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Although rainforests cover only a small part of the Earth, they’re home to over half the world’s plants and animals.
Rainforests once covered 14 per cent of the Earth’s land surface.
Now they only cover 6 per cent.
One and
a half acres of rainforest are lost every second.
Going, going . . . gone
If we aren’t careful, then animals that are endangered now will soon become extinct, like these amazing creatures who have already disappeared:
Dodo
Experts estimate that the last remaining rainforests could be destroyed in less than 40 years.
Coral reefs are home to one quarter of the world’s fish species and they protect the coastlines of 109 countries. But approximately 75 per cent of the world’s coral reefs are rated as threatened.
75%
About 50 per cent of
all turtle species are threatened with extinction.
50%
Out of the six animal groups, amphibians are the most endangered. But, according to the IUCN, a number of species from every group are considered threatened too. Here are some approximate figures:
Woolly mammoth
13%
7%
25%
35%
6%
41%
Birds Fish
Mammals
Reptiles
Invertebrates
Amphibians
Tasmanian tiger
. . . and many, many more like the Pyrenean ibex, the passenger pigeon, the quagga, the Caribbean monk seal and the great auk.
% of threatened species in each animal group
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