It’s estimated that about 30 percent of the world is covered in forests and about half of the world’s tropical forests have been cleared. Deforestation is a method of removing trees and forests through the process of cutting and burning, this has been around for hundreds of years. It is most popular in placed with tropical rainforests. The land serves as a wide variety of different things. Deforestation is popular around the world and it can been seen in many different countries. On county in particular, South America, the people turn to agriculture to meet the needs of everyday life, which leads to deforestation. In poor communities in places like South America, farming is the way of life because this is how they survives and make money.
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If this happens, the ecology of the forest will collapse. The rainforest is known to produce half of its own rainfall through the moisture it releases and by clearing the trees, the remaining trees would be left to dry out and die. The effects of this can already be seen today, many of the rivers are starting to decline in their levels of water by as much as 40 feet. Now, because of the burning of trees as well, Brazil has become one of the largest emitter of greenhouse gases. While Brazil is mostly known for the loss of its forests, they also lead the world in conservation efforts. Nearly half of the rainforest is under a form of protection. From the late 1970’s to the mid 2000’s, parts of the Amazon had cleared faster than ever before. This was because of cattle pasture and soy farms, the search for minerals, and bulldozing for new towns. Soon after the cutting of trees died down, many laws went onto place to protect many of the areas of the rain forest because so much of it was lost during those few decades. The reason for the rapid deforestation was the increase in spending on infrastructure, roads, and dams, rising domestic wealth, and demand for beef, soy, sugar, and palm oil …show more content…
Located in South America is the Amazon rainforest where about 80 percent of earth’s documents species of animals live. An effect of deforestation is the loss of animal’s habits, leaving them to live in the small fragments of forest land that is left behind. This leaves many animals more accessible to hunters and poachers lading to dwindling numbers of many species, some could possibly go extinct. Other animals may wonder into human-inhabited land to find food, which leads to dangerous situations for the animal. (Butler). Many of the animals that live in the rainforest rely on the trees as a form of protection; it also acts as a canopy that regulates the temperature. Therefore, with the removal of the trees, it can lead to the drop in temperatures from day to night, similar to that of a desert, and could be fatal to some of the animals that live in the rainforest. Without the moisture that the trees provide, the soil as well as streams dry up leading no water sources for the animal as well as little water vapor in the atmosphere (“Effects of Deforestation”). The loss of animal habit can be very
If this happens, the ecology of the forest will collapse. The rainforest is known to produce half of its own rainfall through the moisture it releases and by clearing the trees, the remaining trees would be left to dry out and die. The effects of this can already be seen today, many of the rivers are starting to decline in their levels of water by as much as 40 feet. Now, because of the burning of trees as well, Brazil has become one of the largest emitter of greenhouse gases. While Brazil is mostly known for the loss of its forests, they also lead the world in conservation efforts. Nearly half of the rainforest is under a form of protection. From the late 1970’s to the mid 2000’s, parts of the Amazon had cleared faster than ever before. This was because of cattle pasture and soy farms, the search for minerals, and bulldozing for new towns. Soon after the cutting of trees died down, many laws went onto place to protect many of the areas of the rain forest because so much of it was lost during those few decades. The reason for the rapid deforestation was the increase in spending on infrastructure, roads, and dams, rising domestic wealth, and demand for beef, soy, sugar, and palm oil …show more content…
Located in South America is the Amazon rainforest where about 80 percent of earth’s documents species of animals live. An effect of deforestation is the loss of animal’s habits, leaving them to live in the small fragments of forest land that is left behind. This leaves many animals more accessible to hunters and poachers lading to dwindling numbers of many species, some could possibly go extinct. Other animals may wonder into human-inhabited land to find food, which leads to dangerous situations for the animal. (Butler). Many of the animals that live in the rainforest rely on the trees as a form of protection; it also acts as a canopy that regulates the temperature. Therefore, with the removal of the trees, it can lead to the drop in temperatures from day to night, similar to that of a desert, and could be fatal to some of the animals that live in the rainforest. Without the moisture that the trees provide, the soil as well as streams dry up leading no water sources for the animal as well as little water vapor in the atmosphere (“Effects of Deforestation”). The loss of animal habit can be very