Save the Rainforests

If you have ever been to a rainforest then you will know what an amazing habitat it is, full of life, thick with vegetation and hot and humid. Rainforests come in a variety of types; tropical and temperate rainforests, cloud forest, lowland rainforest, hill slope rainforest all of which can be either primary or secondary in nature. One thing all these types of rainforest have in common is that they are all in decline. Primary, lowland, tropical rainforest is the habitat most people know as "Jungle" and is the one that is most endangered as it is often the most fertile and most easily cleared; in many parts of the tropics rainforest only now exists on inaccessible hill slopes and the lowland wildlife has vanished.

Countries that possess large areas of rainforest often see these areas as "wasteland" and the wood contained within them represents a potential source of income. For many countries where farmland is in short supply, rainforest clearance represents a way of unlocking valuable agricultural land. However, with rainforests disappearing at an alarming rate, and with them the species that depend upon them it is becoming increasingly important to protect the remaining rainforests.

One of the most effective ways of protecting rainforest is to buy it.