RAINFOREST FACTS - Cool Earth€¦ · Most rainforest animals live in this layer due to an...
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coolearth.org THERE ARE AT LEAST 1,000 DIFFERENT INDIGENOUS GROUPS WHO LIVE IN RAINFORESTS ALL OVER THE WORLD RAINFORESTS CONTAIN TWO THIRDS OF ALL LIFE ON EARTH Although they only cover 2.5% of the planet, rainforests have lots of biodiversity. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE RAINFOREST ARE THE KEY TO PROTECTING IT Cool Earth is protecting the rainforest by investing in the livelihoods of people who live there. This means the forest is worth more standing than if it was cleared. 23 MILLION FOOTBALL PITCHES WORTH OF RAINFOREST ARE LOST EVERY YEAR RAINFOREST FACTS RAINFORESTS KEEP THE EARTH COOL Rainforests take carbon dioxide from the air and store it in their trunks, roots and leaves. When forests are destroyed this carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. MANY THINGS WE USE EVERY DAY COME FROM RAINFORESTS Such as bananas, avocados, chocolate, coffee, rubber, nuts and medicine. 350 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN RAINFORESTS 1 in every 10 people in the world depends on the rainforest for their livelihood. RAINFORESTS HELP MAKE THE AIR WE BREATHE RAINFORESTS ARE HOME TO MANY ENDANGERED SPECIES GRAUER’S GORILLLA Democratic Republic of Congo SOUTHERN CROWNED PIGEON Papua New Guinea SPECTACLED BEAR Peru water sunlight carbon dioxide food oxygen 0 2 C0 2 Rainforests grow through photosynthesis. + + + =
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THERE ARE AT LEAST 1,000 DIFFERENT INDIGENOUS GROUPS WHO LIVE IN RAINFORESTS ALL OVER THE WORLD
RAINFORESTS CONTAIN TWO THIRDS OF ALLLIFE ON EARTH Although they only cover 2.5% of the planet, rainforests have lots of biodiversity.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE RAINFOREST ARE THE KEY TO PROTECTING ITCool Earth is protecting the rainforest by investing in the
livelihoods of people who live there. This means the forest is worth more standing than if it was cleared.
23 MILLIONFOOTBALL PITCHES WORTH OF RAINFOREST ARE LOST EVERY YEAR
RAINFOREST FACTSRAINFORESTS KEEP THE EARTH COOL
Rainforests take carbon dioxide from the air and store it in their trunks, roots and leaves.
When forests are destroyed this carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere.
MANY THINGS WE USE EVERY DAY
COME FROM RAINFORESTS
Such as bananas, avocados, chocolate, coffee, rubber,
nuts and medicine.
350 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN
RAINFORESTS1 in every 10 people in the world depends
on the rainforest for their livelihood.
RAINFORESTS HELP MAKE THE AIR WE BREATHE
RAINFORESTS ARE HOME TO MANY
ENDANGERED SPECIES
GRAUER’S GORILLLA
Democratic Republic of Congo
SOUTHERN CROWNED PIGEON
Papua New Guinea
SPECTACLED BEAR
Peru
water sunlight carbon dioxide food oxygen
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Rainforests grow through photosynthesis.
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GEN
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Other plants grow on the top branches of the trees to reach the sunlight.
CA
NO
PY
This level has the highest density of branches and leaves absorbing the most light and moisture.
It can take up to ten minutes for rain to get through the canopy and reach the forest floor.
Most rainforest animals live in this layer due to an abundance food.
UN
DER
STORY
This level is very dark and gloomy.
Few plant species live here except for saplings and low crowns of palm trees.
FOREST FLO
OR
This level is dark and dry and covered in dead leaves, home to a variety of insects.
Occasionally a tree will die, leaving a gap in the canopy and a chance for pioneer plants to grow.
Only 2% of sunlight reaches the ground.
LEVELS OF A RAINFOREST
Jaguar
Sloth
Harpy Eagle
Toucan
Macaw
Blue Morpho Butterfly
Tapir
Pangolin
Poison Dart Frog
Orangutan
Illustrations by Harriet Gardiner | @harrietgardiner_art
This level is made of the tallest trees which can be up to 70m tall.
These trees experience the most extreme conditions including high winds, hot sun, lightning and heavy rain.
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