Rainforests - Who Cares?

In a 5-7 sentence, well constructed paragraph, answer the following question related to Latin American resources:  Every year people destroy 33.8 million acres of tropical rain forests, which is about 64 acres every minute.  Do you think U.S. citizens have a responsibility to do something to help protect the rain forest?  Why or why not?
(Be sure to go beyond your textbook by using the internet to further inform yourself of the issue.)