A look at the two greatest threats that Rainforests face at the moment, the first, fire, is a direct threat than can occur due to wild or extreme weather. While other types of forests in Australia have adapted to bushfires, these types of fires are an existential threat to rainforests, they simply don't recover from them. The second threat is on a global scale, it's the changing of climate due to Climate change that fundamentally upsets the delicate balance required for Rainforests to function.