By SYLVIA WESTALL Love your new dining room table ... but did you ask the salesman whether it's made from chopped up rainforest trees? A growing number of shoppers are doing just that when buying furniture because of concerns about the effects of shrinking rainforests on global warming and the extinction of rare species of flora and fauna that inhabit these forests.

RAINFOREST LUMBER Tropical rainforests supply about one fifth of the world's industrial lumber. Logging companies claim that most of their logging is selective rather than clear cutting and that only 5 to 7 percent of wood taken from tropical forests is exported.

Whenever people talk about deforestation, usually the things that spring to mind are negative thoughts brought on mostly by media hypes and environmentalist drives. People think about global warming, depletion of natural resources, and the casual extinction of indigenous fauna and flora. Yet people don't seem to realize that there are actually quite a few benefits of deforestation.

Trees are one of the most important aspects of the planet we live in. Trees are vitally important to the environment, animals, and of course for us humans. They are important for the climate of the Earth, as they act as filters of carbon dioxide.

Why are they being destroyed? In the past 50 years much of the rainforest in Africa and Asia has been destroyed. Large areas of rainforest are being cut down, often in order to remove just a few logs, and rainforest is being destroyed at double the rate of all previous estimates.

Rainforest Wood Avoiding Unsustainable. Rainforest Wood Rainforest Relief has been focused on reducing the imports of tropical woods into the US since we started the group in 1989. We have grown to become the leading US organization working to prevent the use of tropical hardwoods by US governments, corporations and individuals.

Amazon Rainforest Products There are many different products from the Amazon rainforest. Following are some important products and a brief explanation about them.