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Visiting website will help save the rainforest

Every day, more than 100 species become extinct. The single greatest cause of species extinction in the next century will be tropical deforestation. Scientists estimate that roughly five to ten percent of tropical rainforest species will be destroyed per decade if current rates of tropical forest loss and disturbance continue. So what can we do to help? Simple - click a button.

Visit http://rainforest.care2.com, running until Earth Day on April 22. You can go once a day and, with the click of a button, make a donation to protect rainforest land free of charge. Supervised by Care2, an organization dedicated to the improvement and preservation of the environment, every day that you click on the site button each of their sponsors donates five cents. Each person's individual impact is charted and students should also try to get their friends involved.

Following Earth Day the names of the top 100 rainforest saving participants will be disclosed on Care2.com and an additional 1,000 acres will be donated for their efforts. All of the money raised by the Website will go directly to the Nature Conservancy's Adopt An Acre program, which focuses on preserving two to three imperiled forest sites each year. Currently this program is working to protect Brazil's largest wetland, covering more than 68,000 square miles.

Over the last decade, 113 million rainforest acres have been destroyed. Of the 3,000 plants that have anti-cancer properties, 70 percent grow in rainforests. More than 50 percent of species live in tropical rainforests. By making the minimal effort to go to this site each day for the next few months, you can save lives, preserve species and guard valuable ecosystems for future generations.