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In this term paper, I will explain the great importance of the tropical

Rainforests around the world and discuss the effects of the tragedy of

rainforest destruction and the effect that it is having on the earth. I will

talk about the efforts being made to help curb the rate of rainforest

destruction and the peoples of the rainforest, and I will explore a new topic

in the fight to save the rainforest, habitat fragmentation. Another topic being

discussed is the many different types of rainforest species and their

uniqueness from the rest of the world.



First, I will discuss the many species of rare and exotic animals, Native to

the Rainforest. Tropical Rainforests are home to many of the strangest looking

and most beautiful, largest and smallest, most dangerous and least frightening,

loudest and quietest animals on earth. There are many types of animals that

make their homes in the rainforest some of them include: jaguars, toucans,

parrots, gorillas, and tarantulas. There are so many fascinating animals in

tropical rainforest that millions have not even identified yet. In fact, about

half of the world’s species have not even been identified yet. But sadly, an

average of 35 species of rainforest animals are becoming extinct every day.



So many species of animals live in the rainforest than any other parts of the

world because rainforests are believed to be the oldest ecosystem on earth.

Some forests in southeast Asia have been around for at least 100 million years,

ever since the dinosaurs have roamed the earth. During the ice ages, the last

of which occurred about 10,000 years ago, the frozen areas of the North and

South Poles...