The rainforest is over 65 Million years old.
Rainforests are the oldest types of vegetation on the earth.
Rainforests now cover less than 2 percent of the Earth s surface. 90 percent of all species on Earth live in the rainforest. Ancestors of humans first evolved in the rainforest. If a Rainforest is cut down it takes up to 1,000 years for it to grow back to what it was before it was cut-down if seeds are replanted. Half of the World s fresh flowing water is stored in the Rainforest.