Amazon Rainforest
...kly to make a complex forest. The Amazon rainforest has such a great diversity in the ecosystem. In this rainforest, it contains 16% of the entire flora on the Earth; the scientists estimate there are about 30,000 to 50,000 species of plants. There are more than 10,000 species of fauna were found here. In 1500, there were about 7 million indigenous people living in tropical rainforests. Today, there are less than 200,000. The reason for this is because their natural home, the rainforest is being destroyed for the poorer countries that have these forests in their boundaries to make money from the products to pay off debts owed to other countries, including the United States. The Forests are cut and burned to make room for animals grazing pastures, farming area, timber, sugarcane, rubber, tea, and coffee, and other assorted products. The rate at which this is happening is incredible. Brazil loses 5.4 million acres per year. Globally, 2.47 acres are lost per second( two United States football fi...