Deforestation Essay
Deforestation Carolyn Hurford 2nd Hour 4/1/13
“Deforestation is clearing Earth 's forests on a massive scale, often resulting in
damage to the quality of the land. Forests still cover about 30 percent of the world’s land area, but swaths the size of Panama are lost each and every year.” said by National Geographic. People only think of themselves when demolishing a forest, but they don 't really think of themselves and certainly not all the animals that need to survive in forests. If only 30% of the world is a forest that means more than 30% of animals are going in extinct, sooner or later it will be the human species. With the rate at which deforestation in continuing, forests will vanish in about 100 years. Mostly, deforestation continues for money. Deforestation around the world is an ever-growing problem for the human species. Although it has caused animals to become extinct, the main issue is the loss of human life. In order to correct this problem, deforestation must be stopped by having other rich countries pay the other countries to stop the deforestation instead of most countries doing what they want because no one has any claim on certain land. ! Once countries start paying to stop deforestation, it could stop world threats, like
global warming or global carbon emission, which can save animals and the human race. “Wealthy nations willing to collectively spend about $1 billion annually could prevent the emission of roughly half a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year for the next 25 years, new research suggests.” says Union of Concerned Scientists. Research suggests that wealthy countries are willing to pay about $1 billion annually. This could prevent the emission of roughly half a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide for the next 25 years. Deforestation releases 20% of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, as much that cars, trucks, trains, planes and ships combined give off. Deforestation is more dangerous than fuel in a car, yet people
“Deforestation is clearing Earth 's forests on a massive scale, often resulting in
damage to the quality of the land. Forests still cover about 30 percent of the world’s land area, but swaths the size of Panama are lost each and every year.” said by National Geographic. People only think of themselves when demolishing a forest, but they don 't really think of themselves and certainly not all the animals that need to survive in forests. If only 30% of the world is a forest that means more than 30% of animals are going in extinct, sooner or later it will be the human species. With the rate at which deforestation in continuing, forests will vanish in about 100 years. Mostly, deforestation continues for money. Deforestation around the world is an ever-growing problem for the human species. Although it has caused animals to become extinct, the main issue is the loss of human life. In order to correct this problem, deforestation must be stopped by having other rich countries pay the other countries to stop the deforestation instead of most countries doing what they want because no one has any claim on certain land. ! Once countries start paying to stop deforestation, it could stop world threats, like
global warming or global carbon emission, which can save animals and the human race. “Wealthy nations willing to collectively spend about $1 billion annually could prevent the emission of roughly half a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year for the next 25 years, new research suggests.” says Union of Concerned Scientists. Research suggests that wealthy countries are willing to pay about $1 billion annually. This could prevent the emission of roughly half a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide for the next 25 years. Deforestation releases 20% of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, as much that cars, trucks, trains, planes and ships combined give off. Deforestation is more dangerous than fuel in a car, yet people
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