Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rain Forest Is Not in Danger of Being Destroyed
Table of Contents: Further Readings
Reprinted from "Q: Is the Destruction of the Amazon's Rain Forest an Eco-myth?" Insight on the News, Sept. 18, 2000, with permission from Insight, © 2000 News World Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.
Marc Morano is a correspondent for American Investigator, a television newsmagazine, and co-producer with Kent Washburn of Amazon Rainforest: Clear-Cutting the Myths.
There has been talk for years about the destruction of the Amazon rain forest. However, the Amazon is one of the most intact and least-endangered forests on the planet. The claim that the rain forests are being destroyed "at a rate of 20 football fields a minute" is false. …show more content…
"The Tiki Wars," Atlantic Monthly, February 2001. • Thomas L. Friedman. "Saving the Lost World," New York Times, March 31, 2000. • Christopher Hallowell. "Rainforest Pharmacist," Audubon, January 1999. • Mochamad Indrawan. "Bitter Chocolate," Far Eastern Economic Review, December 21, 2000. • Jen Krill. "Attention Shoppers ... PA System Takeovers," Animals' Agenda, July/August 2000. • Jennifer Lach. "Who's Responsible?" American Demographics, December 1999. • Larry Lohmann. "Carbon Con?" Multinational Monitor, September 2000. • B.D. Malamud, G. Morein, and D.L. Turcotte. "Forest Fires: An Example of Self-Organized Critical Behavior," Science, September 18, 1998. • Quint Newcomer. "The Monteverde Community: A Whole Greater than Its Parts," Social Education, March 1999. • Lisa M. Paciulli. "They're Logging Your Rain Forest," International Wildlife, July/August 2000. • Doug Peacock. "Land of the Spirit Bear," Amicus Journal, Winter 2001. • Fred Pearce. "Going, Going ...," New Scientist, June 10, 2000. • Paul Rauber. "Heat Wave," Sierra, September/October 1997. • David Ruppert. "Brazil's Greens Win Forest Showdown," World Watch, September/October …show more content…
Nearly three years ago a European Commission report blamed the industry for 72 percent of deforestation, and said its activities were much more harmful to the forests than felling by farmers or ranchers. The sawmills also waste an enormous amount of timber, sometimes as much as two-thirds of the trees felled. Even worse, most timber firms do not obey the law. "The strategic affairs ministry says about 80 percent of the timber is illegally chopped down in the region and forest management schemes are mostly ignored," says a survey put together by
Table of Contents: Further Readings
Reprinted from "Q: Is the Destruction of the Amazon's Rain Forest an Eco-myth?" Insight on the News, Sept. 18, 2000, with permission from Insight, © 2000 News World Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.
Marc Morano is a correspondent for American Investigator, a television newsmagazine, and co-producer with Kent Washburn of Amazon Rainforest: Clear-Cutting the Myths.
There has been talk for years about the destruction of the Amazon rain forest. However, the Amazon is one of the most intact and least-endangered forests on the planet. The claim that the rain forests are being destroyed "at a rate of 20 football fields a minute" is false. …show more content…
"The Tiki Wars," Atlantic Monthly, February 2001. • Thomas L. Friedman. "Saving the Lost World," New York Times, March 31, 2000. • Christopher Hallowell. "Rainforest Pharmacist," Audubon, January 1999. • Mochamad Indrawan. "Bitter Chocolate," Far Eastern Economic Review, December 21, 2000. • Jen Krill. "Attention Shoppers ... PA System Takeovers," Animals' Agenda, July/August 2000. • Jennifer Lach. "Who's Responsible?" American Demographics, December 1999. • Larry Lohmann. "Carbon Con?" Multinational Monitor, September 2000. • B.D. Malamud, G. Morein, and D.L. Turcotte. "Forest Fires: An Example of Self-Organized Critical Behavior," Science, September 18, 1998. • Quint Newcomer. "The Monteverde Community: A Whole Greater than Its Parts," Social Education, March 1999. • Lisa M. Paciulli. "They're Logging Your Rain Forest," International Wildlife, July/August 2000. • Doug Peacock. "Land of the Spirit Bear," Amicus Journal, Winter 2001. • Fred Pearce. "Going, Going ...," New Scientist, June 10, 2000. • Paul Rauber. "Heat Wave," Sierra, September/October 1997. • David Ruppert. "Brazil's Greens Win Forest Showdown," World Watch, September/October …show more content…
Nearly three years ago a European Commission report blamed the industry for 72 percent of deforestation, and said its activities were much more harmful to the forests than felling by farmers or ranchers. The sawmills also waste an enormous amount of timber, sometimes as much as two-thirds of the trees felled. Even worse, most timber firms do not obey the law. "The strategic affairs ministry says about 80 percent of the timber is illegally chopped down in the region and forest management schemes are mostly ignored," says a survey put together by