Tropical rainforests comprise only 7% of the Earth's land surface, yet they support more than 60% of all known plant and animal species.
Tropical rainforests comprise only 7% of the Earth's land surface, yet they support more than 60% of all known plant and animal species. Worldwide, tropical rainforests are facing many anthropogenic threats, such as pollution, climate change, and deforestation. The Amazon rainforest is the most extensive equatorial forest in the world and represents the largest reservoir of plant and animal species, hosting an estimated one-quarter of all terrestrial species. It is home of many tribal communities and incontestably, it is their lands. The Amazon rainforest is under rampant threat from widespread illegal and immoral deforestation, primarily for unsustainable agriculture.