Forest conservation

• Over 40% of the world’s oxygen is produced by rainforests. 
• Forests are home to 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity. 
• The livelihoods of 1.6 billion people depend on forests. 
• More than a quarter of modern medicines, worth an estimated US$ 108 billion a year, originate from tropical forest plants.  
• The carbon in forests exceeds the amount of carbon currently in the atmosphere.