Why should tropical rainforests be protected?

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  • Why should tropical rainforests be protected?
    • biodiversity
      • tropical rainforests contain more than 1/2 of all the plant and animals in the world
    • medicine
      • around 25% of all medicines come from rainforest plants
    • resources
      • valuable hardwoods, nuts, fruit and rubber
    • water
      • rainforests are important sources for clean water
    • people
      • indigenous tribes live sustainably, e.g. the Achuar tribe of the Peruvian Amazon
    • climate change
      • rainforests absorb and store CO2 (carbon sink)
    • climate
      • rainforests prevent the climate from becoming too hot and dry - and produce 28% of the world's oxygen

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