The rainforests are the most famous of all tropical forests. They are found where the climate is very hot and it rains a lot. There are about 500 million people in the world who live in or on the edges of the tropical forests.
Forests cover almost one-third of the earth's land surface and play a major role in sustaining life.
They are home to most of the world's biodiversity and provide us with many important products - lumber, panels, furniture, paper, poles, food, and medicines. The tropical forests are disappearing very fast. In the dryer tropical zones, desertification is affecting about one-sixth of the world's population in an area twice the size of the tropical forest. Without a doubt, the threat has become a global one. Actually, the forests are being cut down by all of us who use the products they produces.