100 Facts Rainforests – Bitesized Facts & Awesome Images to Support KS2 Learning

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Fact 36: In a 2017 analysis published in the scientific journal PNAS, climate scientists concluded that forest conservation/restoration, natural climate solutions and sustainable agriculture could provide more than one-third of the global climate mitigation required to stabilize warming to below 2 °C. These forest types form a mosaic of vegetation types which contribute to the incredible diversity of the tropics.

Many organizations and individuals are working to protect rainforests and the species that depend on them. One example is the Nepenthes rafflesiana which can grow up to 9 metres tall, with pitchers 3 metres wide. The rainforest is also home to some of the world's largest and most dangerous snakes, such as the anaconda and the boa constrictor. Rainforests also have many unique species, such as the poison dart frog, which uses its bright colors to warn predators of its toxicity. As such, the IUCN has classified jaguars as near-threatened, which makes them considerably closer to extinction than other species.For example, many rainforest plants have evolved to have large leaves that allow them to capture more sunlight in the lower levels of the forest. Earth Month is well underway and we’re celebrating by planting trees in one of the most essential ecosystems on Earth: Rainforests! Despite its constant shade, the ground floor of the rainforest is the site for important interactions and complex relationships. According to Global Forest Watch, our planet loses tropical forestland equivalent to the size of Bangladesh every year. A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.

This can be done for many reasons, such as clearing an area for farming, logging for wood, mining, settlement and roads. According to rainforest facts, these ecosystems are not only found in areas with high levels of annual rainfall. Okapis, which are found in the Congo Basin, are animals that look like part-zebras and part-giraffes. A: An average of 137 species of life forms are driven into extinction every day in the world’s tropical rainforests.The forest floor is one of the principal sites of decomposition, a process paramount for the continuance of the forest as a whole.