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Rainforests are vital to life on Earth🌎. They absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen, help stabilise the climate, are home to an incredible variety of plants🌱 and wildlife🐸and regulate rainfall across the globe. #WorldRainforestDay #NatureMatters #Connect2Earth 
Rainforests are some of the most biodiverse places on Earth, and yet each year 14,000 sq km of rainforests are destroyed due to illegal logging, development and agriculture. #WorldRainforestDay #NatureMatters #Connect2Earth
Did you know that many raw materials come from rainforests? Plant species found in rainforests provide materials like rubber, oils, gum, waxes, flavourings and dyes. This rubber tapper is scoring the bark of a wild rubber tree to extract latex. #WorldRainforestDay #Connect2Earth
Over 3,000 different fruits are found in rainforests! At least 80% of the developed world’s food originated in tropical rainforests, including avocados, oranges, lemons, bananas, corn, potatoes, rice, cocoa, cinnamon, coffee and vanilla. #Connect2Earth
We need to commit to conserving the world’s rainforests. Not only to protect the animals and plants that call them home, but because they provide us with so many benefits, from raw materials to medicines. #WorldRainforestDay #NatureMatters #Connect2Earth
Help protect rainforests! Look for deforestation-free products with labels like FSC and RSPO. Ensure that products containing #palmoil use sustainable sources, to help protect species like the orangutan. #WorldRainforestDay #NatureMatters #Connect2Earth
