... For example animals and plants depend on fruit and rotting leaves from trees for their energy and many trees depend on animals to pollinate their flowers and spread their seeds. So what do they do for us? It is not just a matter of what they do for us, but also what they do for other species of plants and animals. They are the last great wilderness of the world and the only place some animals live, so as we destroy the forest we destroy them, at least one animal becomes extinct every day because of deforestation. Below is a table of the number of plants and animals that we know have become extinct or endangered due to deforestation: Class Critically Endangered Vulnerable Total Extinct Endangered Endangered Mammal 169 315 612 1096 89 Birds 168 235 704 1107 108 Reptiles 41 59 153 253 21 Amphibians 18 31 75 124 5 Insects 44 116 377 537 73 Other Animals 471 423 1194 2088 343 The table above may only be the tip of the ice-berg however; other unknown animals could have been killed in the deforestation also many plants are unaccounted for as it is not always ...

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