Our precious rainforest is disappearing at the rate of 6000 acres every hour (about the size of 4000 football fields) due to many threats.
Deforestation-
About seven million hectares of ancient forests are logged or cleared for their wood to make furniture or for the fireplace.
deforestation
Palm oil and agriculture-
Clears the rainforest for room for grazing cattle, growing crops and making room for planting and harvesting palm oil.
agriculture.
Mining-
Trees need clean water to survive and because of the contamination from mining, the trees will eventually die.
Mining.
Tourism-
When tourists go into the rainforest, they disturb the plants and animals living in the rainforest. Their buildings also take up space in the rainforest.