17 Incredible Places That May Disappear Soon

Atlantic Forest, South America

The species-rich Atlantic Forest originally spanned between 390,000 and 580,000 square miles (1,000,000 and 1,500,000 square kilometers), spreading across Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay.

According to the World Wide Fund For Nature, due to expansion of logging and agriculture, the forest is now less than seven percent its original size and exists mainly in isolated patches.