The Devastation of Deforestation According to National Geographic‚ forests cover about thirty percent of the Earth’s land area. This percentage is falling drastically. Deforestation is the process of forests being cleared through logging and/or burning to use for timber or to use the area for other purposes. Many estimate that the Earth’s rainforests will be completely wiped out in 100 years. The World Wildlife Fund is the leading organization in the fight to prevent deforestation. Along with protesting
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The Danger of Deforestation(rough draft) By Chenghao Chen ENGL 289 Mrs. Michelle Graf 7/1/2012 It is obvious the importance of the forest vegetation to everyone in the society. However‚ people in the past ages did a kind of thing that they thought was very meaningful—cutting down the trees. When they recall this history‚ most of them cannot be restrained from their remorse and guilty to it. Trees or forest are things that not only protect the environment but also help people to live better
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called deforestation. Deforestation is when people burn or cut down a group of trees. It has many negative effects on environment such as climate change‚ clearing of habitats‚ and killing millions of species. The trees are used for fuel‚ to create commercial items such as paper‚ and highly prized items such as palm oil from palm trees. “Deforestation in Amazon Basin is destroying the habitat and endangers a multitude of plant and animal species indigenous to the area.” Deforestation is not
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the legal and fiscal policies of the Brazilian government which directly encourage deforestation of the Amazon forest. It focuses on five key aspects of government policy: - Taxes on agricultural income - Rules of land allocation - Land taxes - Tax credit schemes - Subsidized credits Furthermore‚ it the author suggests several provisions such as increased incentives for forest guards in order to curb the deforestation practices. Brazil’s income tax laws for agriculture virtually exempt it and instead
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for timber and paper pulp and cleared to grow mono-crops like palm oil and soy while they are deteriorating from the impacts of global warming. Deforestation is a major driver of global warming‚ responsible for up to 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions–more than all the cars‚ trucks‚ planes‚ boats and trains in the world combined. Deforestation doesn’t just threaten our climate‚ it threatens the livelihoods of 1.6 billion people that rely on forests for food and economic activity. Forests
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Tropical Deforestation Medicine‚ homes‚ lives‚ and more demolished on a daily basis due to tropical deforestation. Unfortunately‚ tropical forests are being demolished everyday all over the world. “The clearing of tropical forests across the Earth has been occurring on a large scale basis for many centuries.” This once widely known issue has been quite in the North-Eastern United States. The issue was once broadcasted over the television‚ magazines‚ newspaper‚ and all sources of media
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has one of the highest deforestation rates in South America‚ second only to Brazil. This effect is seen particularly in eastern Bolivia where the interregional effects of Brazilian policy and infrastructure can easily be felt across the border. Bolivia‚ as well as other regions in the Amazon are largely inhabited by a wide variety of indigenous cultures that depend on the natural resources of a region for their livelihood and existence. The largest factor in rapid deforestation and desertification
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Deforestation has been taking places in every part of the world. Many forests have been cleared out without considering the effect to the world. Deforestation was‚ is and is going to be done with the reason to fulfill human’s need. Forest was used to cover around 50% of the total land in the earth‚ but sadly forest only cover around 30% of the total land. Can we still call earth the green planet if deforestation keeps on happening? I strongly believe that we need to stop deforestation before it is
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CAUSES OF DEFORESTATION Deforestation is the product of the interaction of the many environmental‚ social‚ economic‚ cultural‚ and political forces at work in any given region. The mix of these forces varies from decade to decade‚ and from country to country. As a consequence‚ generalizations are dangerous. In most cases‚ deforestation is a process that involves a competition amongst different land users for scarce resources‚ a process exacerbated by counter-productive policies and weak institutions
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medicine‚ and shelter as well as breathable air. At the rate that forests are being cut down we are not able to replant them due to lack of funding and space. Many of the lands that were once forests are now homes to factories that encourage more deforestation. Although it may not seem relevant to some people of the United States‚ this country still benefits from rain forests around the world. The United State’s government does have some economic incentives for preserving forests in the U.S. and other
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