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<p>[QUOTE="masterswimmer, post: 8567067, member: 102022"]Unfortunately the Amazon Rainforest is losing the battle.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>"In 1950, about 15 percent of the Earth's land surface was covered by rainforest. Today, more than half has already gone up in smoke. In fewer than fifty years, more than half of the world's tropical rainforests have fallen victim to fire and the chain saw, and the rate of destruction is still accelerating. <b><span style="color: #ff0000">Unbelievably, more than 200,000 acres of rainforest are burned every day. That is more than 150 acres lost every minute of every day, and 78 million acres lost every year!</span></b> More than 20 percent of the Amazon rainforest is already gone, and much more is severely threatened as the destruction continues. It is estimated that the Amazon alone is vanishing at a rate of 20,000 square miles a year. If nothing is done to curb this trend, the entire Amazon could well be gone within fifty years."</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><a href="https://rain-tree.com/facts.htm#:~:text=Unbelievably%2C%20more%20than%20200%2C000%20acres,million%20acres%20lost%20every%20year" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rain-tree.com/facts.htm#:~:text=Unbelievably%2C%20more%20than%20200%2C000%20acres,million%20acres%20lost%20every%20year" rel="nofollow">https://rain-tree.com/facts.htm#:~:text=Unbelievably, more than 200,000 acres,million acres lost every year</a>!</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="masterswimmer, post: 8567067, member: 102022"]Unfortunately the Amazon Rainforest is losing the battle. [I]"In 1950, about 15 percent of the Earth's land surface was covered by rainforest. Today, more than half has already gone up in smoke. In fewer than fifty years, more than half of the world's tropical rainforests have fallen victim to fire and the chain saw, and the rate of destruction is still accelerating. [B][COLOR=#ff0000]Unbelievably, more than 200,000 acres of rainforest are burned every day. That is more than 150 acres lost every minute of every day, and 78 million acres lost every year![/COLOR][/B] More than 20 percent of the Amazon rainforest is already gone, and much more is severely threatened as the destruction continues. It is estimated that the Amazon alone is vanishing at a rate of 20,000 square miles a year. If nothing is done to curb this trend, the entire Amazon could well be gone within fifty years." [URL]https://rain-tree.com/facts.htm#:~:text=Unbelievably%2C%20more%20than%20200%2C000%20acres,million%20acres%20lost%20every%20year[/URL]![/I][/QUOTE]
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