Rainforests
Period 2
4-11-12
They Should Be Saved Rainforests cover about six percent of the world. Millions of tribal people inhabit these rainforests. A little less than fifty percent of the world’s animals and insects live in the rainforests. Although rainforests seem so important, they are being destroyed at an alarming rate today. Humans should stop cutting down rainforests because destroying them causes plants and insects to become endangered and there is also a great supply of fruit and nut trees that will be lost if rainforests are cut down. Destroying rainforests causes plants and insects to become endangered. The book The Healing Power of Rainforests Herbs states that nearly half the world’s population of plants and insects lie in these rainforests. When humans take these animals’ habitats away, the animals have a hard time living and keeping their species alive. If all the animals living in the rainforest cannot survive because their homes are being destroyed, then the world will lose about half of its population of plants and animals. Once these animals and insects are lost, they are lost forever. Destroying rainforests can eventually cause animals to become endangered, which can then lead to extinction. George Rogers Clark once said, “A country that is not worth protecting, is not worth claiming.” He said this quote when America was fighting for its freedom against the British; and he meant that because the people settled in America, they should be willing to protect it by fighting or giving help to the army. An article on rainforest destruction by Caltech states that a substantial amount of rainforests’ trees and plants are cut down and taken without being re-planted. If society is not willing to protect our precious ecosystems, such as the rainforests, then we should not take from them. The destruction of rainforests is causing many types of plants and insects to become endangered. Rainforest destruction is not only affecting plants and
4-11-12
They Should Be Saved Rainforests cover about six percent of the world. Millions of tribal people inhabit these rainforests. A little less than fifty percent of the world’s animals and insects live in the rainforests. Although rainforests seem so important, they are being destroyed at an alarming rate today. Humans should stop cutting down rainforests because destroying them causes plants and insects to become endangered and there is also a great supply of fruit and nut trees that will be lost if rainforests are cut down. Destroying rainforests causes plants and insects to become endangered. The book The Healing Power of Rainforests Herbs states that nearly half the world’s population of plants and insects lie in these rainforests. When humans take these animals’ habitats away, the animals have a hard time living and keeping their species alive. If all the animals living in the rainforest cannot survive because their homes are being destroyed, then the world will lose about half of its population of plants and animals. Once these animals and insects are lost, they are lost forever. Destroying rainforests can eventually cause animals to become endangered, which can then lead to extinction. George Rogers Clark once said, “A country that is not worth protecting, is not worth claiming.” He said this quote when America was fighting for its freedom against the British; and he meant that because the people settled in America, they should be willing to protect it by fighting or giving help to the army. An article on rainforest destruction by Caltech states that a substantial amount of rainforests’ trees and plants are cut down and taken without being re-planted. If society is not willing to protect our precious ecosystems, such as the rainforests, then we should not take from them. The destruction of rainforests is causing many types of plants and insects to become endangered. Rainforest destruction is not only affecting plants and