background info

• The forest biomes have been evolving for about 420 million years
• Today, forests occupy about 1/3 of Earth's land area

types of forests

• tropical
• temperate
• boreal (taiga)

forest info

• Forests are home to a diversity of plants, some of which may hold medicinal qualities for humans, as well as thousands of animal species, some still undiscovered
• Forests can also absorb carbon dioxide a greenhouse gas, and give off oxygen