Ten million Indians were living on Amazonian rainforest around 500 years ago. Because of deforestation and Europeans colonization and savages, the number now is mere 200,000. Without trees, Indians could not survive on the jungle.

5.Amazon

In Amazonian area alone, European colonist had erased more than 90 native tribes since the early 20th century. European colonists deforested millions acres of rainforest area and consequently extracted rainforest people who depended of the rainforest trees and plants. Many native medicines men and shamans who inherited traditional prescription died and today most of the survived shamans are around 70 years old and beyond. Every medicine man who knows how to advantage rainforest trees and plant are shorter.

Amazonian Map

The Richness of Rainforests

6. Total area of Amazonian rainforest spans more than one billion acres. It greens Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, up to eastern Andean region of Ecuador and Peru. If Amazon a country, it must be 9th biggest countries in the planet. Amazon rainforest is considered as Lungs of the earth because it recycles world’s carbon dioxide into new oxygen. It produces more than 20 percent oxygen supplies to the planet.

7.Potency of Rainforest

Around half bio diversities and species include plants; insects and animals stay in rainforest area. Amazon basin supplied 1.5 of fresh water need. 2.47 acres of rainforest area might fills with 750 different plants and 1500 different organisms. Rainforest is a gift to any country that can maintain it well and curse to any country that let it dry and died

8.Rainforest and medicine

Around 3000 different fruits can be found in rainforest area. Western world only uses 200 of this while native Indians already cultivated or use 2,000 of it. Biochemist found that rainforest plants are rich of alkaloids, which protects them from insect. 25 percent of western pharmaceutical ingredient taken from rainforest.

9. U.S National Cancer institute found that from 3000 identified plants that have anti cancer 70 percent of them are only living in rainforest. Today, 25% of cancer suppressants are taken from rainforest organism and plants. Vincristine and periwinkle are some of the most powerful cancer suppressant ingredient that is available in rainforest. Presently, more than a hundred pharmaceutical companies and pharmaceutical research include Merck and National cancer institute founded a plant research program to find possible drugs to cure cancer, infections, even Aids

How to benefit rainforest properly

Rainforest

10. Biologist and economists have found that protecting rainforest and benefit the fruit, oil, and medical benefit will not only save the oxygen but also prosper the landowner. Latest statistic have shown that if a rainforest land extracted into farm or cattle operation the yield is $60 per acre, if all timber on the area are harvested the profit is $400 per acre. However, if a landowner keeps the rainforest with trees and harvest the plant production or fruit, the landowner can earn $2,400 per acre. Many landowners know the rainforest facts but many of them still prefer the shortcut way,