Two thousand known rain forest plants contain anti-cancer compounds. Many popular fruit-, such as bananas, coffee beans and oranges, just to name a few, were discovered in the rainforest. Lumber from rain forests is the second major export. It is used to make many different kinds of paper products as well as wood products such as furniture. The rain forest provides us with more than just things we can actually take out of it.
Rainforests help prevent soil erosion.
They also act as sort of a barrier during hurricanes, absorbing most of the rain and shielding villages and cities from the high winds. Logging is the second major cause of rainforest destruction. Most of the time a lot of trees are destroyed just to get to a few trees. Many countries have taken steps to try to conserve the rain forest. Many groups have dedicated their studies to the rain forest.