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At one point the rainforest covered nearly 14% of the Earth, but the rainforest covers

a mere 6% of our planet.  Every second one-half acre of rainforest is lost.  Rainforests

are home to various animals and organisms, with rapid deforestation these animals

and organisms are threatened.  It is estimated that 137 species of plants, animals

and insects every day due to rainforest deforestation.  At that rate, in one year

 approximately 50,000 species will be lost.  As well as being home to animals and

organisms, the rainforest is also home to plants that yield cures for diseases.  At the

time, 121 prescription drugs come from plants that live in the rainforest.  As

rainforest deforestation continues, these plants will soon disappear eliminating the

possibility for new cures.  Aside from animals and plants that live in the rainforests, there

are natives that inhabit the land.  Five centuries ago, there was an estimated ten

million natives living in the rainforest, currently there are less 200,000.  Rainforest

deforestation is a global problem that effects industrial and developing countries.  The

rainforests are environmental treasures and must be protected.