The Controversial Issue Of Climate Change And Deforestation

Climate change is a heavily debated topic and has caused much controversy across the nation. Climate change has many factors, but one of the biggest is the deforestation and the cutting down of the earths major natural forests. Deforestation began starting in the late 1960s, with Brazil cutting down and burning forest at an alarming rate. To date, it has cleared 18 percent of the original Amazon. There are many differing perspectives and views of climate change and people who agree with the factor of deforestation and others who believe that it has nothing to do with climate change. Forests are a major resource for life of all different forms like plants and animals. They protect the earth from many different things like erosion and help
produce oxygen and help control the climate. Forests cover 31% of the land are a vital for life. According to Munita, “The biggest driver of deforestation is agriculture. Farmers cut forests to provide more room for planting crops or grazing livestock. Often, small farmers will clear a few acres by cutting down trees and burning them in a process known as slash and burn agriculture.” Deforestation has been going on for the last 50 or so years and only keeps expanding as the human population on the Earth continues to grow. This causes a major problem for the climate and the ever changing effect on climate change.