MUST WATCH!! WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE CUT DOWN FORESTS!?!?!?!

---------------MORE FACTS ABOUT RAIN FORESTS!----------------
An area of a rainforest the size of a football field is being destroyed each second. The forests of Central Africa are home to more than 8,000 different species of plants. More than 5,000 things are made from trees such as houses, furniture, pencils, utensils, fences, books, newspaper, movie tickets, even clothing and toothpaste.
The single oldest living thing on earth is a tree, its is 4,700 years old and is located in the US. It was growing when the Egyptians built the pyramids. Most rainforests are cleared for their timber value and then are followed by farming and ranching operations, by companies such as Mitsubishi Corporation, Texaco and Unocal.In less than one hundred years over half of the forest has now been cut and burned, leaving whole areas of the earth bare and unprotected, rendering entire regions lifeless. In less than one hundred years over half of the forest has now been cut and burned, leaving whole areas of the earth bare and unprotected, rendering entire regions lifeless. Over fifty million acres of tropical rain forest are destroyed every year, enough trees to fill all of England and Scotland combined. In what has been described as "the worst fire ever in the Brazilian Amazon,"a 250-mile-long line of fire destroyed about 15 percent of the Roraima State's savanna and forest before rains slowed the fires Covering an area the size of Belgium, the fires devastated about two thirds of the plants, animals and other biodiversity in the burned region. Over 300,000 acres of forest has burned in Indonesia's East Kalimantan, and over 5,000 people are suffering from smog-related diseases. While most of Malaysia is relatively clear of haze, certain parts, such as Siri in Sarawak, has been suffering from pollution indexes of above 500, which is considered hazardous to human health. Last year's haze cost the people of Southeast Asia $1.4 billion, mostly in short- term health costs, according to a study conducted by the Indonesia Program of WWF and the Singapore-based Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA). Another study is currently underway to determine the long-term costs to human health and wildlife. Fires are also destroying forests and wildlife in Vietnam, Thailand, Mongolia, Russia, Australia, Rwanda and several other countries.The world's forests fulfill many roles such as providing renewable raw materials and energy, maintaining biodiversity, and protecting land and water resources. However, they can be damaged by fire, agricultural and urban expansion, and other disturbances. How much forest is there on the planet and at what rate is it disappearing?-The area of land covered by forests is a key piece of information for forest policy in a country or region.
-About 30% of the global total land area is covered by forests, this amounts to just under 40 million km2. This corresponds to an area roughly the size of a football field for every person on the planet, but it is unevenly distributed.
-Deforestation, mainly conversion of forests to agricultural land, is continuing at an alarmingly high rate. Forest area decreased worldwide by 0.22% per year in the period 1990-2000 and 0.18% per year between 2000 and 2005. However, the net loss of forest is slowing down as a result of the planting of new forests and of natural expansion of forests. -Primary forests account for over a third of global forest area, but 60 000 km2 (an area roughly the size of Ireland) continue to be lost or modified by logging or other human interventions each year. Forest plantations are increasing but make up less than 5% of overall forest area.

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