Tropical rainforests cover ~6% of land yet hold over half of Earth’s land species
A thin belt of warm, wet forest near the equator packs extraordinary life into a small share of Earth’s land — often cited near 6% of terrestrial area while sheltering well over half of known land plants and animals.
Year-round warmth, layered canopies, and steady moisture create countless niches from soil fungi to canopy birds. Evolution had long, stable stages to invent specialists that never leave the forest.
Lose a rainforest hectare and you do not lose “just trees.” You erase unique branches of the tree of life that nowhere else on Earth can replace.
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